Super Eagles Nigeria have named a 20-strong squad for this month's Carlsberg Cup Lunar New Year tournament with players coming from the four corners of the globe.
The Nigerian Football Association have named 16 overseas-based players including attacking midfielder Pascal Karibe Ojigwe from German club Kaiserslautern and Kenneth Zeigbo of Polish champions Legia Warsaw for the local soccer extravaganza on January 28 and 31 at the Hong Kong Stadium.
Nigeria, under new coach Bora Milutinovic, have cast the net far and wide to assemble the squad and players from clubs as far afield as Kansas City in the United States, LG Cheetahs in the Korean First Division and the Orlando Pirates in South Africa, have been included.
Jero Sakpria of Italian side Reggiana along with Emmanuel Ebiede of Dutch side Heerenveen and Sparta Rotterdam's Festus Okougha will make their Hong Kong debuts.
The list was missing their biggest names, however, with Nigerian Player of the Year Victor Ikpeba of Monaco, Inter Milan star Taribo West and former Everton forward Daniel Amokachi, now with Besiktas of Turkey, unable to make the trip here.
Charles Ojugbana, assistant secretary-general of the Nigerian Football Association, said: 'We have had to delay our selection until quite late because our officials wished to discuss several matters with our new coach and technical adviser.