Arsenal is finalising plans for a pre-season visit to Nigeria this summer. Officials from the London club visited Nigeria last month to inspect facilities and met with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to discuss the tour, scheduled for July.
On Friday, organisers DanJan Sports and Arsenal officials met at the Emirates Stadium to finalise details. "Everything is right on track. Nigeria will happen," Arsenal's marketing director Angus Kinnear told BBC Sport. "We had a successful meeting and covered a lot of ground. It's very important to get the right message across to the fans in West Africa and the entire continent. There is a strong desire to connect with our fans in Africa and the first step starts in Nigeria."
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