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The wait continues for Zimbabwe international Marvelous Nakamba\u2019s Aston Villa debut, as he is not in the match day squad for tonight\u2019s Premier League<\/a> game against Everton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nakamba, who made the switch from Belgian giants Club Brugge for a reported \u00a312 million, has not appeared for the Premier League returnees in an official game so far.<\/p>\n

Villa coach Dean Smith explained this week that the Warriors midfielder is \u201cstill a bit off\u201d in as far as fitness is concerned.<\/p>\n

Nakamba played for Zimbabwe at AFCON 2019 but took part in only one game, the 1-0 defeat to Egypt, and the delay in the confirmation of his move to Villa Park resulted in him not having a full pre-season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The wait continues for Zimbabwe international Marvelous Nakamba\u2019s Aston Villa debut, as he is not in the match day squad for tonight\u2019s Premier League game against Everton. Nakamba, who made the switch from Belgian giants Club Brugge for a reported \u00a312 million, has not appeared for the Premier League returnees in an official game so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":12763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[378,84,499,434],"class_list":{"0":"post-12761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-sport","9":"tag-afcon","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-national-team","12":"tag-players"},"yoast_head":"\nNakamba debut delayed again - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/nakamba-debut-delayed-again\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nakamba debut delayed again\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The wait continues for Zimbabwe international Marvelous Nakamba\u2019s Aston Villa debut, as he is not in the match day squad for tonight\u2019s Premier League game against Everton. 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