Harambee Stars has been handed a major boost as captain Victor Wanyama is fit again and was named in the Tottenham Hotspur bench that took on Watford on Sunday 2nd September.
Wanyama was an unused substitute in the 2-1 defeat at the hands of Watford in a match staged at the Vicarage Road. The Kenyan international suffered an injury to the knee while on closed-door pre-season clash against English Championship side Brentford back in mid-July and has been out of action since then.
Wanyama resumed full training on Sunday 26th August after completing light training. The former Southampton midfielder was named in the 38 man provisional squad that is set to take on Ghana in an African Cup of Nations qualifiers on Saturday 8th September at the Kasarani Stadium.
It is however not clear if Tottenham will release Wanyama having just recently come back from a niggly injury. The 27-year-old missed a large part of last season with a knee injury that he picked up in the 2-1 defeat to Chelsea earlier on in the campaign.
Wanyama, who is the Harambee Stars captain, was included in the 38-man provisional squad by head coach Sébastien Migné barely two weeks after suffering a recurrence of a knee injury in Spurs’ pre-season tour early last month in USA.
Kenya desperately needs Wanyama to be fit as they seek for their first victory after falling 2-1 to Sierra Leone in the first round clash in June last year.”
Local based players started reporting to their residential training at Utalii Grounds yesterday and will be joined by their foreign-based counterparts today.
Ghana, who thrashed Ethiopia 5-0 in their opening match, are expected in the country on Thursday. Ëverything is set for the match. Ghana have informed us that they will be flying in on Thursday,” said Otieno.
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