Super Eagles Star Suffers Fresh Injury As His Premier League Club Makes Statement

Super Eagles Star Suffers Fresh Injury As His Premier League Club Makes Statement

Ibitoye Shittu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:07 PM
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Leicester City who are top Premier League side have confirmed that Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has suffered fresh injury in training ahead of the coming season in England.

The Nigerian star has not played for Leicester City since March and the injury he suffered also made him not to feature for the Super Eagles in their World Cup playoff against Ghana.

Wilfred Ndidi limped off from his side’s 2-1 second-leg defeat by Rennes in the Europa Conference League on March 17.

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Super Eagles star Wilfred Ndidi suffers fresh injury
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According to the report on GOAL, Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers explained that Wilfred Ndidi has suffered a knock in training stressing that it does not look like something serious.

Brendan Rodgers' reaction about Ndidi's injury

“We’ve got one or two knocks. Wilf’s twisted his ankle in training a few days ago. We don’t think it’s too serious.

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“It’s a high ankle sprain, so he had a scan on it and it’ll hopefully be okay.
“We’ve just looked after him really, he won’t be involved at the weekend, but of course, hopefully, next week at some point he’ll be back training.”

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Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Villarreal who are Spanish La Liga giants are reportedly pushing hard to sign Super Eagles striker Sadiq Umar this summer in case Dia should join Salernitana on loan with buy option.

Unai Emery who is the coach of Villarreal is trying to bolster his squad this summer ahead of the coming La Liga season as he sees the Nigerian striker as someone who can fit his plans.

Last season, Umar Sadiq was in brilliant form for Almeria and helped the team to gain promotion back to the Spanish La Liga.

According to a tweet made by transfer special reporter Romano, Sadiq Umar could be heading to Villarreal this summer.

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