Super Eagles
first choice goalkeeper Carl Ikeme has been ruled out the 2018 FIFA World Cup
qualifying match between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and Desret Foxes of
Algeria slated for Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo.
Ikeme, who
suffered a hip injury while on club duty with Wolverhampton Wanderers in the
English Championship against Blackburn Rovers, wrote to the Nigeria Football
Federation (NFF) on Tuesday to inform the federation that he will not recover
in time for the Algeria game.
The extent of the injury which forced Ikeme to
be taken off at half time was initially sketchy but it has now been confirmed
that he will be in goal for Nigeria come Nov 12.
In the
absence of Ikeme, Rohr is left with the options of FC IfeanyiUbah’s Ikechukwu Ezenwa
and Portugal based Dele Alampasu.
However, it is unclear if Rohr would extend a replacement invitation to either of South
Africa based Daniel Akpeyi or Emmanuel Daniel of Enugu Rangers who had an
impressive outing at the just concluded Rio Olympics.
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