{"id":5010,"date":"2019-02-20T17:40:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T17:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=5010"},"modified":"2019-02-20T17:40:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T17:40:09","slug":"swedish-based-nigerian-midfielder-ruled-out-of-chelsea-vs-malmo-europa-league-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/swedish-based-nigerian-midfielder-ruled-out-of-chelsea-vs-malmo-europa-league-clash","title":{"rendered":"Swedish-Based Nigerian Midfielder Ruled Out Of Chelsea Vs Malmo Europa League Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Innocent Bonke is not in contention to play for Malmo when they tackle Chelsea in the Europa League round of 32 second leg on Thursday evening.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Fotbollskanalen.se is reporting that the Nigerian midfielder was not in the traveling party to the English capital, effectively ruling him out of the contest.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thus, no player of Nigerian descent will be on parade at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea youth-teamers Tariq Uwakwe, Faustino Anjorin and Ike Ugbo have not been added to the roster while Victor Moses and Tammy Abraham are not in the current player list.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Bonke was also missing from Malmo&#8217;s match day eighteen six days ago when they lost 2-1 to The Blues.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The central midfielder has made just two appearances as a substitute from a possible seven in this season&#8217;s Europa League, logging 25 minutes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He joined Malmo in August 2017 from Norwegian side Lillestrom.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Innocent Bonke is not in contention to play for Malmo when they tackle Chelsea in the Europa League round of 32 second leg on Thursday evening. 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