John Mikel Obi, Victor Moses and Kenneth Omeruo will be hoping to underline Nigeria's status as one of Africa's strongest teams with a good showing at this summer's World Cup.
All three Chelsea players - Moses and Omeruo have spent 2013/14 on loan with Liverpool and Middlesbrough respectively - have been selected by Super Eagles manager Stephen Keshi in his 30-man provisional squad for the tournament, which will be trimmed to 23 players by 2 June.
The trio will be hopeful of making the cut, though, having all played significant roles in Nigeria winning last year's Africa Cup of Nations, the country's first triumph in the competition since 1993.
That victory more than justified Keshi's policy of blending his star names from the European leagues with domestic-based talent, a theme that looks set to be prominent again in Brazil. A spine including the Blues trio and other overseas players, such as Lille goalkeeper Victor Enyeama and midfielder Ogenyi Onazi of Lazio, bringing experience of playing in some of the world's top leagues, has so far combined well with the hunger of youngsters eager to impress on the kind of global stage rarely available in the Nigerian top flight.
A fairly straightforward qualifying campaign showed signs that the Super Eagles' best World Cup performance to date, reaching the last 16 in both 1994 and 1998, could be equalled or even surpassed this time around, going undefeated throughout the group stage before seeing off Ethiopia 4-1 on aggregate in the final play-off.
The draw in Group F has given them a fighting chance. While Argentina are strong favourites to progress, it looks like a race between Nigeria and World Cup debutants Bosnia & Herzegovina to join them in the knockout stages, even if the threat of an upset from Iran can't be discounted.
Our online betting partner Coral give Mikel, Moses, Omeruo and co odds of 9/4 of qualifying in second place behind Argentina, and has them at 13/5 to match those achievements of 1994 and 1998. They also have Moses as 8/1 to finish the tournament as his nation's top scorer.