Nigerian Players abroad Aina Sets To Debut For Fulham In Carabao Cup

Fulham manager Scott Parker is set to hand Ola Aina his debut for the club ahead of their Carabao Cup second round game against Ipswich Town on Wednesday.

Aina joined Fulham on on a season-long loan from Torino with and option to make the deal permanent.

The defender was not eligible for selection in the Cottagers league opener defeat to Arsenal having joined the club on the eve of the game.

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The Nigerian international trained with the rest of the team as Fulham manager Scott Parker hinted that he blood certain players for the game.

It’s a competition that we respect,” Parker told club media.

 “A good cup run, we know that can build confidence and momentum.

“And also, at the same time it helps in terms of getting players minutes and getting players up to speed, those who haven’t been with us too long, or haven’t played a lot of football or trained a lot due the circumstances of having such a short pre-season.

“But as much as we want to get minutes into the boys to get them up to speed.

“We also want to go and win the game. 

“We want to stay in the competition and hopefully be successful in it.

“Winning is the most important thing. 

“Every time you play a football match, you want to win. 

“It’s an opportunity for us to win a game, which is what we plan to do every game this year.

“We understand we’re not going to be able to do that every week, but our ambition is to try and win football matches.

“So this gives us a good platform to try and do that and then build from it.”


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