Siasia, who allayed fears of injury while exchanging views with newsmen shortly after the morning training session, said the player only had a stomach upset
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The attacking midfielder scored his first senior goal for the club in Saturday’s 2-0 win at Everton and is expected to continue negotiations over a new deal during the international break
Iwobi, who was born in Nigeria and is the nephew of Jay-Jay Okocha, has played in two friendly games for the Super Eagles, meaning his international future remains undecided until he makes his competitive bow
Everton almost opened the scoring in just over a minute when Seamus Coleman struck the post with a flick at the near post, but moments later, Welbeck hit the woodwork at the other end after the ball ricocheted off his leg after a mazy run along the byline
Arsenal and Manchester City starlets, Alex Iwobi and Kelechi Iheanacho, alongside Watford star, Odion Ighalo, are part of the star names on the foreign based list
Iwobi began to repay his manager’s faith on Saturday as one of the most impressive attacking players in Arsenal’s 0-0 draw with Hull in the fifth round, thriving in the number 10 role and showing a notable ability to make the right decisions under pressure
Arsene Wenger thinks England have missed out on a future star in young Arsenal midfielder, Alex Iwobi, who has pledged…
It was an end-to-end start to proceedings at the Emirates as the Championship’s top scorer so far this season, Andre Gray, shot wide before Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain fired over at the other end
Iwobi has now made a total of seven appearances for the club this season, and is likely to add further to his tally against Burnley on Saturday, though the return of Alexis Sanchez, Danny Welbeck and Tomas Rosicky to first-team contention may see his playtime limited in the remainder of the season
He played for one minute in the Premier League as a late substitute against Swansea City in October and also made a brief cameo against Bayern Munich in the Champions League earlier this month
Arsenal are the second Premier League side to be eliminated by Sheffield Wednesday, as the Owls beat Newcastle United earlier in the competition
Henry, who is taking his Uefa coaching badges, is required to work at a club as part of one of the course requirements, but he has been invited by Andries Jonker, who is the head of the Arsenal academy, to be a part of the U19 set up and help with their preparations for the Youth League, which was born out of the now defunct Next Gen Series
“Alex Iwobi has signed a new long-term contract with Arsenal. The 19-year-old forward, who is a mainstay of the Gunners’ under-21s, also impressed for the first team this pre-season,” Arsenal announced on Tuesday
FIFA underscored that Iwobi can put on the green-white-green since he has permanent Nigerian citizenship
Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, has hailed youngster, Alex Iwobi, who scored during their 6-0 Emirates Cup win over Lyon.…
The senior Iwobi said: “Alex is very, very keen and the entire family is enthusiastic for him to represent Nigeria. He was born here in Nigeria but we took him as a four-month old baby to England and he has been there ever since
The Deputy Secretary General of the NFF, Dr. Emmanuel Ikpeme, who made the clarification in Gabon, said the NFF decided to take the Arsenal striker along as part of the new administration’s policy of encouraging Nigerians in the diaspora to identify with the national teams and make up their mind to play for the team
Uncertainty still beclouds Iwobi’s eligibility to feature for Nigeria after playing for England in the age grade competitions
The coach, in a statement made available by the team’s media officer, Timi Ebikagboro, informed that the invited foreign-based players were selected from the screening exercise earlier in November and December
The teenager, who was born in Lagos, has represented England at U16, U17 and U18 level but Nigeria wants to snatch the forward from under the England FA’s noses