After Osimhen, another Super Eagles defender suffers injury blow ahead of Algeria clash

The pleasant assembly between the 2 former African champions on the Stade Olympique d’Oran in Bir El Djir, Algeria, is simply over two weeks away

Tremendous Eagles defender Kenneth Omeruo is now a serious doubt for the worldwide pleasant match between Algeria and Nigeria slated for August 27 in Oran.

Omeruo’s participation in that encounter was thrown doubtful after he picked up an damage throughout a membership engagement on Friday night time.

The previous Chelsea centre-back went down in pains within the 74th minute of CD Leganes’s 1-0 defeat at Las Palmas.

The 28-year-old, who was making his fifth look of the season, couldn’t proceed afterwards and was changed by Spaniard Juan Muñoz. It was the primary time this season that Omeruo would fail to finish the ninety minutes of a league sport for the Cucumber Growers.

Leganes, although, are but to disclose the extent of the Nigeria worldwide’s damage at press time.

2013 Africa Cup of Nations winner Omeruo is the second high-profile Tremendous Eagles participant to endure an damage just lately.

Solely on Wednesday night time, Napoli striker Victor Osimhen went right down to a muscle pressure in the course of the Italian aspect’s 4-1 hammering of Liverpool within the Champions League.

Though the previous Lille lad has allayed fears of a serious damage set-back, reviews recommend he can be unavailable for 2 weeks.

Omeruo and Osimhen had been within the Tremendous Eagles squad that trounced Sao Tome and Principe 10-0 in June, Nigeria’s final worldwide engagement. Osimhen scored 4 targets in that encounter, an Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match.