OGC Nice striker, Terem Moffi, is excited to be recalled to the Super Eagles squad for the Africa Cup of Nations scheduled to start on Saturday in Ivory Coast.

Moffi was listed in the provisional squad list for the tournament but missed out on Jose Peseiro’s final squad for the tournament. The Portuguese opted to select Victor Osimhen, Sadiq Umar, Kelechi Iheanacho and Victor Boniface as his preferred strikers for the tourney.

But with Boniface out of the squad due to a muscle tendon injury he sustained while in Nigeria’s training camp in Abu Dhabi last week, the Portuguese coach drafted in Moffi into the squad as his replacement.

His injury comes on top of the recent withdrawal of midfielder Wilfred Ndidi, who was injured in Leicester City’s 2-0 win at Cardiff City on December 29.

“I’m happy to be back in the team, naturally it was not easy for me to be left out of the team for the tournament initially,” Moffi said.

“But I’m going to give my best to the team.”

Our correspondent also learnt that Moffi is expected to join up with the rest of the Eagles squad on Sunday ruling him out of Nigeria’s opening game against  Equatorial Guinea.

The Nigerian striker is expected to feature for OGC Nice when they travel to Roazhan Park to face Stade Rennes.

“Terem (Moffi) will only leave for the Eagles camp in Abidjan, Ivory Coast Sunday after he has played for his club Nice in a league game against Rennes,” a source close to the player said.

“That was the agreement his club reached with the NFF.”

It was also further learnt that Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho would join the Eagles squad in Abidjan.

Nigeria open their AFCON campaign with a Group A game against Equatorial Guinea on Sunday before meeting hosts Ivory Coast and then Guinea-Bissau.