Nigeria international defender defender Semi Ajayi won’t be available for the world cup qualifiers games against Rwanda and Zimbabwe respectively, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Ajayi who has been a mainstay in the team the past two years returned from a harmstring surgery which kept him out for three months a week ago, but 41 minutes into his first start since November he was substituted.
Reports says he suffered a relapse of the same harmstring injury which required surgery, and there are fears that he could miss the rest of the season if he is made to undergo another surgery in the coming days.
He is set to be out for the next three weeks in the interim, effectively ruling him out of the Super Eagles games in March. His absence will be a big blow to the new coach of the Nigerian team Eric Chelle.
Chelle is also facing the possibility of going into both games without captain William Troost-Ekong , who is currently battling a muscular injury that has kept him out of Al-Kholood last two games in Saudi Arabia.
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