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Sadiq Umar was part of the Nigerian staff that received the Olympic Bronze medal hosted in Rio De Janeiro in 2016, a staff captained by Mikel Obi.
Tremendous Eagles and Actual Sociedad centre ahead, Sadiq Umar, has been dominated out of participation within the AFCON 2023 event after selecting up an harm, Soccernet.ng experiences.
Umar, 26, was included in Jose Peseiro’s ultimate 25-man squadlist, and was enlisted alongside different strikers like Victor Osimhen, Victor Boniface, and Kelechi Iheanacho.
The previous Almeria man was concerned within the two pleasant video games the Tremendous Eagles performed in preparation for the AFCON event, though he was taken off within the first half of the sport towards Guinea, in what seemed like a precautionary measure by Jose Peseiro’s medical crew.
Nonetheless, since that sport, the 6ft.4in tall striker has not been ready to participate within the staff coaching, and was waved apart in order to endure additional checks, with elements of his proper knee strapped with a bandage.
After additional checks, it was confirmed that the Actual Sociedad man has suffered a knee harm and can be out of motion for nothing lower than three weeks.
#Nigeria have suffered one other harm blow forward of #AFCON2023 as striker Sadiq Umar has now additionally pulled out of the event, @SammAudusoka experiences.
Suffered a knee harm and he can be out of motion for at the least 3 weeks.
Flying to Spain to be attended to by his membership medics. pic.twitter.com/Cyt7xTQXE0
— Oluwashina Okeleji (@oluwashina) January 11, 2024
This comes as a giant blow to the Tremendous Eagles and the Nigerian soccer populace at massive. Two days in the past, Victor Boniface was dominated out the event with an adductor harm, and had to get replaced by Terem Moffi.
Sadiq’s harm leaves Victor Osimhen as the one match striker Nigeria can depend on to attain targets for the time being, as Terem Moffi and Kelechi Iheanacho are but to affix up with the staff, with the latter nonetheless simply getting again to full health as effectively.
It’s but to be identified if the teaching crew will select to switch Sadiq with another person.
