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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Bordeaux manager, Jean-Louis Gasset, has confirmed that Samuel Kalu suffered a recurrence of a thigh injury during their 3-1 win over Dijon in Ligue 1 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Kalu was taken off in the 16th minute and replaced by Nicolas de Preville.<\/p>\n

This comes as a blow for Gernot Rohr, who included the 23-year-old winger in the Super Eagles\u2019 24-man squad for their Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixtures against Benin and Lesotho on March 27 and 30 respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor Samuel Kalu, it\u2019s a [recurring] problem behind the thigh,\u201d Gasset told the media after Sunday\u2019s match.<\/p>\n

Kalu was selected alongside Ahmed Musa, Moses Simon, Alex Iwobi, Victor Osimhen, Kelechi Iheanacho, Samuel Chukwueze and Sadiq Umar in Nigeria\u2019s attack.<\/p>\n

He would be replaced by one of Galatasaray\u2019s Henry Onyekuru, Genk\u2019s Paul Onuachu or Lorient\u2019s Terem Moffi, who are all on stand-by.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Bordeaux manager, Jean-Louis Gasset, has confirmed that Samuel Kalu suffered a recurrence of a thigh injury during their 3-1 win over Dijon in Ligue 1 on Sunday. Kalu was taken off in the 16th minute and replaced by Nicolas de Preville. 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