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Kelechi Iheanacho has won back his place in the Nigeria squad despite recent criticism from Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr.

Iheanacho was dropped by Nigeria in March after Rohr questioned the striker’s professionalism and the quality of his recent displays.

The Nigeria boss said: “I think he must be more professional. We were not satisfied with his performances the last time he was with us.

“It's not good enough to be funny all the time.

“You must show that you are serious by working hard every day in the training sessions and show that you seriously want to come back into the team at the club and also with us.”

Despite his recent high-profile miss against Manchester City, it seems Iheanacho has won Rohr over, the 22-year-old selected in Nigeria’s 25-man provisional squad for the Africa Cup of Nations, which starts on June 21.

City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi is also in the squad, which will be cut down to 23, along with former Leicester forward Ahmed Musa.

Also potentially heading to Egypt for the finals is City Under-23s striker Admiral Muskwe, who has been included in Zimbabwe’s 34-man provisional line-up.

The 20-year-old has one cap to his name so far.

And there could yet be more City players at the tournament.

Algeria are yet to announce their squad, which could include Rachid Ghezzal and Islam Slimani. However, the duo have been left out of the side during recent international breaks.

Fousseni Diabate also has an outside shot at a call-up for Mali after his decent showings on loan at Sivasspor. The winger is yet to earn a senior cap for his country.

One player who definitely won’t be featuring in Egypt is Daniel Amartey.

The City utility man broke his ankle last October and has failed to recover in time to feature in Ghana’s squad for the tournament.

It will come as a big disappointment for the 24-year-old, who has captained the Black Stars in recent years and was named in the team of the tournament at the last AFCON in 2017.