Garba warns as Eaglets’ screening enters crucial stage

Golden Eaglets’ Head Coach, Manu Garba (OON) has categorically told youngsters undergoing screening at the NFF/FIFA Goal Project in Abuja that hard work and discipline are prerequisites to be part of the Nigeria U-17 team, reigning champions of the world.
Scores of players have already been short –listed after weeks of a gruelling exercise but Garba advised the players to be prayerful and work assiduously in the days ahead to earn a place in the team.
“This is just the starting point with your selection and you have to be prayerful because there are crucial stages ahead of you,” Garba told the enthusiastic lads on Monday. “You have to pass the MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Test to play at this level and having said that, you also have to be disciplined and be ready to work hard.”
The vastly experienced coach who was an assistant to late Coach Yemi Tella when Nigeria won the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Korea, and substantive coach when Nigeria grabbed a fourth title at the 2013 edition in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), said he was ambitious as ever to conquer the world again, hence he won’t compromise standard.