{"id":63780,"date":"2025-11-04T18:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T18:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/felix-agu-out-of-2025-afcon-after-surgery"},"modified":"2025-11-04T19:35:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:35:43","slug":"felix-agu-out-of-2025-afcon-after-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/felix-agu-out-of-2025-afcon-after-surgery","title":{"rendered":"Felix Agu Out of 2025 AFCON After Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles have suffered a setback ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, as Werder Bremen defender Felix Agu has been officially ruled out of the continental showpiece.<\/p>\n<p>Agu, 26, recently underwent surgery after sustaining a syndesmosis ligament injury during Werder Bremen\u2019s 1-0 Bundesliga victory over St. Pauli last month.<\/p>\n<p>The injury had already forced him to miss Nigeria\u2019s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Lesotho and Benin Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, medical reports suggested that Agu could be sidelined for about two months, raising faint hopes of a return before the AFCON. However, Bremen\u2019s head of professional football, Peter Niemeyer, has now confirmed that the defender will not return to action until next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis (Agu) return will definitely not take place until the new year,\u201d Niemeyer told German outlet DeichStube.<\/p>\n<p>Agu, who previously represented Germany at youth level before pledging his international future to Nigeria, has made just one appearance for the Super Eagles since completing his nationality switch.<\/p>\n<p>His absence is expected to pose a selection dilemma for Super Eagles head coach Finidi George, who will now have to look elsewhere to fill the left-back position ahead of the AFCON and Nigeria\u2019s crucial World Cup playoff clash with Gabon.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations will kick off in Morocco next summer, with Nigeria aiming to capture a fourth continental title.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Lesotho<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles have suffered a setback ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, as Werder Bremen defender Felix Agu has been officially ruled out of the continental showpiece. Agu, 26, recently underwent surgery after sustaining a syndesmosis ligament injury during Werder Bremen\u2019s 1-0 Bundesliga victory over St. Pauli [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-63780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Felix Agu Out of 2025 AFCON After Surgery - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles have suffered a setback ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, as Werder Bremen defe ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/felix-agu-out-of-2025-afcon-after-surgery\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Felix Agu Out of 2025 AFCON After Surgery\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles have suffered a setback ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, as Werder Bremen defe ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/felix-agu-out-of-2025-afcon-after-surgery\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-04T18:30:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-04T19:35:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/11\/sm_1762272174.81555.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/felix-agu-out-of-2025-afcon-after-surgery#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/felix-agu-out-of-2025-afcon-after-surgery\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Felix Agu Out of 2025 AFCON After Surgery\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-04T18:30:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-04T19:35:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/felix-agu-out-of-2025-afcon-after-surgery\"},\"wordCount\":247,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/felix-agu-out-of-2025-afcon-after-surgery#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/11\/sm_1762272174.81555.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Lesotho\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/felix-agu-out-of-2025-afcon-after-surgery#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/felix-agu-out-of-2025-afcon-after-surgery\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/felix-agu-out-of-2025-afcon-after-surgery\",\"name\":\"Felix Agu Out of 2025 AFCON After Surgery - 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