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Zambia midfielder Chisamba Lungu
It is now uncertain as to whether Russian-based Zambia midfielder Chisamba Lungu will travel home for this Sunday’s 2018 World Cup return leg qualifier against Sudan.
The FK Ural midfielder did not travel with Zambia to Khartoum on Monday for Wednesday’s 2018 World Cup second round, first leg qualifier against Sudan in Karima.
Chisamba said in an interview from his base in Russia on Tuesday that it is very unlikely that he would travel for the final leg fixture on November 15 at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola.
He cited administrative reasons at the Football Association of Zambia for his decision not to travel.
“I am in Russia (and) no I will not come because they are no proper arrangements,” Chisamba said.
His statement comes just a day after FAZ disclosed that the player will be available for the final leg this weekend.
Chisamba is the second senior player in a space of two months to snub a call-up after Chinese-based striker Jacob Mulenga declined to play in a 2017 Africa Cup qualifier against Kenya on September 6 in Nairobi citing personal reasons.
Meanwhile, Zambia made their way to Sudan on the eve of the game at midnight on Monday after assembling in Lusaka while some foreign-based players flew directly to Khartoum from their respective bases where they converged on Tuesday en route to the match venue in Karima by plane located 400 kilometers north of the Sudanese capital.