Arsenal to tour Nigeria

A delegation from English Premier League club Arsenal arrived Nigeria on Monday ahead of a playing tour next summer.

Led by the club's Managing Director Angus Kaneer, the team arrived in Lagos on Monday morning and proceeded to Abuja for a meeting with the Nigeria Football Federation.



"The Arsenal officials arrived in Lagos this morning, and left for Abuja immediately," Shehu Dikko, one of the major finainciers of the tour, told KickOffNigeria.com.

"They are here to inspect facilities and arrange logistics plus security in anticipation of the proposed summer tour in July 2012," Shehu Dikko of Inter-Projects Associates, one of the organisers along with Danjan Sports Consult,  told KickOffNigeria.com.

NFF General Secretary Musa Amadu confirmed to KickOffNigeria.com that the federation will meet with the delegation on Monday.

"We received a letter from them requesting a meeting on Monday and we are meeting with them in the afternoon," he said.

Apart from Kaneer, the Arsenal team also includes Mark Ellis, Club Secretary and Head of Administration, and Paul Johnson Chief of Security/Logistics.

The delegation also includes David Omigie of Danjan Sports.

It will be the first such visit to Nigeria for the high-profile London club and follows a short tour by Premier League rivals Manchester United and Portsmouth three years ago, also organised by the same outfit.