Cyriel Dessers could hand Rangers further AFCON headache as striker ‘on standby’ after Nigeria injury

Cyriel Dessers could hand Rangers further AFCON headache as striker ‘on standby’ after Nigeria injury

Cyriel Dessers could hand Rangers

further AFCON headache as striker ‘on

standby’ after Nigeria injury With Danilo

sidelined due to injury,

Rangers’ attacking options may be

further limited if Cyriel Dessers ends up

missing the tournament. The 29-year-old

was first left out of Jose Peseiro’s group

for the tournament after being named in

the preliminary squad but then cut from

the final group. However, a groin tear for

Bayer Leverkusen star Victor Boniface

could change things. Dessers has

reportedly been placed on standby for

the Nigeria squad. Rangers could face yet

another AFCON headache after learning

that he has been placed on standby for the Nigeria squad.

Terem Moffi, a striker for Nice, has been

selected the preferred replacement, but

as the call-up came after the formal cut-

off date, the French team is not required

to release him from his club obligations.

Furthermore, if Nice doesn’t let their guy

go, reports from Germany indicate that

the German player will be the next in line.

A statement from the Nigerian Football

Association stated: “Terem Moffi has

been called as a replacement, but that is

subject to his club allowing him to be released for Afcon.”

Since joining the Rangers in the summer,

Dessers’ performances have come under

fire; his output is thought to be below average.

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