Fears that Super Eagles defender, Ola Aina maybe on the sidelines longer than expected emerged on Tuesday when he missed training with Italian club Torino.
On Tuesday, Torino had to issue a statement posted on their website on the injury status of the player.
According to the report, Aina was further subjected to medical examination to ascertain the severity of the injury sustained prior to last Sunday’s league match against Cheivo.
”Ola Aina for the problem of the abdominal rectum, was put under evaluation by the medical staff for the injury suffered during warm up against Chievo,” reads the statement.
The 22-year-old who was initially in Torino’s starting list against Chievo is now a big doubt for this Sunday’s Serie A Clash against Frosinone
This could be bad news for Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr who has included the N4b highly rated defender on the 23-man list expected to face Seychelles in the last match of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on March 22 in Asaba, Delta State.
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Aina who is on loan at Torino from Chelsea has made 22 appearances for the club this season with a goal to his name.