Obodo
rejects Eagles recall
From Soccerstar desk
Thursday, April
24, 2008
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Christian
Obodo
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Udinese midfielder Christian Obodo has withdrawn from the
Nigeria squad for next month's friendly against Austria, and
a quick-fire series of World Cup/African Nations Cup qualifiers
in June.
The 23-year old midfielder is in Spain recuperating from a
second surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament
which has kept him out of action for over a year and he told
KickOffNigeria.com that he would not be fully fit for the
games.
"I can't make it for the matches," Obodo said on
Wednesday. "I am still recovering from injury and I need
to be fully fit before I can play.
I am going to call the coaches and inform them. But as soon
as I am fit
"I appreciate the fact that the coaches appreciate my
qualities and want me in the team, but I have a programme
that my physiotherapist has set for me, and I can’t
start playing until he tells me to.
"I am going to call the coaches and inform them. But
as soon as I am fit, I am always ready to be available to
serve my country whenever I am called up."
It is not clear if coach Amodu Shuaibu will call up a replacement.
Nigeria play a friendly against Austria in Vienna on May 27
and then host South Africa in a World Cup/African Nations
Cup qualifier Abuja on June 1, travel to Freetown to play
Sierra Leone on June 7, fly to Malabo to square up with Equatorial
Guinea on June 14 and then host Equatorial Guinea in Abuja
on June 21.
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