{"id":907734,"date":"2026-05-23T10:12:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T15:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/aik-provide-update-after-blocking-super-eagles-call-up-for-zadok-yohanna\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T10:12:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T15:12:29","slug":"aik-provide-update-after-blocking-super-eagles-call-up-for-zadok-yohanna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/aik-provide-update-after-blocking-super-eagles-call-up-for-zadok-yohanna\/","title":{"rendered":"AIK provide update after blocking Super Eagles call-up for Zadok Yohanna"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Zadok Yohanna reacts during the Allsvenskan football match between AIK and Halmstad. Copyright: JONATHANxN\u00c4CKSTRANDxImago<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Swedish club AIK have provided the latest update on the fitness of Nigerian youngster Zadok Yohanna ahead of Sunday\u2019s clash against Hammarby,\u00a0Soccernet.ng<\/u><\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 18-year-old has been making waves with his impressive performances for the 12-time Swedish champions and has emerged as one of their brightest sparks despite a slow start to the Allsvenskan season.<\/p>\n

Yohanna has scored five goals and provided four assists in 12 appearances across all competitions this season\u00a0and his\u00a0performances have attracted interest from several top European clubs, including Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Bayer Leverkusen, Chelsea, and Real Madrid.<\/p>\n

However, the teenager has been sidelined since suffering an injury during AIK\u2019s 4-2 defeat to Djurgarden on May 10. Yohanna provided an assist in the first half before being\u00a0he was forced off\u00a0at halftime as a precaution.<\/p>\n

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Obilor Denzel Okeke and Zadok Yohanna. Copyright: JESPERxZERMANxImago<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He also missed last weekend\u2019s 1-1 draw against Vasteras,\u00a0which left AIK in 10th place in the league standings, although there\u00a0had been hopes he would return in time to\u00a0play against Hammarby this weekend.<\/p>\n

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Nigerian prospect Zadok\u00a0Yohanna\u2019s performances\u00a0this season has\u00a0also caught the attention of\u00a0Super Eagles\u00a0head coach Eric Chelle, who handed the youngster his maiden Super Eagles invitation after naming him in the 27-man squad for next week\u2019s Unity Cup tournament in London.<\/p>\n

However,\u00a0AIK blocked the winger from honouring the invitation<\/u><\/a>, insisting he was still recovering from injury and remained too important to the squad at a crucial stage of the\u00a0season.<\/p>\n

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New Super Eagles invitee Zadok Yohanna. Copyright: xPhilipxKangasx\/IMAGO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now, head coach Jos\u00e9 Riveiro has confirmed that the Super Eagles invitee has not fully recovered and will remain sidelined until the spring break, which would see him\u00a0miss AIK\u2019s next two league matches against Hammarby and Sirius.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTough for Zadok. He was in good momentum and really enjoyed playing football for us. Everyone was so happy to see him perform and it\u2019s difficult for him to be out now\u201d,\u00a0Riveiro said, via Fotbolldirekt.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile, AIK head of recruitment Miika Takkula also explained why the youngster was not allowed to travel for international duty with Nigeria.<\/p>\n

The Finn revealed that both the player and the\u00a0NFF\u00a0were disappointed by the decision, but stressed it was necessary due to Yohanna\u2019s ongoing recovery.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe was very happy about the call-up and of course he was disappointed that he couldn\u2019t go, but he also understood why. It\u2019s too early for him to travel, we cannot take any risks, which is something we concluded together with the medical team\u201d,\u00a0Takkula said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cAll players would have been disappointed, and Nigeria were also disappointed because they had been looking forward to seeing him play for them, but they understood as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Zadok Yohanna right scores 1-1 and celebrates for AIK. Copyright: xAdamxIhse\/TTxImago<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Zadok\u00a0Yohanna\u00a0is now set to miss AIK\u2019s next two league matches before the summer transfer window opens.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, speculation\u00a0continues to grow over his future at the club\u00a0and given\u00a0the level of interest from several European giants, there are suggestions\u00a0that the Nigerian youngster may have already played his final game for AIK ahead of a possible move next month.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Soccer Zadok Yohanna reacts during the Allsvenskan football match between AIK and Halmstad. Copyright: JONATHANxN\u00c4CKSTRANDxImago Swedish club AIK have provided the latest update on the fitness of Nigerian youngster Zadok Yohanna ahead of Sunday\u2019s clash against Hammarby,\u00a0Soccernet.ng\u00a0reports. The 18-year-old has been making waves with his impressive performances for the 12-time Swedish champions and has emerged […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":907735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23453,2005,1705],"tags":[11901,7819],"class_list":["post-907734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-provide","category-soccer","category-update","tag-provide","tag-update"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/907735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}