Scott Basalaj will tonight fly to London to join the New Zealand men's football side to provide goalkeeping cover for Jake Gleeson, who is battling a groin injury.
Gleeson, who played for the All Whites for most of their recent Oceania Nations Cup campaign in the Solomon Islands, left the field in the second half of the 2-1 defeat to South Korea on Saturday night.
Coach Neil Emblen is hopeful he will be fit for New Zealand's first game against Belarus on July 27 (NZT) but they are flying out Basalaj as a precaution.
The Hutt Valley schoolboy was one of New Zealand's best at last year's Under-17 World Cup and earned a two-week trial with Scottish club Rangers.
New Zealand play UAE in an Olympic warmup in Austria early tomorrow morning (NZT).
