Nottingham Forest head coach Sean Dyche has provided a positive injury update on Ola Aina, reports Completesports.com.
Aina sustained a hamstring injury while on international duty with Nigeria in September.
The 29-year-old is gradually working his way back to full fitness.
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The former Chelsea star recently featured for Forest’s U-21 side against Millwall.
Dyche said the defender is now more involved in team training, but it is important to manage his recovery.
“Ola is halfway through his progress in fitness, training more regularly with the team now, so that is good. Obviously, it’s been a long-term injury, so we have to be careful with that one,”
Aina has made three league appearances for the Tricky Trees this season.
By Adeboye Amosu
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They were bent on never to him to go for the AFCON hence the delay in allowing him to come on field for his fitness level not to be seen by our coach. It has been programmed to be available in January for them when AFCON might have started. The coach systematically denied Nigeria the opportunity of having him play for the AFCON. (ICHE NA MMADU BU EWU). Oyibo wayo. Na im make dem make pencil, come make eraser join nam. No wahala.
On the contrary, how many foreign born pros did Gusau visit this year aside Aina?
Aina had said NFF abandoned him after his injury against SA and wanted to retire before the careless people at glasshouse ran to England after 3 years to see him.
Aina is 29. This is the time we should think the future. If I had my way, every player who was in the 2022 super Eagles and this year’s 2026 failed world cup expedition teams (and the players are many) should not have been in the current afcon squad.
We should have used a “new pharaoh that doesn’t know Joseph” to prosecute this afcon.
Success begets success.
One failure, manageable. Twice in a row? They should get out.
They will definitely carry that slurp to Morocco.
What it portends: Nigeria cannot do without me mentality.
Aina was born abroad, so he doesn’t have football age.
Those born in Nigeria and still have so-called years to play are the ones that will make rebuilding impossible and waste the international careers of many who don’t have godfathers to enter the team.
I am glad though, that apart from Usman whose godfather must be very powerful to get him into afcon squad after nearly a decade of his debut, the other new ones from obscure leagues are on the right side of their 20s even if it’s still their football age.
Nobody should trust Ndidi and co to successfully lead a third chase of world cup qualifiers in 2030.
No, it is not possible.
No future captain should be anyone that was in 2 world cup qualifiers failures. They will not make the third one!
Even Chelle is confused. It’s newspapers that is mulling the captain option for him.
At this time.
I’m beginning to doubt his leadership mien.
Simon. Osimhen. Iwobi. Ndidi.
All of them in 2 failed world cup bids within 4 years.
Dreaming to captain the new generation.
Taa