West Ham United winger Victor Moses has
pulled out of the Super Eagles’ friendly matches against DR Congo and
Cameroon in Belgium on Thursday and Sunday respectively.
Moses informed the Nigeria Football
Federation in a letter on Sunday that he had decided to withdraw from
the encounters to avoid injury.
The on-loan Chelsea player is the second
invitee to pull out of the friendlies. Turkey-based defender Kenneth
Omeruo last week withdrew from the clashes. He has since been replaced
by Celtic defender Efe Ambrose.
Nigeria coach Sunday Oliseh, who
expressed his disappointment over the developments, said the team would
perform without Moses and Omeruo.
“We have no choice now but to work with
the other players who are available. The fact that the other batch of
players from home were not issued their visas last week is also setting
us back because we would really want to take advantage of the time to
put in a lot of work,” Oliseh was quoted as saying in a statement from
the NFF.
Meanwhile,
Omeruo’s club, Kasimpasa, have confirmed the player will be out for
just two weeks, allaying fears that the injury could keep the defender
out for a long time.
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