Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has expressed serious doubts about the availability of Chelsea ace Mikel Obi for a friendly against Mexico.
The African champions face Mexico in Houston, Texas, on May 31 to prepare for a hectic schedule in June when they will play two World Cup qualifiers as well as feature in the FIFA Confederations Cup.
Mikel is in England to process an entry visa to Brazil in time for the Confederations Cup.
“I’m not sure he’s coming,” Keshi told MTNFootball.com from the Eagles training camp in Germany.
“Our agreement before with Chelsea was for them to drop off both Mikel and Victor Moses after their own game. But now he is pursuing a visa to Brazil. We’re also not sure about his condition, if he is fit or not. And so, Mikel might not be there with us.”
The Eagles have been seriously depleted by the withdrawal of several players because of injury as well as club engagements.
Victor Moses, Emmanuel Emenike, Kalu Uche, Gabriel Reuben have already been ruled out because of injury, while Ahmed Musa, Fegor Ogude and Efe Ambrose are involved in cup finals at their various European clubs.
The Eagles fly out of Frankfurt, Germany, to the US on Tuesday morning.
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