Cephas to miss Nations League matches

Jamaican winger Renaldo Cephas is set to miss the Reggae Boyz's next two Concacaf Nations League games. Jamaica will face hosts Grenada on Thursday before travelling to Trinidad and Tobago to play Haiti on Sunday.

STAR Sports understands that the 23-year-old forward has experienced travel delays in Turkey due to the conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Palestine.

A source close to the camp revealed that the Ankaragucu player would not have made it to Grenada until the day of the game and as a result the decision was taken to leave him out of the squad.

"There are challenges in Turkey. There are a lot of delays with flights," the insider explained.

"If he left Turkey, based on the delays he would not have arrived in Grenada until match day. But it's the war in region between Israel and Palestine that is what's causing these delays, so it's an impact situation," the source said.

Cephas, a former Arnett Gardens player, was called up for the last two Nations League matches against Honduras and Haiti by coach Heimir Hallgrimsson. He made his international debut in the first match against Honduras but did not feature in the second game against Haiti.

Meanwhile, the squad has now been reduced from 23 to 21 players after Javain Brown pulled out due to injury and Adrian Mariappa due to personal reasons.

However, Damion Lowe, Leon Bailey and Daniel Johnson joined up with the team late Tuesday evening and will begin training with the squad this (Wednesday) morning.