Bassey's injury scare is over: Fulham defender fit to report for Super Eagles duty on Tuesday 

Fulham central defender Calvin Bassey is fit to join up with his Nigeria teammates at their training camp in Faro, Portugal on Tuesday ahead of the October internationals against Saudi Arabia and Mozambique, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. 

Initially, the Leicester City academy product had been rated as doubtful for the two friendly matches after he was forced off injured in the closing minutes of Fulham's Carabao Cup win versus Norwich City on September 27.

Five days after the clash with the Canaries, he was a non-playing substitute as Fulham were beaten by Chelsea in a West London derby. 

Bassey's injury scare is over as the versatile defender was in action for the Cottagers on Saturday, coming off the bench in the 71st minute to replace the injured Issa Diop as Marco Silva's men returned to winning ways with a 3-1 victory over Sheffield United. 

Nigeria manager Jose Peseiro has to deal with fitness issues in defence before Friday's friendly against Roberto Mancini's Saudi Arabia. 

Porto left-back Zaidu Sanusi didn't make the squad due to a muscle injury, central defender Semi Ajayi has not figured for West Brom since rolling his ankle in the home game against Millwall on September 23, while Gent star Jordan Torunarigha recently recovered from a knock which kept him out of Thursday's Europa Conference League meeting with Maccabi Tel Aviv.

The most worrying part for Peseiro is the muscle injury suffered by in-form Nottingham Forest fullback Ola Aina who has the ability to play in multiple defensive positions. 

Ifeanyi Emmanuel 

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