The Three Lions of England will face the Super Eagles of Nigeria in a friendly ahead of the World Cup, a top UK newspaper has confirmed.
The Independent reported that the Football Association have yet to make the confirmation of the friendly scheduled for the Wembley Stadium official because it has yet to confirm arrangements for its second friendly.
England face Tunisia in the group stages of Russia 2018 and are therefore reportedly eager to play African opposition with Ghana and Senegal also in the picture.
However, the paper reported that the Super Eagles were chosen partly because of the massive following the team enjoys.
England will make the announcement official once their second June friendly has been confirmed.
After playing the two friendlies, Gareth Southgate and his squad will fly to Russia and to their training base in Repino, a town just north of St Petersburg, towards the Finnish border.
Then they will head to Volgograd to face Tunisia, Nizhny Novgorod for Panama and Kaliningrad to play Belgium on June 28.
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