{"id":26662,"date":"2020-06-25T15:02:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T15:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=26662"},"modified":"2020-06-25T15:02:30","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T15:02:30","slug":"confirmed-two-nigerian-teenagers-released-by-huddersfield-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/confirmed-two-nigerian-teenagers-released-by-huddersfield-town","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed : Two Nigerian Teenagers Released By Huddersfield Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Two Nigerian teenagers will not be part of Huddersfield Town&#8217;s squad for the 2020-2021 season, the Terriers confirmed through their official website as they published their retained and released list.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Ijiwole, 18, has not been offered a professional contract and will officially depart Huddersfield Town at the end of this month when his contract expires.<\/p>\n<p>As previously reported by allnigeriasoccer.com, box-to-box midfielder Tim Akinola, 19, has been released, with Huddersfield Town deciding against triggering an extension clause in his contract.<\/p>\n<p>Former XYZ Academy defender of Nigerian descent Mustapha Olagunju is among the academy stars retained for next season.<\/p>\n<p>The highly-rated 2002-born player inked his first professional contract with Huddersfield Town in August 2019, keeping him at the Championship club until at least 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Olagunju traveled with the first team to Dubai for a training camp in November 2019 following the appointment of Danny Cowley as coach.<\/p>\n<p>Huddersfield Town are 20th in the table with 42 points after 38 games in the English second-tier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Two Nigerian teenagers will not be part of Huddersfield Town&#8217;s squad for the 2020-2021 season, the Terriers confirmed through their official website as they published their retained and released list. 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