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Aribo joined Southampton on a free switch from Scottish facet, Rangers, the place he scored twenty-six targets in 100 and forty-nine video games.
Southampton head coach, Russell Martin, has revealed that he received’t stand in the best way of Tremendous Eagles midfielder, Joe Aribo, or some other African participant in the event that they’re known as up for AFCON by their nation, Soccernet.ng studies.
Aribo, 27, has featured in 18 video games for The Saints within the EFL Championships this season, beginning six of them, because the membership goals to return to the English high flight on the finish of the season.
The Tremendous Eagles midfielder broke the impasse as Southampton put 5 previous Swansea Metropolis yesterday, and drew reward from Russell, who talked about he wouldn’t maintain Aribo from representing his nation.
“We will’t cease anybody. You need them to go there match and are available again match. Joe must hold enjoying how he has been enjoying and I’m positive he’ll get into their squad. He has been a mainstay of their squad for fairly some time. They go along with everybody’s greatest needs, as you need them to do nicely,” the 37-year-old coach instructed Daily Echo after Southampton’s massive win.
Aribo was included in Jose Peseiro’s 40-man provisional AFCON squad, and Russell wished the attacking midfielder an injury-free match, jokingly teasing the ex-Rangers midfielder a few Tremendous Eagles jersey.
“Hopefully they keep injury-free, that’s the most important factor. Joe is extremely proud to play for Nigeria. Each time he goes away a distinct member of workers asks him to convey one in all his shirts again. I’ve requested him for his AFCON shirt for my son so he must get into the squad so he can convey a shirt again for him,” the Englishman added.
Nigeria have been drawn in Group C for the AFCON match, and so they’ll face Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Bissau and Ivory Coast in a bid to qualify from the group.
