Siasia discloses aggrement for Awoniyi to play for U-23 in Rio qualifier

Nigeria U-23 coach Samson Siasia has disclosed he has an agreement that newly signed Liverpool loanee Taiwo Awoniyi will be released by German Bundesliga 2 side FSV Frankfurt for next month’s Africa U23 Nations Cup in Senegal, which will serve as qualifiers for the 2016 Rio Olympics in Brazil.

“We got an agreement from the club before the player signed that he will be released for the competition in Senegal. So we expect them to keep to this commitment,” Siasia said.
Awoniyi, who missed the recent All Africa Games in Congo Brazzaville so as to finalise his move to Europe, is on loan to Germany from EPL side Liverpool.
 

The 18-year-old big body molded striker has been an unused substitute in Frankfurt’s last two league games.
The coach admitted it will be difficult to get a full array of overseas pros for the tournament, but would be satisfied with a handful of them to strengthen his team and help in making the Rio push.
“We hope we could get three, four of them to add value to the team, but there will be no automatic shirt for them. They will have to come and prove they can improve what we are doing,” Siasia maintained.
For the Rio Olympics qualifiers in Senegal, Nigeria are drawn in a tough first round group that has Egypt, Mali and Algeria with the top two teams progressing to the knockout stage of the tournament.