Nigeria may not be able to field her Britain-based players for the forthcoming World Cup qualifier against Cape Verde next month due to Covid-19 restrictions which place the country on the UK’s red list.

The Super Eagles kick off their 2022 World Cup qualification campaign at home against the Lone Star of Liberia  on September 3  and will be   away to Cape Verde  four days later but head coach Gernot Rohr is resigned to not being able to use some of his best players to prosecute the game.

Cape Verde is on the UK’s red list of countries, meaning that whoever travels there must be quarantined for 10 days upon their return.

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With the English and Scottish seasons now in full flow, this is likely to mean that club sides will refuse to release their players for the game.

Players likely to be affected include Alex Iwobi of Everton, Kelechi Iheanacho, and Wilfred Ndidi of Leicester City, Frank Onyeka of Brentford, and the Watford trio of Oghenekaro Etebo, Emmanuel Dennis and William Troost-Ekong.

Scottish champions Glasgow Rangers may also refuse to release their Nigerian trio of Leon Balogun, Joe Aribo and Calvin Bassey, while Semi Ajayi of English Championship side West Bromwich Albion may miss out too.

Already, several Premier League clubs, along with other members of the European Club Association, have revealed they would not release their players to play in the red list countries.