Arsenal football club have indicated that their U-21 captain Alex Iwobi will honour Nigeria's invitation for international duty with the Olympic Team as long as the needful is done.
Coach Samson Siasia included the Gunners youngster in his team list to help prosecute the All Africa Games encounter against Gabon next week.
''We are expecting correspondence from the Nigerian FA, and it’s also down to Alex Iwobi if he wants to play in that fixture,'' an Arsenal spokesman, Andrew Mancha, told SL10.ng.
''He would be released for the game if it goes through the proper channels.''
Iwobi has been on the books of Arsenal for the past ten years, and has represented England at Under 16 and Under 17 level.
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