Kenyan international Joseph Okumu will be available for selection on Sunday evening when KAA Gent take on Standard Liege in a Belgium Pro League match at 8:30 PM EAT after a three-week absence.Okumu missed the last two matches for the club against KAS Eupen and RFC Seraing with an abductors muscle injury that he picked in training before their match against Club Brugge earlier in the month but went on to feature in the match but was withdrawn in the second half.20 spelers. En route pour Sclessin.COBW 🔵⚪ | #STAGNT #JPL pic.twitter.com/KULoynF0pH— KAA Gent (@KAAGent) February 26, 2022 Okumu was included in the traveling squad that was released by the club on Saturday after missing out for the better part of the match but it is unclear whether he will take part in the match having only trained with the team on Friday according to Coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck in a prematch interview.”There is good news coming from our injury list. Okumu trained with the first team on Friday,” Vanhaezebrouck said. Two French clubs salivating for Michael OlungaOkumu’s absence came as a big blow for Gent but the return of Michael Ngadeu from the Africa Cup of Nations where he was with Cameroon offered them some sort of reprieve.Harambee Stars and KAA Gent defender Joseph Okumu is the first Kenyan to play in the group stages of the UEFA Europa Conference League.He featured for the full 90 in a 2-0 win against Anorthosis Famagusta (Cypria). History. pic.twitter.com/D7KkXIdz8H— OptaKe (@ke_opta) September 30, 2021 In the two matches they played without the Kenyan, they managed to keep clean sheets in both, collecting six points in the process and he will be hoping that he can help the team continue the purple patch with his return.A win for Gent would take them closer to the top four with 49 points and they would be within three points of Anderlecht who played to a frustrating draw against Leuven on Saturday evening.
