Plateau’s Kabiru Umar resumes light training
Reigning Nigeria Professional Football League champions, Plateau United have been handed a huge injury boost with confirmation that one of their star players, Kabiru Umar has nearly returned from injury.
Reigning Nigeria Professional Football League champions, Plateau United have been handed a huge injury boost with confirmation that one of their star players, Kabiru Umar has nearly returned from injury.
In a chat with SportingLife.ng, Umar who played a major role in Plateau’s 2016/2017 title winning season is delighted to be back from the injury that has ruled him out of action for over a month.
“It’s been almost one month and three weeks that I have been injured but I thank God I’ve started light training. The club tried for me during the period and they have settled all my expenses incurred during my treatment. I appreciate our general manager, coaching crew and my team mates for their concern during the period,” Kabiru told SportingLife.ng.
The Peace Boys are currently occupying the 4th spot on the league table with 28 points with two more games at hand due to their involvement in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederations Cup and the former Kano Pillars pointman believes the team is still on course to retain their title this season
“I am not happy that we are now out of continental competition. The fact that I couldn’t help the team in our continental engagement due to my injury really makes me sad. Now our focus is the league and I believe we can still retain our title,” Umar told SportingLife.ng.