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EMMANUEL DENNIS REPLACE HENRY ONYEKURU DUE TO INJURY

Nottingham Forest striker, Emmanuel Dennis, has been called up to replace Henry Onyekuru in Nigeria’s squad for the friendly against Algeria after the latter sustained an injury in Adana Demirspor’s 3-0 victory over Antalyaspor on Saturday.

The game is billed for the Miloud-Hadefi Olympic Stadium in Oran on September 27.

Onyekuru was subbed off at half-time due to a knock at Antalyaspor.

This comes after Valentine Ozornwafor had also replaced Leon Balogun in the squad.

Super Eagles coach Jose Peseiro named a strong 25-man squad for the September 27 friendlyagainst the Foxes.

VOP Lagos

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