Rohr meets Ranieri, Conte over Musa, Mikel

Super Eagles technical adviser, Gernot Rohr, has revealed his plans to seek discussions with Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri and Chelsea’s coach Antonio Conte over Ahmed Musa and John Obi Mikel’s lack of playing time.

Since the arrival of Algeria’s Islam Slimani at the club, Musa has failed to feature in City’s last two games while captain John Obi Mikel is yet to play for Chelsea since his return from the Rio Olympics where he led Nigeria to win the football bronze medal.

“It’s not the best situation a manager will hope for. But we understand that they play for teams that have high competition for places.

“We will however in the coming days have a chat with them on the way forward.

“If needs be, talks with their respective managers will also be a welcome idea. For now we will stay put and see if they get games before our next game.”

Meanwhile, Gernot Rohr has stated that Isaac Success, along with fellow players Victor Moses and Leon Balogun, as well as Odion Ighalo who was excused to visit his father’s grave, would be in contention for their next game against Algeria in November.

He said: “The three injured players and the one that had a family issue and had to be excused will all be back.

“We shall also look at other players who play regularly in their clubs who may join the team.”

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