Nigeria, Feb. 6 -- Four boys and four girls have been selected from Nigeria to take part in the LALIGA Experience in Madrid after the conclusion of the LALIGA EA NEXT Gen Draft Nigeria, a grassroots football project designed to discover and empower young talents.

The selected players emerged from a pool of 168 boys and girls who participated in the Nigerian phase of the programme, held in Lagos

The global initiative is spanning five countries - Nigeria, Morocco, Mexico, China and Japan. From these countries, only eight players per nation, four boys and four girls, will travel to Spain in May to train, compete and experience elite football development environments.

The Nigerian girls selected are Tosin Eguono Rafiu of FC Robo Queens, Am...