La Liga giants Barcelona have confirmed that retired Nigeria
national-teamers Emmanuel Amuneke and Gbenga Okunowo will not be on
parade at the Camp Nou when they take on Manchester United Legends on
June 30.
Right wing-back Okunowo earlier informed allnigeriasoccer.com
that he wanted to feature in the game, while ex-Golden Eaglets manager
Amuneke ruled himself out because he's presently in Nigeria.
Twenty
two former Barcelona stars have confirmed their availability for the
charity match, including two ex-World Player of the Year Ronaldinho and
Rivaldo, Patrick Kluivert, Davids, Julio Salinas and Popescu.
Berbatov, Fortune, Silvestre, Alan Smith and Dwight Yorke have been named in Manchester United's traveling party to Spain.
The return match will be staged at Old Trafford on September 2 at 3.00pm local time.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
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