21 year old Genk of Belgium defender Christian Akpan has been handed a late call up to the senior national team of Nigeria ahead of their upcoming friendly games against Poland and Portugal respectively, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle is going to be without some of the invited players for both games, due to visa and other issues. Notably the striking duo of Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman won’t be available.
Chelle has now moved quickly to pick replacements ahead of the game against Poland in two days time. He made contacts with Akpan per what we exclusively gathered.
Akpan only made his top flight debut for Genk first team on Sunday, he has however been a regular for the B team in the second division with two assists in ten games.
Comfortable as a right or left full back, he can also play as a defensive midfielder and the fact that he can play multiple roles aided his case.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
