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Iheanacho missing from Manu Garba's U20 final 21-man list for African Youth Championship

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Head Coach of the Flying Eagles Manu Garba has dropped Manchester City youngster, Kelechi Iheanacho from his 21-man squad to represent Nigeria at the forthcoming U-20 African Youth Championship (AYC) in Senegal. Nigeria will play hosts Senegal, Congo (Brazzaville) and Cote d’Ivoire in Group A of the tournament scheduled to hold between March 8 and 22nd, 2015,in Dakar and M’Bour. The list, which was released on Thursday, February 27, includes seven of Iheanacho’s former teammates (U-17) who won a record fourth FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates in 2013. However, the Nigerian international will not feature in the competition as a result of an unhealed injury. Skipper Musa Muhammed, who led the U-17 squad to victory in the UAE is expected to lead this squad to Senegal. Other World Cup winners on the list are; Akinjide Idowu, Izuchukwu Omego, Abdullahi Alfa, Dele Alampasu, Chidera Ezeh and Taiwo Awoniyi. Others are; Joshua Enaholo, Mustapha Abdullahi, Saheed...