Brazil vs Nigeria: Joe Aribo doubtful for Eagles friendly after sustaining head injury
- Brazil vs Nigeria October 13 friendly may see Super Eagles midfielder Joe Aribo missing in action
- The Rangers midfielder suffered a head injury in Wednesday's League Cup win over Livingston
- Club manager Steven Gerrard confirmed Aribo will miss few games for Rangers
Joe Aribo, Super Eagles and Rangers midfielder, could be a major doubt for Brazil friendly and his club’s next "few games" after cropping a head injury in Wednesday's League Cup win over Livingston.
According to the BBC report, the Super Eagles youngster, who marked his debut against Ukraine early in the month needed about 20 stitches after a rough challenge by Livingston's Rickie Lamie.
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Speaking moments after the game club boss Steven Gerrard admitted that Aribo will sit out Saturday's home fixture against Aberdeen after being "cut all the way to the bone".
"I will be very surprised if we see Aribo play before the international break," the Rangers boss said.
"It is his first time out of London and he has settled very well. This will be a setback but knowing him he will bounce back, he didn't even want to come off yesterday which shows his mentality."
Ahead of the next international break, Rangers will still battle Young Boys away in the Europa League on Thursday, October 3 and Hamilton at Ibrox.
Aribo was injured minutes before the end of the first half break in the 1-0 win at the Tony Macaroni Arena after Lamie's forearm hit the Eagles midfielder on the head.
Responding to a question on whether the Livingston defender should have been sent off during the match, Gerrard repeated his thoughts on Thursday, September 26.
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"I don't think the player has gone in to intentionally hurt him but that in my book is serious dangerous play and in any other league it is a red card," he summed up.
Interestingly, Super Eagles boss Gernot Rohr included the youngster in his 23-man squad to tackle Brazil’s Selecao in Singapore on Sunday, October 13.
Legit.ng reported that earlier that Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has handed Slavia Prague striker Peter Olayinka his debut call up for Nigeria's friendly match against Brazil next month.
The three time African champions are scheduled to play the south American country in a test games on October 13.
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