INJURED Leon Balogun on Tuesday trained with FSV Mainz 05 mate and fitness coach, reports NaijaSportsXtra.
A muscular injury saw the Nigerian miss out of selection in his club's German Bundesliga draw against Werder Bremen last weekend.
This ruled him out of joining the Nigerian squad for the crucial AFCON 2017 qualifiers against Egypt in Kaduna on March 25 and in Alexandria four days time.
Meanwhile, the sad news is that despite Balogun training with Japan international Yoshinori Muto and fitness coach Jonas Grünewald on Tuesday morning, he has also rejected an invitation to join up with Nigeria due to the injury.
His action has dashed Coach Samson Siasia's hopes of having him feature probably in the second leg of the AFCON fixture in the Egyptian city of Alexandria.
The seven times AFCON kings top the group with 6points followed by Nigeria with 4points and Tanzania, Chad respectively.
