Nigerian midfielder given provisional squad number at Arsenal
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- Jul 3, 2019
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Nigeria U-23 midfielder, Kelechi Nwakali on Tuesday, July 2, trained with Arsenal U23s squad at London Colney, AllNigeriaSoccer reports.
Nwakali was part of the preparations ahead of a potential debut in a pre-season friendly against Boreham Wood at Meadow Park this weekend.
He has been provisionally assigned the number 98 jersey for pre-season training.
Nwakali was not the only Nigerian player that participated in the workout which was watched by Arsenal Academy Director, Per Mertesacker.
James Olayinka, Bukayo Saka, Joseph Olowu, Tolaji Bola, Folarin Balogun and Xavier Amaechi have all reported for pre-season training and trained with numbers 52, 77, 53, 40, 38 and 36 shirts respectively.
Only Saka has played competitively for Arsenal’s team in the Premier League, FA Cup and Europa League.
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