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With six days to the Super Six tournament in Kano, several players of the Home-based Super Eagles are worried that the Nigerian team is yet to be assembled for the tournament that will serve as their preparatory camp ahead of the CHAN 2018.

The Super Six pre-season tournament which holds from next Monday to Sunday 10th December is a build-up competition ahead of the new Nigeria Professional Football League season which kicks off January 14.

Super Eagles duo, Alex Iwobi and Wilfred Ndidi, have been included in the current 100 most expensive U-21 footballers in the world.

According to Sky Sports, the list was compiled by the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES).

The Cameroonian Football Federation (FECAFOOT) has sacked Hugo Broos 10 months after the coach masterminded an unexpected AFCON title triumph, ESPN reports. According to reports, after the nation's catastrophic 2014 World Cup, Broos was hailed for his work in taking a side that had failed in Brazil to the continental crown in Gabon in February. However, Cameroon failed to win any of their three games at the 2017 Confederations Cup, and Broos was then unable to steer the team to next summer's World Cup.

Carlo Ancelotti says he has been approached by the Italian Football Association (FA) about the possibility of coaching the national side but that he favours working in club football, according to reports. Ancelotti who was sacked by Bayern Munich in September, said he was honoured that Italians see him as the man to replace Gian Piero Ventura.

The national team coach of Croatia, Zlatko Dalic has said his side ran out of luck when they were drawn in Group D of the FIFA World Cup along with Nigeria, having prayed fervently to avoid the Super Eagles. According to Dalic, Nigeria is one of the best African sides and is feared by participating countries in the tournament. Speaking with reporters after the draw was made on Friday, Dalic said the Super Eagles is feared because of the young and fantastic players in the team.

Nigeria’s Super Eagles have been drawn in Group D of the FIFA 2018 world cup alongside perennial opponents Argentina, at the Final draws held in Moscow’s State Kremlin Palace on Friday.