The report says that while Arsenal agreed to let him stay a while after the Nations Cup final, there was never a date set for his return. So it seems it'd be rather unreasonable to chastise the man for staying too long. Especially if the story that Kanu's mother was sick (or has he been seeing the same skiving consultant as David Beckham?). Maybe it's just the press trying to stir things up.

Kanu has a poor travel record of late. It's been reported recently that after the rigmarole of Kanu pleading with Nigeria to let him to stay an extra day to take part in our FA Cup tie against Leicester, and their eventual agreement, the player then took 4 days to get there! No wonder they weren't keen for him to leave England any later than necessary. Ah well, we always said his pace was deceptive. So long as he gets to Highbury on time this Saturday...