Kalu Uche leaves eagles Camp

Rizespor forward, Uche Kalu has ruled himself out of the Nigerian squad for the Africa Cup of Nations, supersport.com can report. Kalu has struggled to recuperate from a groin injury and has opted to leave Nigeria’s pre-Afcon camp in Faro, Portugal.

The former Enyimba forward could not train with the rest of the squad this week owing to the injury and had been placed under close supervision by the Nigerian team doctor.

He also missed out of Wednesday’s friendly against Catalonia.

On Friday, Nigeria head coach, Stephen Keshi had requested from the medical team to know the health status of the player before next week’s deadline to submit his final squad of 23 players to Caf for the Afcon in South Africa.

However, the player’s lawyer, Chike Onyeacho, has shed more light on Kalu’s decision to rule out himself from the Super Eagles’ trip to South Africa.