Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro has revealed Kelechi Iheanacho is now ready to join the rest of Super Eagles squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
Iheanacho has completed treatment at Sky Bet Championship club Leicester following a muscular injury.
“Kelechi will arrive Cote d’Ivoire. He has finished the treatment at Leicester City,” Peseiro told NFF media.
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The 27-year-old is expected to join his Super Eagles teammates in Lagos later today when they will be hosted to a send forth dinner by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
His Leicester City teammate, Wilfred Ndidi has already been ruled of the competition due to injury.
Bayer Leverkusen star, Victor Boniface will also also miss the AFCON with a groin injury.
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This is good news! Fine osimhen is reliable but you see this kelz, he has been the unsung heroe for the super eagles…
It’s nice to see you’re now becoming optimistic about SE. You’ve become so anti-SE that some forumites were already thinking you’re a Ghanain. Lol. Your Rohr wasn’t the best and we had issues with him during the latter stages of his reign, but no doubt he’s far better than this impostor. At least, Rohr rises up well against heavyweights (Cameroun, Zambia, Brazil, Argentina, Ukraine, etc) even if he occasionally fumbles with African minnows.
What they think about doesn’t bother me atall..my own is to always air my view, stand for what is right and stand against what is wrong simple…
Yea….your views? U mean failing to see anything beyond Rohr’s era. I stopped reading your comments man. It’s cheeky and quite childish to continue to cry over Rohr’s sack after two years. Some of us here never supported it but then this happens in football. Moreover, he wasn’t the best anyways.
LMAO! You that has been seeing beyond GENERAL ROAR’S what have you gained?
R16 exit in the hands of Tunisia b team..lol
World cup qualification failure in the hands of the worst ghana team in decades…lol
It is better to be childish holding on to the good era of general roar that being stupid seeing beyond the era of general roar that has been regarded as the worst era in nigerian football history..lol..
Oga seer continue seeing beyond ehn.. And leave me in GENERAL ROAR’S ERA…
HEHN?? CHAII! Unbelievable!!
CSN IS INSERTING COMMENTS IN THE WRONG SPACE Ewo!- LOL – Ah!! Which way Nigeriaaaaaa?
HEHN?? CHAII! Unbelievable!!
THAT’S A BIG SCAM.
IHEANACHO IS NOT 100% FIT. HE CAN ONLY PLAY 17 MINUTES PER MATCH
This I am sorry to say as much as I am a Kelechi fan it does not take away the blow of Victor Boniface injury…
OSIMHEN, BONIFACE AND KELECHI WERE MEANT TO COMPLEMENT EACHOTHER
NIGERIA LOOKS TO THIN FOR THE LATTER STAGES OF THIS TOURNAMENT AS IT GETS DEEP. WITH THE INJURY TO NDIDI AND BONIFAE WHO ALONG WITH OSIMHEN AND BASSEY ARE OUR REAL KEY PLAYERS AND IHEANACHO TO SOME EXTENT ALBEIT NOT LIKE THE AFORMENTIONED NAMES
Latter stages? With this team headed by a “technically sound” coach (since some people write it is too early in the year to be pessimistic on any thing lol)?
I have a grouse with Ihenachos position. Yes, I have always advocated that we should think of 2025 AFCON rather than this one but if your club coach “thinks” you’d be unfit for your nation and you still insist to a part despite your fitness struggles and no training experiences, is it not really unwise to think you’d be able to cope with the rigors of 3 very physical matches within 8 days and hope no injury recurrence?
Yes, I know he loves to chop bench in his clubs (past and present) as long as he is playing in England. However, would he not invoke the ire of his club boss and be benched throughout the rest of the season for this “disobedience”?
He is “senior man” in the eagles (that are directionless anyway) so he can still walk into the team anyhow he seems fit since the team will always call up 23 players even if at most 16 play per match but is it not a selfish decision to be “club match rusty” and still play for the national team thereby blocking fitter players from coming out of the blocks too?
I know players tend to endure far longer in the national team more than in clubs but is Nigeria saying no suitable replacements exist for seniorman so he must be in the team?
Whether we like it or not, Gusau who insisted he is Ihenachos doctor and would make him report to camp on the 9th which is today has already shown as nff president “some animals are more equal than others” in the national team and more friction in the team will occur.
Why is the national team still full of indispensable players after previous tournaments heartbreak?
Is it not glaring that passionate players are not much in the team when slots are already confirmed?
It even took Leicester to say ndidi will be out for 3 months before blockhead nff decided to backtrack on him?
So, it means even if coach goes after the obvious AFCON flop, this team’s cartel or cabal will delude themselves to prosecute AFCON 2025 and world cup 2026 qualifiers too.
We are not serious. Which coach on earth would use his “first team” to play an inconsequential friendly and use “obvious bench warmers” to play a serious friendly that should have signposted his AFCON directions?
I laugh in Swahili but I think Peserio is not the only problem. Nff favorites will also perish the team soon.
Let’s assume a new coach comes in. No matter who he is. Nff will also make sure the cabal that ruined Qatar chances, flopped at 2021 and 2023 AFCON will also be in the team list for March qualifiers. Because slots have been bought.
Anyway, is it me that will be said of as attending 4 afcons and winning none?
Ghana has not won it since 1982. All you do is write shit about out team regardless. Its all too easy to be critical but to profer solutions is more noble.
Great news. He has that technicality, accuracy, intelligence and composure to score against big teams. I don’t expect him to start most of the games but he has that wrecking instinct in high-profile games. This is also the main reason why I don’t criticise Ahmed Musa’s inclusion much. He also has that big-game characteristic.
Lies. There’s no way Nacho can be 100% fit. How?
Now, how many matches he has played that he deserves to be in Ivory Coast when we have good players that can replace Nacho? I will never deceive you, my people, but if you put your faith in what this coach has said, I hope you won’t be disappointed in the end.
Nacho is a very good player, no doubt, but he’s not fully fit, so what is the point of bringing an unfit player to a tournament like Afcon? This is not logical.
Super Eagles is just going to Afcon to make a number period. Ire o. God bless Nigeria!!!
Were your good players not there when Guinea beat us 2-0 two days ago? Who is even this good player? Abi you think say National team na joke?
Chaii! What a THICKO LOL!
You’re taking your poisoned child back to the one who is poisoning him for treatment abi??Hmmm…what a bloody genius loool!
You know yourself – and Yes you are an absolute TWAT!
MUGU’S LIKE YOU ARE DRAGGING THE NAME “NIGERIAN” IN THE MUD! SMH!