{"id":6549,"date":"2019-03-15T18:54:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T18:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=6549"},"modified":"2019-03-15T18:54:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T18:54:29","slug":"next-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-announces-arrival-date-for-nigeria-u23-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/next-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-announces-arrival-date-for-nigeria-u23-duty","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Next Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang&#8217; Announces Arrival Date For Nigeria U23 Duty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>AC Spezia sensation David Okereke has given his word that he will report for international duty early next week amid speculation in the media that his Italian club are not willing to release him to the Nigeria Football Federation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><\/b>\u00a0renowned Italian agent Patrick Bastianelli, who used to handle the affairs of Odion Ighalo on behalf of Atta Aneka during his time with Udinese, to clarify on the availability of his client, Okereke for the two U23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Libya.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Bastianelli told allnigeriasoccer.com : &#8221;David Okereke is coming next week direct to Tunisia. 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