I feel bad not playing against Cranes and Bafana, says Ideye

West Brom striker, Brown Ideye, has revealed his disappointment at missing out on an international return with the Super Eagles after two years on the sidelines.

Ideye was in the 28-man list of players pencilled down to face the Cranes of Uganda and the Bafana Bafana of South Africa but had to pull out of the squad due to a knee injury.

The 26-year-old now rue the missed opportunity but optimistic of future involvement with the senior national team.

“Every player wants to play for his country and since 2013, I haven’t had a great impact for my country so I feel bad about pulling out,” he said.

“But there are many more games ahead so I have to move forward now and forget about that.”

The striker also missed Albion’s 3-0 defeat at Manchester City last weekend due to the same problem sustained in the victory over Stoke City.

But he’s targeting a return to action for his club against relegation-threatened QPR a week on Saturday.

“I am in rehab now so hopefully I will be better before the QPR game,” he said.

“I just have to work with the doctors and the physios and hopefully things will get better in time. Somebody kicked me from behind in the Stoke game and since then I’ve been getting pain.

“I spoke with the gaffer and said I didn’t think I could play so I just have to rest it and get good treatment.

“I thought I could be fit for Nigeria. I thought I could even be fit for the game at Manchester City but the game was still there and I couldn’t run so I just had to stay back instead of risking it by going to internationals and coming back.

“I just have to rest. The pain is still there but with the doctors and physios we have doing their best, they should make sure I’m fit for the game.”