Clubs calls on supporters to be there
Rangers International Football Club of Enugu will today unveil 14 new players, the club’s spokesman, Norbert Okolie, has confirmed.
Okolie said: “The unveiling of our new players will be done on Thursday at the main bowl of Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu.
“We expect all our die-hard supporters at the event, so that they can see the quality of the new players that we have been able to assemble to defend the Rangers colours.”
Okolie told the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu that the new players would help to strengthen the Flying Antelopes in their 2017/2018 Nigerian Professional Football League campaign.
NAN reports that the team being put together by Coach Olugbenga Ogunbote returned to Enugu after two weeks of closed camping in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State.
The club played six practice matches, winning five and drawing one during the camping.
The team’s first match of the 2017/2018 NPFL season is against Aiteo Cup holders Akwa United FC in Uyo on January 14.
Rangers, the seven-time Nigerian league champions will then host Lobi Stars on January 17.