Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has been ruled out of Nigeria's friendly game against Algeria.

Ndidi has suffered a hamstring injury and has returned to Leicester.

The Nigeria Football Federation confirmed the blow on social media on Tuesday morning. It read: "Midfielder Wilfred Ndidi is injured and out of the game against Nigeria. He has left the team's camp and returned to England. Get well soon Wilfred."

Super Eagles coach Jose Peseiro has since addressed the situation with Ndidi re-posting the video on his Twitter page. "[Wilfred] Ndidi when he came, the fitness coach from Leicester sent our fitness coach a message that he complained in the last match," Peseiro said.

"He came, he trained without intensity, a small training [session] but with conditioning. He feels something in his hamstring, and I think it's best not to use [him].

"It's not dangerous but I'm not going to use one player in a friendly match if he can get more injured. He [returned] to Leicester today, for recovery."