Eight Nigerian Young Stars Not Picked As Arsenal Name Squad For Scandinavia Tour

Arsenal have named their squad for the tour of Scandinavia, where they will face Kelechi Iheanacho&rsquo;s Manchester City and Samuel Adegbenro&rsquo;s Viking in pre-season fixtures.<br /><br />Super Eagles rising star Alex Iwobi is in the squad as you would expect and he is joined in the 25-man squad by fellow Hale End Academy product and childhood pal Chuba Akpom.<br /><br />But there is no place in the roster for new signing Kelechi Nwakali, who penned a five-year deal with Arsenal on Wednesday.<br /><br />Youngsters Tolaji Bola, Aaron Eyoma, Xavier Amaechi, Olayinka, Joseph Olowu, Toby Omole and goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo have not trained with the first team since the start of pre-season, so have been left out of the traveling party.<br /><br />The Gunners tackle Viking on Friday evening before meeting Premier League foes Man City two days later.<br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel <br /><br />Photo Credit : arsenal.com <br />
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