John Utaka has said he would be disappointed if coach Stephen Keshi failed to pick him on his provisional World Cup squad.

The 32-year-old Utaka is scoring again for Turkish club Sivasspor after a five-week absence caused by a hamstring injury.

He was on the squad to both the 2002 and 2010 World Cups and on the back of his goals for Montpellier in the French Ligue 1, he was among the first strikers to be lined up by coach Stephen Keshi in 2011.

Keshi is expected this week to make public his provisional squad for Brazil 2014.

And Utaka told MTNFootball.com from his base in Turkey: “I will be disappointed if I’m not considered for the World Cup because I’m still playing football and still available to play for my country.

“But if I’m not picked, I will not hold any grudges.”