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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Drew Uyi, the agent to Watford\u2019s Emmanuel Dennis has claimed the player could have been playing for Manchester United or Arsenal.<\/p>\n

According to Uyi, the move didn\u2019t happen because of Club Brugge\u2019s asking price in the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cArsenal were interested (in signing Dennis) in the past, Manchester United were also interested, but for Club Brugge ridiculous fee on him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey wanted 25 Million pounds, while these clubs were prepared to pay 15 Million,<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the end he joined Watford for 3.4 Million pounds because his contract was running out,\u201d Uyi told The Football Show on YouTube.<\/p>\n

Since his summer move to Watford, Dennis has netted six goals for the Hornets.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was frustrated at Club Brugge, he was not happy because no young man would be if he were stopped from such opportunities (Manchester United, Arsenal),\u201d Uyi added.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Drew Uyi, the agent to Watford\u2019s Emmanuel Dennis has claimed the player could have been playing for Manchester United or Arsenal. According to Uyi, the move didn\u2019t happen because of Club Brugge\u2019s asking price in the past. \u201cArsenal were interested (in signing Dennis) in the past, Manchester United were also interested, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":54815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,18,26],"tags":[1570,2140,1612,2661,885,1642,254],"class_list":["post-54816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-arsenal","tag-emmanuel-dennis","tag-epl","tag-man-utd","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nEPL: Real reason Emmanuel Dennis didn\u2019t join Arsenal, Man Utd - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Drew Uyi, the agent to Watford\u2019s Emmanuel Dennis has claimed the player could have been playing for Manchester United or ...\" \/>\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\/epl-real-reason-emmanuel-dennis-didnt-join-arsenal-man-utd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EPL: Real reason Emmanuel Dennis didn\u2019t join Arsenal, Man Utd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Drew Uyi, the agent to Watford\u2019s Emmanuel Dennis has claimed the player could have been playing for Manchester United or ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/epl-real-reason-emmanuel-dennis-didnt-join-arsenal-man-utd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-07T17:39:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/img-61af96389b887.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\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\/epl-real-reason-emmanuel-dennis-didnt-join-arsenal-man-utd#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/epl-real-reason-emmanuel-dennis-didnt-join-arsenal-man-utd\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"EPL: Real reason Emmanuel Dennis didn\u2019t join Arsenal, Man Utd\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-07T17:39:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/epl-real-reason-emmanuel-dennis-didnt-join-arsenal-man-utd\"},\"wordCount\":161,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/epl-real-reason-emmanuel-dennis-didnt-join-arsenal-man-utd#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/img-61af96389b887.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"arsenal\",\"Emmanuel Dennis\",\"EPL\",\"man utd\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Sport\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/epl-real-reason-emmanuel-dennis-didnt-join-arsenal-man-utd#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/epl-real-reason-emmanuel-dennis-didnt-join-arsenal-man-utd\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/epl-real-reason-emmanuel-dennis-didnt-join-arsenal-man-utd\",\"name\":\"EPL: Real reason Emmanuel Dennis didn\u2019t join Arsenal, Man Utd - 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