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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Colin Millar

Ex-Arsenal player Kelechi Nwakali accuses Huesca of sacking him for playing in AFCON

Former Arsenal midfielder and Nigeria international Kelechi Nwakali has accused Spanish club Huesca of pressurising him to miss this year’s AFCON and accept a transfer away before terminating his contract.

The 23-year-old took to social media to post a series of lengthy allegations against the second-tier Spanish side – which Huesca have strenuously denied via a statement.

Nwakali featured three times for Nigeria in this January’s AFCON but claimed that Huesca sporting director Ruben Garcia pressurised him not to be involved in the tournament in Cameroon.

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