Ex-West Brom midfielder picks two Rangers' Nigerian stars in Scottish Premiership Dream XI

Nigeria-eligible players such as Rangers star Leon Balogun, St Johnstone's Efe Ambrose, Aberdeen midfielder Funso Ojo, Livingston defender Ayo Obileye, Motherwell striker Justin Amaluzor, Ross County's Joseph Hungbo and St Mirren's Scotland U21 star Ethan Erhahon were not considered.

The list published by The Scottish Mail on Sunday via Herald contains four Celtic players, three from Rangers, with representatives from Aberdeen, Hibernian and Hearts also in the Dream Team.

McInnes has gone for a 3-4-3 formation with Aribo deployed in an advanced right winger role and Bassey has been selected in a back three.

Aribo has scored six goals and assisted three others in 20 outings in the Premiership so far this season while Bassey has recorded fourteen appearances in the division - all of them starts.

The Leicester City Academy product has performed admirably filling in for the injured Leon Balogun, helping the Light Blues keep six consecutive clean sheets since the start of December 2021.

Bassey was surprisingly left out of Nigeria's 28-man squad for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations.