Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro has handed a late invitation to Paul Onuachu as a replacement for the injured Umar Sadiq in Nigeria’s squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
Sadiq has been ruled out of the AFCON 2023 finals due to a knee injury.
The 26-year-old sustained the injury in Nigeria’s 2-0 friendly defeat to the Syli Stars of Guinea on Monday.
Onuachu’s invitation is now subject to approval from his Turkish club, Trabzonspor.
The lanky forward was part of Nigeria’s squad for the AFCON 2019 finals in Egypt.
The 29-year-old missed the previous tournament in Cameroon due to injury.
He has scored nine times and registered three assists in 15 appearances for Trabzonspor this season.
