2022 World Cup qualifiers: Hoffenheim star Akpoguma ruled out of Nigeria squad

 The three-time African champions are a man down ahead of their outing against the Lone Stars on Friday

Hoffenheim have ruled Kevin Akpoguma out of Nigeria’s 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifying matches against Liberia and Cape Verde after he tested positive for coronavirus.

The 26-year-old is among the 30 players summoned by Gernot Rohr for Friday's match at the Teslim Balogun Stadium and next week's trip to Cape Verde.

Akpoguma’s club in Germany announced that the defender, even though he is fully vaccinated, will immediately go into quarantine which rules him out of the trip to the West African country for the crucial World Cup qualifiers.



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