Elderson Echiejile To Miss Bayer Leverkusen Clash With Hip Injury

Published: September 16, 2014

After a long wait, Europe’s elite club competition, the Champions League, resumes on Tuesday, and in one of the games today Monaco will trade tackles with Bayer Leverkusen.

The coach of the 2004 runners - up, Leonardo Jardim , has named a 19 - man provisional squad for the visit of the Germans.

Nigeria international Elderson Echiejile is not one of the five defenders listed for the tie at the Louis-II Stadium, starting from 20.45 local time.

The former Bendel Insurance star is unavailable after suffering a hip injury in the African Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa about a week ago.

The 26 - year - old hopes to resume full training before the clash with Guingamp this coming Sunday.