Belgian Pro League club, KAA Gent have refused to allow their forward, Gift Orban honour Nigeria’s invitation for their 2023 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualifying fixtures against Guinea.
Orban was among the 16 foreign-based professionals invited for the qualifiers by head coach, Salisu Yusuf last Friday.
Gent has, however, turned down the invitation, according to Salisu.
“Orban is out of the two-legged fixtures [vs Guinea U23s]. So we are going ahead to make do with the players we have in camp,” Salisu told reporters in Abuja.
“The home-based boys in camp, with the invited foreign-based, are in good shape, and we are confident they will do well.”
Orban has been in fantastic form since linking up with Gent from Norwegian second-division club, Staebek, in January.
The 20-year-old has scored ten goals in 12 appearances across all competitions for Gent.
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