Terem Moffi Suffers Hamstring Injury Four Weeks to 2023 AFCON

Super Eagles’ Striker Terem Moffi has sustained a hamstring injury just four weeks away from the start of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Ivory Coast.

Moffi has been an important player for nice this season.

The 24-year-old hitman started in all 15 Ligue 1 games for nice, and he has four goals coupled with two assists.

Moffi’s injury has also come at a crucial time, as the AFCON is set to kick-off on January 13.

he is one of the regulars in the team and is almost sure of a spot in the African showpiece next year.

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On the recovery period, exakthealth wrote, Minor strains that affect only a small portion of the muscle tissue can recover in four to six weeks. More severe strains that affect a large part of the muscle take eight to 12 weeks.

While Nice are yet to state the extent of the striker’s injury, it is very unlikely that he will resume camp with the squad which put his AFCON spot in jeopardy.

This news will, however, come as a major blow to Jose Peseiro, who is already without Nottingham Forest’s Taiwo Awoniyi for the AFCON after the striker picked up a groin injury during the Eagles friendly game against Saudi Arabia in Portugal in October.

CAF on Friday confirmed that all the 24 Participating Member Associations had submitted their provisional squads for the tournament with Moffi almost guaranteed a spot in that list.

With the AFCON set to kick-off January 13, the Portuguese tactician will hope that the striker is fit enough and on time to be able to play at the biennial competition.

With only Victor Osimhen and Victor Boniface the two strikers whose spots are guaranteed barring any injuries, should the Nice striker not be fit in time for the AFCON, Peseiro may have to shift focus to Paul Onuachu, Gift Orban, Akor Adams and Sadiq Umar.