The sqaud of the senior national team of Nigeria for the upcoming friendly games against Saudi Arabia and Mozambique respectively has been hit with yet another injury blow but this time around in the attack of the team, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Already three players out of the 25 players called up by head coach of the team Jose Peseiro are major doubts for the games, the players battling to be fit for the game include Ola Aina of Nottingham Forest who has been ruled out of the game entirely.
Gent of Belgium defender Jordan Torunarigha is in a race against time but he returned to training yesterday boosting his chances of making the cut for the games, where he will likely make his debut.
Frank Onyedika of Belgium side Club Brugge is also battling to be fit and now Nottingham Forest forward Taiwo Awoniyi has joined the list of played, who will likely miss the games as he wasn’t involved for his team Nottingham Forest in their game against Crystal Palace.
Meanwhile, we exclusively gathered that Slavia Prague of Czech Republic defender Igho Ogbu has been contacted as a possible replacement for Torunarigha, if he fails to shake off the knock in time.
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