Moses Simon has three goals and seven assists this season for Nantes in the French Ligue 1 this season and he is part of the Super Eagles squad to face Ghana later this month for a place at the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals.
The 26-year old was a key part of the Super Eagles team at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
His seven assists in the Ligue 1 this season comes after Mbappe (10 assists), Lionel Messi (10 assists), Jonathan Claus (9 assists), Dimitri Payet (9 assists) making Simon the third highest assist maker in the competition alongside Amin Gouiri and Ludovic Ajorque.
Overall he has appeared in 25 matches of Nantes this season.
Ghana take on Nigeria on March 25th in Cape Coast before the return leg in Abuja four days later.
FULL SQUAD OF NIGERIA AGAINST GHANA:
Goalkeepers: Francis Uzoho (AC Omonia, Cyprus); Daniel Akpeyi (Kaizer Chiefs, South Africa); Maduka Okoye (Sparta Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Defenders: Oluwasemilogo Ajayi (West Bromwich Albion, England); Kenneth Omeruo (CD Leganes, Spain); Leon Balogun (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland); William Ekong (Watford FC, England); Olaoluwa Aina (Torino FC, Italy); Calvin Bassey (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland); Abdullahi Shehu (AC Omonia, Cyprus); Zaidu Sanusi (FC Porto, Portugal)
Midfielders: Frank Onyeka (Brentford FC, England); Joseph Ayodele-Aribo (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland); Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City, England); Oghenekaro Etebo (Watford FC, England); Akinkunmi Amoo (FC Copenhagen, Denmark)
Forwards: Ahmed Musa (Fatih Karagumruk, Turkey); Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal FC, Spain); Victor Osimhen (Napoli FC, Italy); Moses Simon (FC Nantes, France); Sadiq Umar (UD Almeria, Spain); Odion Jude Ighalo (Al-Hilal FC, Saudi Arabia); Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City, England); Emmanuel Dennis (Watford FC, England); Ademola Lookman (Leicester City, England)
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