Mikel Agu pulled back from Nigeria squad against Algeria match

Gernot Rohr's arrangements for the up and coming match against Algeria and Argentina have endured a blow with news that Mikel Agu has pulled back from the squad because of injury.

The Nigeria Football Federation detailed by means of authority sources on Wednesday evening that the focal midfielder has hauled out of the squad. ''Turkey based midfielder Mikel Agu is out of our forthcoming recreations against Algeria and Argentina attributable to damage. We'll miss him, tweeted the Nigerian Federation.

Rohr had effectively lost five critical players Victor Moses, Elderson Echiejile, Eddy Onazi, Moses Simon and Odion Ighalo, who all began the World Cup qualifiers against Zambia, to wounds before this most recent difficulty.

Hapoel Beer Sheva midfielder John Ogu has apparently completely recouped from quadriceps damage, which kept him from playing for his Israeli club in three of their last four matches.