The Nashville SC striker was named in the 21 man squad for the CAF U-23 championship in Egypt later this week but had to be replaced in the eleventh hour by Holland-based Abass Issah.
“We were expecting Ropapa to join the squad but we were advised by his club side that he had suffered an injury which would require that he sits out for some time before he can return to full action, thus we had to replace him in the squad,' Tanko said after the team's first training session in Cairo.
“We are glad that Utrecht finally accepted to release Abass for the tournament," he added.
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