In April, London's Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger promised that the club's goalkeeper Alex Iwobi could help his country Nigeria at the Rio De Janeiro Olympic Games, but now it seems like the situation has changed.
Nigerian U-23 national team coach Samson Siasia met with representatives of the "Gunners", one of whom was Iwobi who could not guarantee playing for the national team.
This is because the 20-year-old footballer would miss the beginning of the club season by participating in the Olympics.
"I went to the Arsenal headquarters, met with Richard Law, and he said we still need to consider all the possibilities", Siasia told Goal.com.
"He said he wanted Iwobi to stay in the Arsenal ranks because they will have a new team where Alex will get playing time."
"He said that if Alex leaves to represent Nigeria at the Olympics, someone else could take his place in the team. "
Finally, the coach agreed to further consider Iwobi's situation. The player himself wants to go to Brazil, so it is still unclear how everything will unfold.
