Breaking! Brazil vs Nigeria tie: Aribo is a major doubt, receives 20 stitches

Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja.

One of the rising stars of Nigeria football and Rangers fc midfielder, Joseph Oluwaseyi Ayodele- Aribo may miss the high-profile international friendly match between Nigeria and Brazil in Singapore next month.

Aribo who is one of the the 23 players Nigeria’s Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr have invited for the prestige match with Brazil is currently nursing a head injury.

Sportsrevelation can confirm that Aribo needed 20 stitches after injury forced him out of Rangers midweek Scottish Leaque Cup win at Livingston even as his club Head Coach, Steven Gerrard saying that “He will definitely miss the game at the weekend and potentially the next few”.

Gerrard also confirmed that Rangers midfielder (Aribo) will miss Saturday’s game with Aberdeen fc and “potentially a number more”, after he suffered a nasty cut to the head in their 1-0 win at Livingston.

Aribo, who moved to Ibrox from Charlton over the summer, received 20 stitches in a head wound following a challenge involving Livingston’s Rickie Lamie in their Scottish League Cup game on Wednesday night.

The 23-year-old was forced off after 22 minutes of the game at the Tony Macaroni Arena, with Glen Kamara’s fifth-minute goal proving enough to win the tie and set up a semi-final against Hearts.

“I spoke to Joe [Aribo] this morning, he is pretty sore and shocked but he is OK,” Gerrard said.

“After getting 20 stitches in his head, he is OK – the doctors did a fantastic job on him, as he was cut all the way to the bone. The doctor will decide in the coming days when he will be back.
He will definitely miss the game at the weekend and potentially the next few after this. I will be very surprised if we see Aribo play before the international break.

“It is his first time out of London and he has settled very well. This will be a setback but knowing him, he will bounce back. He didn’t even want to come off yesterday (Wednesday), which shows his mentality.
I don’t think the player has gone in to intentionally hurt him but that in my book is serious dangerous play and in any other league, it is a red card, Gerrard concluded.