{"id":111193,"date":"2024-02-21T20:23:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T19:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty"},"modified":"2024-02-21T23:59:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T22:59:10","slug":"weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We\u2019ve missed him so much\u2019 \u2013 Southampton boss happy to have Aribo back from AFCON duty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Southampton manager Russell Martin has confessed the club missed Joe Aribo while he was away with Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Aribo rejoined the Saints last week after spending around one month on Africa Cup of Nations duty.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder was part of the Super Eagles squad that finished in second place in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>He came off the bench to score in Southampton\u2019s 2-1 home defeat to Hull City on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmazing. We have missed him so much, and he showed that the other night,\u201d Martin told Daily Echo via Southampton FC news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he is ready to start games now, although he has been away for a while. He is a huge player for us, and you can see why he wore the armband for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Southampton manager Russell Martin has confessed the club missed Joe Aribo while he was away with Nigeria. Aribo rejoined the Saints last week after spending around one month on Africa Cup of Nations duty. The midfielder was part of the Super Eagles squad that finished in second place in the competition. He [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":111192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[468,1570,2140,6450,254,2676],"class_list":["post-111193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-afcon","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-aribo","tag-nigeria","tag-southampton"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018We\u2019ve missed him so much\u2019 \u2013 Southampton boss happy to have Aribo back from AFCON duty - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Southampton manager Russell Martin has confessed the club missed Joe Aribo while he was away with Nigeria. Aribo rejoin ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018We\u2019ve missed him so much\u2019 \u2013 Southampton boss happy to have Aribo back from AFCON duty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Southampton manager Russell Martin has confessed the club missed Joe Aribo while he was away with Nigeria. Aribo rejoin ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-21T19:23:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-21T22:59:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/sm_1708539914.926174.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018We\u2019ve missed him so much\u2019 \u2013 Southampton boss happy to have Aribo back from AFCON duty\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-21T19:23:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-21T22:59:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty\"},\"wordCount\":155,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/sm_1708539914.926174.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"AFCON\",\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Aribo\",\"Nigeria\",\"southampton\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty\",\"name\":\"\u2018We\u2019ve missed him so much\u2019 \u2013 Southampton boss happy to have Aribo back from AFCON duty - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/sm_1708539914.926174.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-21T19:23:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-21T22:59:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Southampton manager Russell Martin has confessed the club missed Joe Aribo while he was away with Nigeria. Aribo rejoin ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/sm_1708539914.926174.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/sm_1708539914.926174.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"\u2018We\u2019ve missed him so much\u2019 \u2013 Southampton boss happy to have Aribo back from AFCON duty\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u2018We\u2019ve missed him so much\u2019 \u2013 Southampton boss happy to have Aribo back from AFCON duty\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u2018We\u2019ve missed him so much\u2019 \u2013 Southampton boss happy to have Aribo back from AFCON duty - Nigeria","description":"Southampton manager Russell Martin has confessed the club missed Joe Aribo while he was away with Nigeria. Aribo rejoin ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u2018We\u2019ve missed him so much\u2019 \u2013 Southampton boss happy to have Aribo back from AFCON duty","og_description":"Southampton manager Russell Martin has confessed the club missed Joe Aribo while he was away with Nigeria. Aribo rejoin ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2024-02-21T19:23:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-02-21T22:59:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/sm_1708539914.926174.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"\u2018We\u2019ve missed him so much\u2019 \u2013 Southampton boss happy to have Aribo back from AFCON duty","datePublished":"2024-02-21T19:23:29+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-21T22:59:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty"},"wordCount":155,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/sm_1708539914.926174.jpg","keywords":["AFCON","Africa Press","Africa Press-Nigeria","Aribo","Nigeria","southampton"],"articleSection":["all news","Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty","name":"\u2018We\u2019ve missed him so much\u2019 \u2013 Southampton boss happy to have Aribo back from AFCON duty - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/sm_1708539914.926174.jpg","datePublished":"2024-02-21T19:23:29+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-21T22:59:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Southampton manager Russell Martin has confessed the club missed Joe Aribo while he was away with Nigeria. Aribo rejoin ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/sm_1708539914.926174.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/sm_1708539914.926174.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"\u2018We\u2019ve missed him so much\u2019 \u2013 Southampton boss happy to have Aribo back from AFCON duty"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/weve-missed-him-so-much-southampton-boss-happy-to-have-aribo-back-from-afcon-duty#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u2018We\u2019ve missed him so much\u2019 \u2013 Southampton boss happy to have Aribo back from AFCON duty"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}