Joe Aribo and Leon Balogun in Rangers international adventure as Ibrox stars take to the high seas for Nigeria duty – MSN UK

Rangers duo Joe Aribo and Leon Balogun will take to the high seas when they report for international duty with Nigeria.

The pair played a starring role in the weekend win over Dundee United as Steven Gerrard's side stand on the brink of the Premiership title.

Aribo scored one and assisted one, while Balogun filled in at right-back in the absence of captain James Tavernier.

They're both expected to report for Nigeria duty next month as the Super Eagles take on Benin and Lesotho in back-to-back Cup of Nations qualifiers.

The latter will see Gernot Rohr's side play in Nigeria's largest city Lagos for the first time in over a decade.

But it's their plans for the short away trip to play Benin in the city of Cotonou that's sure to raise eyebrows at Rangers.

Although there are just 75 miles between the cities, the journey takes up to five hours because of undeveloped roads and Nigeria have now announced they will travel to the game by the unorthodox method of taking a boat across the Gulf of Guinea to the game at the Stade de l'Amitie.

Rohr explained: "We are playing in Lagos for the first time in a very long time. I am very excited for the players.

"We have players like Leon Balogun and Joe Aribo, who were born in Europe and have never seen Lagos. I want them to discover this crazy city with 19 million inhabitants.

"So it's important we have good security and escorts to move around. The traffic in Lagos is terrible. We also need to do some work on the surface of the pitch, like cut the grass which is very much needed.

"For the first match in Benin, we are playing in the city of Cotonou. We will stay in Lagos ahead of the match.

"But because the road is not good between Lagos and Cotonou, we will travel to the match on a boat because the crossing only lasts two hours, instead of many hours on poor roads by coach."

View post:

Joe Aribo and Leon Balogun in Rangers international adventure as Ibrox stars take to the high seas for Nigeria duty - MSN UK