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Udinese midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu will miss Ghana�s crucial All Africa Games second leg qualifier against Nigeria. The Italian side have asked the midfielder to report for pre-season training after negotiations between Ghana Football Association and the club collapsed. The match is fixed for 10 July, a non approved FIFA date, and as such clubs are not obliged to release players for the assignment. The 21-year-old has confirmed with Accra-based Asempa FM that he will leave Accra on Monday night to join the Uefa Champions League campaigners. �Officials wrote to them asking them to allow me to play the game but Udinese maintains the game is not FIFA calender so they want me to return for pre-season. �There is nothing I can do about it for now. But I hope they will allow me to return by Wednesday. If they don�t, I will pray for the team and I believe we can qualify,� he said. Udinese head coach Francesco Guidolin is delighted with the former Berekum Arsenal playmaker�s form and will factor him into his plans for the upcoming season.