Claudio Ranieri insisted the dispute over Emmanuel Dennis is finished after Nigeria accused Watford of ‘threatening’ the striker to prevent him travelling to the Africa Cup of Nations.
Nigeria confirmed on Friday that Watford top scorer Dennis had been ‘excused’ from their squad having originally been included, claiming his club had been ‘baring fangs’ to force his withdrawal.
Ranieri revealed in midweek that Nigeria missed a deadline to inform Watford of their intention to select Dennis for the tournament and that administration error gave them scope to reject his call-up.
Nigeria manager Augustine Eguavoen claimed: ‘We tried to reach out to the club but the club was like: “No, we will not allow Dennis to go”.