Ecuador manager Sebastian Becca has confirmed Sunderland's Nilsson Angulo will return to the Premier League squad.
On 2 February, the winger left Anderlecht to secure a permanent transfer to the Stadium of Light for €17.3m.
He scored 10 goals and 11 assists in 94 appearances for Anderlecht, of which seven goals and eight assists came this season. The 22-year-old's performances and potential for the Belgian club convinced Sunderland to take a bet on him.
There there was a lot of excitement On visiting Sunderland in Ecuador. However, he has yet to score or contribute an assist for the Black Cats in 347 minutes in six matches, and some of his Premier League statistics are as follows.
- Appearances: 5
- Start: 3
- minutes: 264
- Minutes per game: 53
- Key passes per game: 0.4
- Shots on goal per game: 0.4
Angulo last made his appearance in the Black Cats' FA Cup defeat to Port Vale. Due to injury he had to miss the last two matches.
However, this did not stop the national team manager from including him in the squad for this international break.
Sunderland player's injury a blow to Ecuador
On Thursday, Sebastian Bekases spoke at a press conference teleamazonas Nilsson Angulo has issued his comments.
The attacker and Independiente del Valle's Patrick Mercado will both miss Ecuador's next two fixtures due to injuries and the manager spoke about their absence.
"These are significant losses. The rest are fit and healthy." He said.
Teleamazonas report that the former Anderlecht man will leave the national team camp on Friday and return to Sunderland, where he will work on his recovery from a 'muscle strain'.
bolavip Claim Bekes' decision to call up Angulo was 'completely surprising' as he was already injured. They termed it a 'controversial move', although the coach had called up injured players on several occasions in the past.
Meanwhile, the Sunderland man's immediate focus will be on recovering and regaining his form with Regis Le Bris's side ahead of the World Cup.
Ecuador squad and fixtures for the March international break
There are two friendly matches against the national team
- Morocco, March 27
- Netherlands, March 31
Sebastian Bekas's squad for these two matches:
goalkeeper: David Cabezas, Gonzalo Valle, Hernan Galindez, Moises Ramirez
defenders: Angelo Preciado, Felix Torres, Jackson Porrozo, Joel Ordonez, Jose Hurtado, Leonardo Realpe, Pervis Estupinan, Piero Hincapie, Willian Pacho
midfielder: Alan Franco, Alan Minda, Anthony Valencia, Bryan Ramirez, Denil Castillo, Gonzalo Plata, Janner Corozo, John Yeboah, Jordy Alcívar, Kendry Páez, Moises Caicedo, Pedro Vite, Yaimar Medina
Ahead: Ener Valencia, Jeremy Arevalo, John Mercado, Jordi Caicedo, Kevin Rodriguez, Leonardo Campana
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