The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed that Russia based Olakunle Olusegun is likely to be unavailable for the team in Friday’s world cup qualifiers game against Lesotho, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
NFF said the 23 old who plays as a right-back for Russian club Pari Nizhny Novgorod on loan from Krasnodar is yet to be issued entry visa into South Africa, where the game will be played.
According to the report he is likely to miss out on the game, meaning head coach Eric Chelle will prosecute the game with 21 players as against 22 following the decision not to replace Felix Agu who was ruled out of the game with an injury.
The duo of FC Porto Zaidu Sanusi and Uche Chrisantus of English Premier League side Crystal Palace where called up as replacement for the injured duo of Bright Osayi-Samuel and Cyriel Dessers respectively.
Among the players still expected ahead of the game is the duo of Alhassan Yusuf who plays in the United States of America, and will arrive on Thursday. The duo of newly invited Jerome Akor and Zaidu are expected in camp today.
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