{"id":29001,"date":"2020-08-22T13:37:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T13:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=29001"},"modified":"2020-08-22T13:37:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T13:37:11","slug":"arsenal-dilemma-a-lesson-for-nwakali-former-nigeria-star-amuneke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/arsenal-dilemma-a-lesson-for-nwakali-former-nigeria-star-amuneke","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal dilemma a lesson for Nwakali \u2013 former Nigeria star Amuneke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian international failed to make a single appearance for the Emirates Stadium outfit during his three-year stay<br \/>\nFormer Nigeria coach Emmanuel Amuneke believes Huesca midfielder Kelechi Nwakali will have learnt lessons from his time at Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old teamed up with the Emirates Stadium outfit after his eye-catching performances at the U17 World Cup in Chile in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder captained the Golden Eaglets to win the title for a record time and won the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Nwakali spent three years with the Gunners without featuring for the Premier League club and had to make do with loan spells at MVV Maastricht, VVV-Venlo and\u00a0<a class=\"crossLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/team\/porto\/66bsnl0zjb7l5akwo00h0y5me\">Porto<\/a>\u00a0B.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder left the Emirates Stadium outfit permanently in the summer of 2019 to team up with Huesca in an effort to reignite his career.<\/p>\n<p>Nwakali was part of M\u00edchel\u2019s side that gained promotion to\u00a0<a class=\"crossLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/primera-divisi%C3%B3n\/34pl8szyvrbwcmfkuocjm3r6t\">La Liga<\/a>\u00a0last season after emerging as champions of the Segunda Division.<\/p>\n<p>Amuneke, under whom the midfielder broke into the limelight, feels the Diamond Football Academy graduate should have learnt lessons from his situation at Arsenal which will help to stabilize his career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Kelechi is a gifted player with the quality he has but, of course, after the world cup, he was signed by Arsenal which everybody believes that with his quality and the style of Arsenal kind of football, he would be able to find a way but unfortunately things didn\u2019t work out the way people expected,\u201d Amuneke told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brila.net\/amunike-talks-about-kelechi-nwakalis-career\/\">Brila FM\u00a0<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a kind of lesson to him because when success comes a lot of people come around those with good intentions and bad intentions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody comes with different ideas, but if you are not able to sit down and analyze things at the end of the day it looks as if you are jumping from one direction to another.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The Nigerian international failed to make a single appearance for the Emirates Stadium outfit during his three-year stay Former Nigeria coach Emmanuel Amuneke believes Huesca midfielder Kelechi Nwakali will have learnt lessons from his time at Arsenal. 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