Wolverhampton Wanderers Sweating On Fitness Of Ikeme Ahead Ipswich Town Clash
Published: March 30, 2016Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Kenny Jackett is sweating on the fitness of Nigeria glovesman Carl Ikeme ahead of Saturday’s Championship game against Ipswich Town at the Molineux Stadium.
The netminder returned to England on Tuesday morning early from international duty with the Super Eagles due to illness and Wolves medics have started working around the clock to make his available for the fixture with the Tractor Boys.
“He has picked up a stomach bug while away with Nigeria. He missed their second game and has flown home,” said Jackett to Wolves official website.
“He had a very high temperature so we will have to see how he recovers this week so they sent him home early because he was struggling.”
The coach added : “He came back yesterday morning and at least there is a little bit of time ahead of the weekend.
“That is a good thing and we will see how recovers but he was quite bad and our doctor saw him yesterday afternoon.”
This season, the 29-year-old Ikeme has been in goal in 28 games across all competitions, racking up 2,463 minutes of playing time in the process.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
The netminder returned to England on Tuesday morning early from international duty with the Super Eagles due to illness and Wolves medics have started working around the clock to make his available for the fixture with the Tractor Boys.
“He has picked up a stomach bug while away with Nigeria. He missed their second game and has flown home,” said Jackett to Wolves official website.
“He had a very high temperature so we will have to see how he recovers this week so they sent him home early because he was struggling.”
The coach added : “He came back yesterday morning and at least there is a little bit of time ahead of the weekend.
“That is a good thing and we will see how recovers but he was quite bad and our doctor saw him yesterday afternoon.”
This season, the 29-year-old Ikeme has been in goal in 28 games across all competitions, racking up 2,463 minutes of playing time in the process.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
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