Arsenal Football
Club has announced four first-team players are to travel to Nigeria to
take part in activities with regional partners and engage with
supporters in the region.

Tomas Rosicky, Bacary Sagna, Per
Mertesacker and new signing Lukas Podolski will be travelling to Lagos
with Club officials for a flying visit the weekend after next. The
players will take part in Club events and other activities organised by
the Club’s partners, Malta Guinness and Airtel.

The move
follows the postponement of Arsenal’s game against Nigeria which was
scheduled for Sunday, August 5. Arsenal’s head of global partnerships
Vinai Venkatesham said: “We were disappointed to have to postpone the
game and intend to visit Nigeria next summer. However we are delighted
to be bringing this group of players to Nigeria to take part in events
with our regional partners. It will give us a chance to engage with
local supporters and reinforce our commitment to the market.”

The
players will take part in a busy schedule of events in Lagos. Emmanuel
Agu, marketing manager for (Malta) Guinness Nigeria plc commented:
"Malta Guinness is the Official Malt Drink of Arsenal in Nigeria and we
are looking forward to welcoming the Arsenal players to Lagos.

"We
are sure that they will have a most enjoyable visit as they experience
the energy and vitality of their Nigerian fans. Over the next few days,
we will be announcing how fans of the nation's No 1 malt drink - Malta
Guinness - can enjoy not only the goodness of our new lower sugar
variant, but also win the opportunity to interact and get involved with
their idols at a number of exclusive events during their stay.

The
players will also be making appearances for mobile network operator
Airtel. Deepak Srivastava, chief operating officer and executive
director for Airtel Nigeria, said: "Arsenal has a very large supporter
base in Nigeria and Airtel is eager to connect these fans with some of
their favourite football players.

"Indeed, Airtel is extremely
committed to creating opportunities to excite and engage
telecommunications consumers just as we are passionate about realising
our brand vision of being the most-loved brand in the daily lives of
Nigerians."

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/arsenal-first-team-stars-will-fly-to-nigeria

dem no wan play the match wetin them want for naija again.

Just to make money dat is wht the club is al abt "MONEY"

This is kind of a weird strategic plan. Dem no want play us and we aint hosting a modeling contest sha!

Arsenal idol NAIJA. Sounds awful. No Akawo for dem!!!!

i wonder for them

Lol

Na 2ru bro

yea exactly

Why not host them in born, bauchi, or platue state?

Spechless

hmmmm

@Gmailer and Ancl,you guys ain't wishing well for those visiting gunners players.Why?????

No be gunners they call themselves? If they are sure of themselves, make dem try borno or bauchi.

Won o ni fe te ke