DANIEL Akpeyi has been invited to the Super Eagles camp to replace the injured goalkeeper Carl Ikeme ahead of the Nigeria-Algeria World Cup qualifier in Uyo, later this month.
Chippa United of South Africa goalkeeper Akpeyi, according to a press release from the communications department of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), was on Wednesday named as a replacement for Ikeme, who got injured while on duty for his club, Wolverhampton Wanderers, against Blackburn Rovers last weekend.
Hope had been kept alive of Ikeme recovering in good time for the November 12 World Cup qualifier until the club reportedly wrote a letter to the NFF notifying them that he would not be available for the match.
Akpeyi was a member of the Nigeria U-20 squad which finished as runners-up at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in The Netherlands. He was also part of the bronze-winning team at the Men’s Olympic football tournament in Brazil earlier this year.
Nigeria host Algeria on November 12 in Uyo in an African Group B qualifier for the 2018 World Cup to be hosted by Russia. The Super Eagles currently lead the group on three points while Algeria and Cameroon have one point each. Zambia are currently without a point.
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