The three-time African champions' preparations for the highly-anticipated clash have been affected by a spate of withdrawals, but one of the players has arrived at the team's camp
Nigeria's vice-captain William Troost-Ekong has landed at the team's camp in Austria ahead of Friday's international friendly game against Cameroon.
Ekong's arrival is a massive boost for Gernot Rohr, who has been forced to deal with a series of withdrawals due to injuries.
The Watford star had earlier confirmed his availability for the game with a post on his Instagram stories.
As many as six players have pulled out from the 24-man squad, leaving Rohr with just 18 players for the clash on Friday.
Victor Osimhen, Simy Nwankwo, Frank Onyeka, Ola Aina, Samson Tijani and Tyronne Ebuehi are the six players that have excused themselves from the squad due to injuries, putting Friday's game at risk.
There is also a feeling of resentment in the squad over unpaid salaries. Rohr has not been paid for six months, while Alloy Agu is owed 22 months of allowances.
The players have also not been paid the bonuses for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Nonetheless, the game is still expected to go ahead on Friday, with kickoff set for 8:30 pm Nigerian time.
This is a SHAME! Unpaid wages at this point
Shame on NFF. Shame on Nigerian Govt. At this stage of life players and coaching crew are still being owed? God forbid.
This is shameful, no minister or senator is being owed, why all this rubbish and when will this end? The most important people are the one’s being owed in this country. Teachers, footballers. This country is messed.
This country is truly a scam what is really going on we pay Boko Haram but we don’t pay health workers we pay kidnappers we don’t don’t pay footballers who even try to unite us we steal money our educational system has failed security has failed our health system has also failed no body in Nigeria that is safe unemployment has become part of our daily life hunger in Nigeria is on the high side growing everyday a country who refuse to feed her citizens at a very difficult time during the pandemic instead they loaded the food made for the masses inside the warehouse and watched it’s citizens died of hunger THE BEST IS TO SPLIT THIS COUNTY THERE IS NOTHING LEFT
Politics everywhere, useless nff, useless government
Left over country