Nigeria's Plan A Blow For Premier League Clubs
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A number of Premier League clubs have suffered a blow with the news that Nigeria plan to call up their players two weeks before next January's African Cup of Nations.
Nigeria's team manager, Berti Vogts, announced his plans and made it clear that attending the training camp will not be optional for players, but compulsory.
Former Scotland boss Vogts, a World Cup winner as a player with (West) Germany, told the Liverpool Echo: "That is the way that things have to be and there will be no exceptions.
"There will be a two-week training camp and all the players will be there.
"They will not be allowed to arrive later."
The Premiership players likely to be called up for the Nigeria squad are: Joseph Yobo, Victor Anichebe and Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Everton), Kelvin Etuhu (Manchester City), Dickson Etuhu (Sunderland), Nwankwo Kanu and John Utaka (Portsmouth), Obafemi Martins and Celestine Babayaro (Newcastle United) and Julius Aghahowa (Wigan Athletic). -
uhm y he told "Liverpool Echo" le..
n there's no Nigerians in Pool also...
he shld told CFC/Portsmouth le -
looks like the AFC is going to impact everton and pompey the most....
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Not really, this are just players from Nigeria... There are other countries still like Ivory Coast... Gunners also have 2 or 3 i think... Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Eboue. Chelsea too... Drogba... Spurs as well...Originally posted by The man who was death:looks like the AFC is going to impact everton and pompey the most.... -
Chelsea, arsenal and spurs have depth, and spurs and chelsea are gonna spend in the jan window.Originally posted by zocoss:Not really, this are just players from Nigeria... There are other countries still like Ivory Coast... Gunners also have 2 or 3 i think... Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Eboue. Chelsea too... Drogba... Spurs as well...
3/4 of pompey first team midfield is gonna be gone and everton strikeforce will become very weak....with no backups -
Everton,arsenal and pompey suffer badly sia