{"id":463567,"date":"2011-07-18T14:03:18","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T14:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/18\/siasia-battles-nff-over-okoronkwo\/"},"modified":"2011-07-18T14:03:18","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T14:03:18","slug":"siasia-battles-nff-over-okoronkwo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/18\/siasia-battles-nff-over-okoronkwo\/","title":{"rendered":"Siasia Battles NFF Over Okoronkwo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"25.8781818182\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/vanguard180.jpg\" alt=\"Vanguard (Lagos)\" title=\"Visit Vanguard (Lagos)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>18 July 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia has run into a road block with the NFF Technical Committee over the inclusion of Solomon Okoronkwo in the Super Eagles squad to face Ghana next month in London.<\/p>\n<p>Winger Okoronkwo is expected to take Ahmed Musa&#8217;s place in the Nigeria squad when the Super Eagles squad, which was due to be made public this weekend, is released.<\/p>\n<p>Musa, who is already a full international, has been excused to take part in the FIFA Under-20 World Cup with the Flying Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>A top official said that the delay is down to the Technical Committee&#8217;s disagreement with the inclusion of Okoronkwo.<\/p>\n<p>Their preference is for the coach to include a player from the domestic league instead.<\/p>\n<p>But Siasia is putting his foot down on the inclusion of the Aalesund forward, and it is expected that he will get his way.<\/p>\n<p>The coach has already included four players from the domestic league, with Ekigho Ehiosun, Chibuzor Okonkwo, Gege Soriola and newcomer Chigozie Agbim as the third goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p>The squad will report to camp in London on August 6.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201107181665.html\" title=\"Siasia Battles NFF Over Okoronkwo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Siasia Battles NFF Over Okoronkwo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 18 July 2011 Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia has run into a road block with the NFF Technical Committee over the inclusion of Solomon Okoronkwo in the Super Eagles squad to face Ghana next month in London. 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