The nine Flying Eagles players who failed to make the final 21-man squad for the forthcoming U20 World Cup in New Zealand will return to Nigeria from Germany on

Nigerian players pose before the final football match of the 2015 African U-20 Championships Senegal against Nigeria, on March 22, 2015 in Dakar. AFP PHOTO

Wednesday, officials disclosed.

The affected players are Christian Pyagbara, Abdullahi Ibrahim Alhassan ‘Muazam’, Abdullahi Alfa, Adamu Abubakar, Usman Hassan, Samuel Okon, Bashiru Monsuru, Saheed Abdulganiyu and Wasiu Jimoh.

All these players bar Monsuru featured at the African Youth Championship in Senegal in March, when Nigeria won a record seventh tournament.

The Flying Eagles have been training in Nurnberg, Germany, since May 3 ahead of the World Cup in New Zeland, where they are drawn in the first round against five-time champions Brazil, North Korea and Hungary.

They play their first match on June 1 against Brazil in New Plymouth.