Coach of Villarreal Unai Emery has confirmed that Samuel Chukwueze won’t be involved with the senior national team of Nigeria after leaving him out of the team for their Saturday’s La Liga game against Espanyol.
Chukwueze hasn’t recovered from the injury he sustained on the 6th of May in the Europa League semi final game against Arsenal. It seems he will likely return after the international round of games.
Emery while speaking on players who won’t be in the squad for the Espanyol game named the Nigerian and with one more round of games before the international break he will definitely miss out of the Super Eagles team.
”We’re travelling without three key players (Dani Parejo, Samu Chukwueze and Pau Torres) which is going to give opportunities to other players. We need to work well, have a positive mentality and ensure that the players are prepared”, the coach said.
Nigeria will open their campaign to be at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with a game against Liberia on the 3rd of September in Lagos before traveling to take on Cape Verde four days later.
