Okocha is due to join the Super Eagles squad on 18 December ahead of the 2004 Nations Cup finals in Tunisia, and Allardyce fully expects the 30-year-old to still be a Bolton player when he returns.

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After the Super Eagles' failure to qualify from the group stages of the World Cup finals, President Goodluck Jonathan banned them from international competition for two years, before relenting under pressure from the sport's world governing body, Fifa.

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