{"id":3997,"date":"2018-11-15T12:32:46","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T17:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3997"},"modified":"2018-11-17T09:33:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-17T14:33:58","slug":"obafemi-commits-to-the-republic-of-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3997","title":{"rendered":"Obafemi Commits to The Republic of Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DsDWElrWsAAftSS-827x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"792\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DsDWElrWsAAftSS-827x1024.jpg 827w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DsDWElrWsAAftSS-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DsDWElrWsAAftSS-768x951.jpg 768w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DsDWElrWsAAftSS.jpg 1292w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Michael Obafemi has committed his international future to the Republic of Ireland ahead of tonight&#8217;s friendly with Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The Dublin-born Southampton striker has been training with the squad this week but also qualifies for Nigeria and England.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland manager Martin O&#8217;Neill yesterday suggested Obafemi would not be travelling to Aarhus for the Nations League game with Denmark as he continued to assess his options.<\/p>\n<p>But Obafemi&#8217;s agency, Playerworks CSM, have released a statement saying, &#8220;Michael was born in Ireland, so this is the country he naturally wants to play for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Obafemi confirmed the news in a tweet this afternoon, saying he is &#8220;all in&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year old could earn a first cap as early as tonight.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-3997\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3997&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-3997\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3997&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-3997\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3997&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3997\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Obafemi has committed his international future to the Republic of Ireland ahead of tonight&#8217;s friendly with Northern Ireland. 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