Arsenal set to deny Iwobi from playing at the Olympics

There are reports that Arsenal want to stop Alex Iwobi from representing Nigeria at this summer’s Olympics.

Samson Siasia, who is the coach of Nigeria under-23 team has visited London to speak with his players.

Recall that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said in April that he would allow Iwobi to join up with his country.

However, Siasia now claims that Arsenal are ready to make a U-turn on their decision:

“I went to Arsenal and I saw Richard Law and he said that we still need to look at the possibilities of the player going to the Olympics or not. He said that he wants Iwobi to stay with Arsenal because they are having a new team and Alex is getting to play in the team for now,”

Siasia said.

“He said if he leaves to play for Nigeria at the Olympics how is he going to be a part of the team and maybe someone is going to take his position.

I said, well we have to meet half way because we are trying to give Alex a platform to show himself in the Olympics and he has to look at it that way too. He said we should continue to talk and we would see what we would do,”

he concluded.