Genk defender Christian Akpan who was handed a late invitation to the senior national team of Nigeria for the high profile friendly games against Poland and Portugal respectively has gotten his arrival date, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively report.
Fresh from making his first team debut for Genk after impressing for the U21, he was voted the Man of the Match and shortly after he was given a shock call up by head coach of the Nigerian team Eric Chelle.
Chelle called up the 21 year old in the wake of the withdrawal of some invited players, and some couldn’t get a visa to travel to Warsaw for the game against Poland tomorrow.
Comfortable as a left or right back, he will arrive the camp of the team on Thursday, effectively ruling him out of the game on Wednesday. He has also shown that he can do a job in the midfield as well.
He will however be in contention to play against Portugal on the 10th of June in Lisbon.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
