Okocha laments groin injury
Jay-Jay Okocha says playing against West Brom worsened his groin injury.
Bolton Wanderers midfielder Jay-Jay Okocha says Sam Allardyce's insistence that he play against West Bromwich Albion worsened his groin injury.The Nigerian international has been forced to pull out of his country's World Cup qualifier in Gabon on Saturday with the groin problem.
The former Paris Saint Germain player injured the groin in the 1-1 draw with Birmingham City and admitted he was not keen to play in last Saturday's 2-1 defeat at West Brom.
Okocha did appear, but lasted just 34 minutes before needing to come off with the groin problem.
The African star thinks he could have avoided any of his current injury problems had he stayed out of the match at The Hawthorns.
"I wasn't too keen to feature against West Brom, as I didn't feel fit enough," Okocha said.
"But the manager asked that I play. Unfortunately, I ended up worsening the injury."
