Sanusi was injured in September and has been out since
Porto coach Sergio Conceição has confirmed that Super Eagles defender Zaidu Sanusi will be in his squad for Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League match against Belgian club AntwerpSoccer Thereported.
Sanusi has been sidelined for almost two months since sustaining a muscular injury in Porto’s 3-1 win over Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League tournament on September 19.
Due to injury, the 26-year-old had to miss Nigeria’s friendlies against Saudi Arabia and Mozambique during his last international break.
Sanusi has also missed the last eight games against Porto in all competitions. However, he is scheduled to return on Tuesday.
During Porto’s pre-match press conference against Antwerp, coach Conceição announced that Sanussi was once again fully fit and available for selection.
“Zaidu will be in the squad (against Antwerp). No other players recovered during the selection break, except after the game against Vitoria.”Conceição said. >.
Although Sanusi has fully recovered, it is unlikely that he will start in Porto. Wendell has performed well as a left-back since he was sidelined, so there will be no pressure on Conceição to use him.
Antwerp have Chidela Ejuke and Alhassan Yusuf in their squad, so it should be a matchup between two Nigerian players.
