{"id":23073,"date":"2020-03-26T15:56:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T15:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=23073"},"modified":"2020-03-26T15:56:07","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T15:56:07","slug":"chelseas-tomori-reveals-he-has-been-to-nigeria-has-iwobis-shirt-used-public-transport-with-aina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chelseas-tomori-reveals-he-has-been-to-nigeria-has-iwobis-shirt-used-public-transport-with-aina","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea&#8217;s Tomori Reveals He Has Been To Nigeria, Has Iwobi&#8217;s Shirt, Used Public Transport With Aina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea central defender Fikayo Tomori has explained that an Alex Iwobi jersey is among his collection because he is good pals with the Everton winger.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Football Federation had seriously courted the Blues Academy product to bolster the Super Eagles but it ended up being a wild goose chase as he became cap-tied to England in a European Championship qualifier against Kosovo four months ago.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by Chelsea&#8217;s official website the last time he wore a football shirt of a team he wasn&#8217;t playing for, Tomori answered : &#8220;I wear friends\u2019 shirts so I have Alex Iwobi\u2019s from Everton, Ainsley Maitland-Niles from Arsenal or Jarred Bowen from Hull. People that I know, I wear their shirts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to Nigerian parents, Tomori has admitted that he visited Nigeria when he was much younger.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I went to America and Canada a lot because we had friends and family there. We went to Nigeria when I was really young and then again when I was about 10 or 11,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>On the last time he used public transport, Tomori said : &#8220;It was probably when Ola Aina and I used to take the train back from Hull when we were on loan up there.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Chelsea central defender Fikayo Tomori has explained that an Alex Iwobi jersey is among his collection because he is good pals with the Everton winger. 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