Kenyan midfielder Victor Wanyama has not made the journey to
join up with his international team-mates for next weekend’s Africa Cup
of Nations qualifier as planned on Monday morning.
The 24-year-old is said to have asked to leave Premier League club
Southampton FC, with a potential move to Tottenham Hotspur on the
pipeline.
Wanyama was left out of Ronald Koeman’s squad for Sunday’s 3-90 win
over Norwich as the coach felt he was not “mentally and physically good
enough to play.”
The Saints have already lost fellow midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin to
Manchester United this summer and Koeman has insisted Wanyama and Sadio
Manem who is wanted by Manchester United, would not be leaving before
closure of summer transfers in England on Tuesday,
“They will stay in Southampton, I’m 100 per cent sure about that,” the
Dutch manager told Sky Sports following Sunday’s 3-0 win at home to
Norwich.
“The same answer for Victor as for Sadio, we don’t sell that kind of
player because they are key players for the team and they have to
respect the contract. That’s most important”.
The Harambee Stars are at home to Zambia in a 2017 Afcon qualifier on Sunday.
Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino signed Wanyama from Celtic in July 2013 for a reported fee of £12.5m.
