ENGLISH club Sheffield Wednesday has agreed to release to Nigeria striker Daniel Chima Uchechi for the final Olympic qualifying tournament in Morocco next month.In an electronic mail sent to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and copied the Dream Team V secretary, Shola Ogunnowo, Wednesday said it has no objections releasing the player for the U-23 competition next month.The mail from Sheffield Wednesday was in response to an earlier notification letter sent the club by the technical department of the NFF.Uchechi, who is on loan to Sheffield Wednesday from Leicester City, had two goals to his name in the last round of the Olympic Eagles qualifiers but did not feature in the Dream Team's last three qualifying games following a hamstring injury.Meanwhile, Dream team V will engage Shooting Stars feeders team in a friendly match this morning at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium in Ibadan.The game against 3SC is the first of four test games lined up for the Nigeria Olympic team.Meanwhile,NIGERIA's U-23 head coach, Austin Eguavoen, is keen on adding two Super Eagles' players, Ahmed Musa and Joel Obi to his team.SuperSport.com has been informed that the coach discussed his plans to include the duo to the Under23 Eagles with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) ahead of the 2012 Olympic men's football qualification scheduled to hold in Morocco.Eguavoen is now expected to embark on a European trip from October 19 to 25.Today, the U-23 men's coach will pay Sheffield Wednesday FC striker, Daniel Chima Uchechi a visit.Eguavoen will meet VVV-Venlo trio ofMusa, Alex Nkume and Okechukwu Michael Uchebo tomorrow.And Eguavoen is expected to talk to Rabiu Ibrahim of PSV Eindhoven on October 21 while Mainz striker, Anthony Ujah will meet with the coach three days later.On October 24, Spain-based duo of Odion Ighalo and Raheem Lawal Adewole will talk to Eguavoen.Obiora Nwankwo, Nnamdi Oduamadi and Daniel Adejo will have he chance to speak to the Nigerian Under23 coach on October 25.SuperSport.com has learnt that Eguavoen will meet Inter Milan midfielder, Obi on an undisclosed date.Nigeria's Under23s have been drawn against Morocco, Algeria and Senegal for the Caf Under23 Championship, which also serves as Olympic qualifiers.
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