Eze, Olise out as Vieira includes five Nigerians in Crystal Palace training tour

Left-back Tayo Adaramola, defensive midfielder David Ozoh, winger Malcolm Ebiowei, and strikers Victor Akinwale and Ademola Ola-Adebomi are part of the group

Jul 10, 2022 - 04:33

Eze, Olise out as Vieira includes five Nigerians in Crystal Palace training tour

Patrick Vieira

Two Nigeria-born Crystal Palace star players Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise have been left out of the team training tour for the 2022/23 season.

Palace boss Patrick Vieria however included five Nigeria-born fringe players in the 27-man squad for the club's pre-season tour to Singapore and Australia.

They are left-back Tayo Adaramola, defensive midfielder David Ozoh, winger Malcolm Ebiowei, and strikers Victor Akinwale and Ademola Ola-Adebomi are part of the group, barring an unlikely last-minute change.

Palace youth team goal poachers Akinwale and Ola-Adebomi will fancy their chances of getting playing time during the tour, considering that experienced Christian Benteke is not part of the group.

Belgium international striker Benteke has not been selected due to his Covid-19 vaccination status.

The Eagles will take on Liverpool at the National Stadium in Singapore on July 15, before games against Manchester United (July 19, Melbourne) and Leeds United (July 22, Perth) in Australia.

Vieira handed pre-season minutes to Eze, Adaramola and Ebiowei as Palace defeated south London rivals Millwall in an entertaining friendly on Saturday.