Fulham Football Club have officially informed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) that they will only release the trio of Samuel Chukwueze, Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassett on the 15th of December (which is just 6 days to the start of the AFCON).

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According to Fulham they are acting according to the new FIFA law which gives clubs the power to hold onto players up till the 15th.

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However, the NFF are yet to issue any public statement on this matter, we also have information that the Federation have received lots of requests from various football clubs demanding that their players be allowed to stay back until 6 days to the tournament.