{"id":934,"date":"2022-01-07T17:32:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T17:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/nigerias-odion-ighalo-to-miss-2021-afcon-due-to-club-dispute"},"modified":"2022-01-07T17:44:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T17:44:06","slug":"nigerias-odion-ighalo-to-miss-2021-afcon-due-to-club-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/nigerias-odion-ighalo-to-miss-2021-afcon-due-to-club-dispute","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s Odion Ighalo to miss 2021 AFCON due to club dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span>Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo will miss the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon after Saudi Arabian club Al Shabab refused to release him.<\/p>\n<p>Al Shabab said that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) missed the official deadline to call up Ighalo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForward Odion Ighalo is no longer expected as a result of issues with his Saudi Arabian club,\u201d the NFF said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA rules state that countries must notify players\u2019 clubs of national team call-ups 15 days before the start of a tournament.<\/p>\n<p>26-year-old Peter Olayinka, who plays for Czech Republic club, Slavia Prague, will replace Ighalo.<\/p>\n<p>A similar situation was behind the exclusion of Watford striker Emmanuel Dennis with club manager Claudio Ranieri saying the NFF did not \u201crespect the days\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>32-year-old Ighalo announced his retirement from international football in July 2019 after helping the Super Eagles secure third place at the last edition of the Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>He had finished as the tournament\u2019s top scorer with five goals and also was the leading scorer in that edition\u2019s qualifiers with seven goals.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria is scheduled to play record seven-time champions Egypt in their opening Group D match on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\">Angola<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. 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