FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Watford v West Ham United - Vicarage Road, Watford, Britain - December 28, 2021 Watford's Emmanuel Dennis reacts REUTERS/Tony Obrien
(Reuters) - Watford's Emmanuel Dennis will not play in the Africa Cup of Nations after Nigeria missed the deadline to call him up and although the striker wanted to go he is happy to stay and help the club, manager Claudio Ranieri said on Friday.
Earlier this week, Ranieri revealed that Nigeria missed the deadline to inform Watford of their intention to select Dennis, giving the Premier League club the power to decide whether to release the 24-year-old striker for international duty.
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