Brazil 2014: Echiejile may make it -Keshi

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, June 11th, 2014

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has held out hope that Elderson Echiejile could still feature at the World Cup after initial reports said he is out due to injury and has therefore been replaced.

AS Monaco defender Elderson suffered a muscle tear during the warm-up game against Greece and officials confirmed he has been replaced by Enugu Rangers forward Ejike Uzoenyi.

This change has already been effected on the FIFA website.

But Keshi has now come forward to paint a clearer picture of the situation.

“He is not totally out yet, we are still looking at him,” the Eagles coach told Cool FM Radio station monitored on Tuesday from Abuja.

“We hope he will come back. But if it happens that he doesn’t, we will go on like that.”

AfricanFootball.com reveals that Elderson did not fly out from the United States of America to Brazil on Tuesday as he stayed behind to see a specialist.

The specialist was recommended to the player by a top official of the team.

A reliable source informed: “He is with the specialist in the USA and so far the results have been positive.”

Uzoenyi who trained with Enugu Rangers on Tuesday morning at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu, said he had not received “signal” from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) yet.

“No signal yet, we will talk later,” Uzoenyi answered when he was asked when he hopes to set out to Brazil. wp_posts