Kelechi Iheanacho will arrive in the camp of the senior national team of Nigeria for the Africa Cup of Nations tomorrow, despite claims by Leicester City Coach Enzo Maresca that he isn’t fit to play at the tournament, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Maresca while speaking ahead of Leicester City’s game against Coventry City listed Iheanacho among the injured players in his team , who are not expected to take part in the game.
He used Jamie Vardy to open his speech on the injured players in the team. “He’s better. He started to train with us and he’s getting better. He’s not in the squad for tomorrow.”
“Kasey is back and Dennis is back,” Maresca added. “The only ones [out] are Jamie and Kel (Kelechi), still out, both of them,” he said.
However we can exclusively reveal that Iheanacho is expected to join the team tomorrow morning around 5am, just in time for their final training session before the first game against Equatorial Guinea on Sunday.
It is still unclear if he will be passed fit to play but he is certainly going to arrive tomorrow and a decision on his involvement in the game will be made based on how he come through the training session.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
