Like Osimhen, Chukwueze also out of Eagles World Cup qualifiers
AC Milan star out for a month, set also miss games against Juventus, PSG and Napoli
Samuel Chukwueze is expected to be out for a month after suffering an injury to his left hamstring in training with the Super Eagles during the international
break, according to a report in La Gazzetta dello Sport, Italy’s number one sports paper.
Chukwueze, who joined AC Milan in the summer from LaLiga side, Villarreal is expected to miss Nigeria’s two 2026 World Cup qualifying games against Lesotho
on November 13 and Zimbabwe seven days later.
The AC Milan offensive winger has now become the second player that miss the World Cup qualifiers next month.
Interestingly, both play in Italy and were members of the Golden Eaglets team that won the FIFA U17 World Cup in Chile in 2015.
In addition to missing Nigeria’s world cup games, Chukwueze will also miss this Sunday’s Serie A game against Juventus at the San Siro, Wednesday’s UEFA
Champions League trip to Paris to face PSG and the Serie A trip to the Armando Maradona stadium next weekend against Napoli.
Chukwueze, 24, joined AC Milan during the last transfer window from LaLiga side, Villarreal and has featured nine times for the Italian giants with seven of the games coming in the Serie A.
The Nigerian is still looking to make his first goal involvement for the club as he has neither scored nor provided any assist.
