{"id":93184,"date":"2023-07-30T21:22:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T20:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/lobi-stars-forward-atule-close-to-enyimba-switch"},"modified":"2023-07-31T00:32:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T23:32:35","slug":"lobi-stars-forward-atule-close-to-enyimba-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/lobi-stars-forward-atule-close-to-enyimba-switch","title":{"rendered":"Lobi Stars forward Atule close to Enyimba switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Lobi Stars forward Joseph Atule has revealed he is negotiating a move to Nigeria Professional Football League champions Enyimba.<\/p>\n<p>Atule\u2019s representatives are currently locked in negotiations with the nine-time NPFL champions.<\/p>\n<p>The combative forward disclosed that Lobi Stars have given him consent to negotiate with the People\u2019s Elephant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the grace of God, the deal will work out with Enyimba. Lobi Stars have given their nod for the deal to be finalised,\u201d Atule said in an exclusive chat on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Lobi Stars have turned down offers from former NPFL champions Rivers United and Katsina United in the past few weeks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Lobi Stars forward Joseph Atule has revealed he is negotiating a move to Nigeria Professional Football League champions Enyimba. Atule\u2019s representatives are currently locked in negotiations with the nine-time NPFL champions. The combative forward disclosed that Lobi Stars have given him consent to negotiate with the People\u2019s Elephant. \u201cBy the grace of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":93183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[1570,2140,4691,1656,9366,254],"class_list":["post-93184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-atule","tag-enyimba","tag-lobi-stars","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lobi Stars forward Atule close to Enyimba switch - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lobi Stars forward Joseph Atule has revealed he is negotiating a move to Nigeria Professional Football League champions ...\" \/>\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\/lobi-stars-forward-atule-close-to-enyimba-switch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lobi Stars forward Atule close to Enyimba switch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lobi Stars forward Joseph Atule has revealed he is negotiating a move to Nigeria Professional Football League champions ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/lobi-stars-forward-atule-close-to-enyimba-switch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-30T20:22:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-30T23:32:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/sm_1690743447.451405.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"482\" \/>\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\/lobi-stars-forward-atule-close-to-enyimba-switch#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/lobi-stars-forward-atule-close-to-enyimba-switch\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Lobi Stars forward Atule close to Enyimba switch\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-30T20:22:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-30T23:32:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/lobi-stars-forward-atule-close-to-enyimba-switch\"},\"wordCount\":122,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/lobi-stars-forward-atule-close-to-enyimba-switch#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/sm_1690743447.451405.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Atule\",\"Enyimba\",\"Lobi Stars\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/lobi-stars-forward-atule-close-to-enyimba-switch#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/lobi-stars-forward-atule-close-to-enyimba-switch\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/lobi-stars-forward-atule-close-to-enyimba-switch\",\"name\":\"Lobi Stars forward Atule close to Enyimba switch - 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