Omeruo Rules Himself Out Of Super Eagles' AFCON Qualifiers Against Sierra Leone

Published: November 05, 2020

CD Leganes central defender Kenneth Omeruo has ruled himself out of the Super Eagles' upcoming 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Sierra Leone.

The former Chelsea star has confirmed himself that he faces a minimum of two weeks on the sidelines, just as allnigeriasoccer.com reported three days ago.

Omeruo suffered an injury three minutes into the second half as CD Leganes grinded out a 1-0 win against Mirandes in a Segunda Division match at the Estadio Municipal de Butarque last weekend.

The 27-year-old is the second invited player to pull out of the squad due to fitness issues, the other being Nantes winger Moses Simon who picked up an injury in the 3-0 loss to PSG.

With the late call-up handed to Racing Genk striker Paul Onuachu, manager Gernot Rohr now has four outfield players on the standby list namely Samson Tijani, Abdullahi Shehu, Ramon Azeez and Kelechi Nwakali.

Omeruo is the second most experienced player named in the original 24-man squad with more than fifty international caps to his name since his debut in 2013.

The Super Eagles stars are expected to report for international duty on Monday, November 9.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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