Nigeria To Host Argentina In November

South American giants Argentina have proposed to tackle Nigeria in a friendly on either November 14 or 18. Officials have even proposed Nigeria as the venue for this game.

NFF marketing chief, Idris Adama, disclosed to Goal.com: "This is a marvellous opportunity for us and we have passed on the proposal for the team handlers to also assess it. Hopefully, we should have a deal on this."

This historic match is most likely to be staged in the capital city of Abuja, officials told Goal.com

Argentina are expected to parade their key stars for this trip to Africa - Lionel Messi, Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano.

The Argentines hope to use this game to further familarise themselves with the African style of football as well as the playing conditions on the continent as the World Cup will be played in Africa for the first time next year.

The world champions in 1978 and 1986 were earlier linked with a London friendly against the Eagles in August, but officials informed Goal.com that Nigeria coach, Shuaibu Amodu, has instead asked for an African opposition for that window.

Nigeria have clashed with the Argentines twice at full international level, losing both games at the 1994 World Cup and eight years later at the 2002 Korea/Japan World Cup.

The two countries have also clashed at Olympic level. Nigeria beat Argentina 3-2 in the final of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, only for the South Americans to avenge this defeat by pipping the West Africans to the gold at last year's Games in Beijing.