Friday, February 28, 2014
Bright Dike ruled out of 2014 World Cup squad
Nigeria's
Super Eagle striker, and Toronto FC player Bright Dike will not make his all important debut at the 2014
World Cup after surgery on an Achilles injury. #Verysadnews
Speaking on the
27-year-old's absence from the World Cup, Nigeria's head coach stephen
Keshi said: "I felt terribly bad for him when I first heard;
unfortunately injury is part of football.
"Luckily he
has had a successful surgery, but will miss the World Cup he worked
extremely hard to be a part of."
Keshi described
the injury to Dike as "more than harsh" and bemoaned the
absence of his dedicated striker.
"After
battling hard to recover from previous injury setbacks, this latest
one is more than harsh for a player as dedicated as Bright Dike.
"We can
only wish him speedy recovery.
"Missing
the World Cup in Brazil is not the end of his Super Eagles career
because we will give him a chance to return when he's fully
recovered."
Meanwhile, Keshi
says he is happy with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for their
determination to secure top friendlies for the African champions
ahead of the tournament in Brazil.
"The NFF
are doing a wonderful job, they have been working hard to ensure we
get the best preparations before the World Cup," he said.
The Super Eagles
have already finalised friendly dates with Mexico, Greece and United
States. Scotland have also been offered the chance to play Nigeria in
a friendly at Fulham's Craven Cottage ground in May.
Dike
tore his Achilles tendon for the second time in three years during a
training session two weeks ago.
Nigeria have
been drawn in World Cup Group F alongside Argentina, Bosnia and
Herzegovina and Iran.
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Aw! That's very unfortunate, but I hope he gets well soon.
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