Super Eagles assistant captain William Troost-Ekong has declared himself fit and ready to help Nigeria beat Ghana for a place at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Ekong suffered a muscle strain in February and has been absence for the Watford in the English Premier League throughout March.
The center-back says he has recovered from the injury and has been training in the last two weeks while bemoaning the lack of accurate information in the media about his injury.
“I think there was some miss communication between the press,” Ekong said during the team’s pre-match conference on Wednesday.
“I had a minor injury some couple of days ago, but I’m back fit and ready to help the team. If I’m not fit to play, then, there will be no need to be here.
“We have plenty of good players that can fill in my position, so I’m feeling good, like I said earlier, there was a lack of communication in the media about my injury, but I have been training for the past two weeks.
“I’m happy to be here today and to represent my country. We will be ready to give our all against Ghana on Friday.”
Nigeria will travel to face Ghana Black Stars in the first leg of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Playoffs on Friday, March 25, 2022 at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi by 8:30pm.
Troost-Ekong was part of the Super Eagles squad that reached the last 16 at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon earlier this year and is in contention to start against Ghana.
******
Copyright 2021 @ The Athletic NG. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to https://www.theathletic.com.ng/ as the source.
