TheSuperNerd:
EXCLUSIVE: CELTIC TABLE BID FOR RED-HOT
NIGERIAN YOUNGSTER ONYEKURU






AfricanFootball.com can exclusively reveal today that perennial Scottish champions Celtic have now tabled an official bid for Nigerian youngster Henry Onyekuru, who has taken the Belgian top league by storm this season.


After a superlative debut season in the Belgian
top flight, the 19-year-old Onyekuru has
interested several top clubs across Europe
including top German clubs Hoffenheim and RB
Leipzig as well as Russian champions CSKA
Moscow and Turkish giants Fenerbache.

Onyekuru himself told only AfricanFootball.com
the Scottish champions are now locked up in
discussions with his Belgian club AS Eupen.



Source: http://africanfootball.com//news/680810/EXCLUSIVE-Celtic-table-bid-for-red-hot-Nigerian-youngster-Onyekuru

joseph1013:
Hey, good to see you.

terzurum5:
Super Eagles Rising Star Iwobi Named Among Top 50 U21 Players In The World



Alex Iwobi continues to receive accolades on the back of his performances for Arsenal and the Super Eagles.


The latest recognition is coming from Fussball Transfers, who have included the Hale End Academy product on their list of Top 50 Best U21 Players in the World.


The list features the likes of Maxime López (Olympique Marseille), Nathan Aké (Chelsea FC), Niklas Süle (Hoffenheim), Breel Embolo (FC Schalke 04), and Iwobi was ranked 44th.


“Arsenal coach Arsène Wenger is always ready to make a big break for young players. The latest project of the Gunners icon is Alex Iwobi,” FT sad about Iwobi.


“The wing player is an integral part of the Arsenal squad. In the current season Iwobi has played 25 competitive games and is above all physically already on an extremely high level.”


Manchester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho was not included ( 50-31), but it should be noted thatFT has not yet revealed the players ranked 30-1

Igho Kingsley

www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=21783

TheSuperNerd:
Samuel Kalu... From his days as a 16-17 year old at AS Trencin, he was always something special... Keep an eye on him... Hopefully he blossoms into the star he can become for Nigerian football.
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Little Known Nigerian Forward Samuel Kalu
Steals The Headline in Belgium After Debut
Performance For Gent




Gent of Belgium appears to have unearthed a
diamond in the rough in little known Nigerian
forward Samuel Kalu.

Kalu was signed by the Belgian side from AS
Trencin of Slovakia at the start of the January
transfer window, and after two weeks of training
with his new teammates, he was handed his
debut yesterday.

The 18 year old was simply unstoppable using his combination of power, pace and dribble to leave his markers in their wake as Gent defeat Sporting Charleroi 1-0 in their first competitive game of 2017.


Played as a winger, he started on the right but
cuts in occasionally to play through the middle,
before switching to the left wing in the second
half after the substitution of fellow Nigerian Moses Simon.


He lasted the entire duration of the game, and
expectedly his performance in the game where
he set up the man who scored the only goal of
the game, earned him a spot in the Belgian
dallies.



Source: http://owngoalnigeria.com/2017/01/21/little-known-nigerian-forward-samuel-kalu-steals-the-headline-in-belgium-after-debut-performance-for-gent/

terzurum5:
Watford Coach Walter Mazzari Provides Update On Reports Of Ighalo’s £17m Move To West Brom – At The Moments He Will Travel With The Team



Watford boss Walter Mazzarri insists striker Odion Ighalo will be on the[color=#770077][/color] team bus on Friday as the Hornets travel to Bournemouth.


The 27 year-old was linked with a move to West Brom on Thursday in what Is understood to be a fee of around £20 million.


under Quique Sanchez Flores last season but has struggled to recapture his best form in Mazzarri’s side this term.


He has only scored twice this season in all competitions – after notching 17 last term – while the Hornets have struggled for consistency in both their starting line-up and their general Premier League form.


The Nigerian international joined the Hornets on a free transfer from Udinese in 2014 and has scored 39 goals in over 98 appearances. Twenty of those goals helped power Watford to promotion from the Championship to the top-flight in his first season and in 2015 he was English football’s leading scorer with 30 goals.


He signed a new deal with the club last summer having been a £37.5 million target from Chinese outfit Shanghai SIPG with the Baggies also trying to sign him in a player-plus-cash exchange involving Saido Berahino only for that deal to fall through.


The Hornets also turned down a £35million deadline day bid last January from Manchester United – the club Ighalo supported as a boy.


But there is a growing sense at Vicarage Road that a fresh start would suit all parties. Watford’s ruling Pozzo dynasty have also based their business model on scouring the globe for rough diamonds and sel


However on Thursday night Mazzarri played down talk of an immediate deal claiming that Ighalo would travel to the South Coast with the team as they prepare to face Bournemouth in the Premier League this Saturday.


He said ” At the moment he will travel with the team. When we have a game like this against Bournemouth I don’t want the transfer market to distract my players. They have to be focused on the colour of the Watford shirt.”

owngoalnigeria.com/2017/01/20/watford-coach-walter-mazzari-provides-update-on-reports-of-ighalos-17m-move-to-west-brom-at-the-moments-he-will-travel-with-the-team/

terzurum5:
Super Eagles Star Etebo Set For Another Scan On Injured Knee In 15 Days Time



Oghenekaro Etebo will undergo another scan on his injured knee in 15 days time according to reports gathered by Owngoalnigeria.com editorial staff.


Etebo underwent a scan but the extent of the damage to his left knee which caused him to be substituted against Vitoria Guimaraes was not determined.


The 21 year old was asked to rest the knee for 15 days before another round of scans, which will determine when he will return back to training for Portuguese side CD Feirense.


CD Feirense will also be without the services of central defender Paulo Monteiro aside the Nigerian for this weekend game against Estoril.

owngoalnigeria.com/2017/01/20/super-eagles-star-etebo-set-for-another-scan-on-injured-knee-in-15-days-time/

edi287:

I'd prefer if he went to Germany instead of Scotland. Hoffenhiem and Leipzig would make sense

Lazyerudite:

Does this open space for success? And I hope he knows no Troy deeney in West Brom ooo

TheGoodJoe:
Rumors have it that Guardiola will let Aguero leave Manchester City. One of the most lethal strikers in the history of the EPL.

Guardiola had dinner at a restaurant with Aguero and his Representative and he did not look happy with Aguero. Suspect, China.


Pic Below. First is Guardiola at dinner with Aguero and his Representative.


First Pic = Guardiola breaks up with his old lover.
Second pic = Guardiola with his new lover.

Lazyerudite:

Does this open space for success? And I hope he knows no Troy deeney in West Brom ooo

lakesidepapa:


That will be another MSN trios but this will take time before it takes a good effect. If it really works that way, then it's great.
Gabriel looks like Nacho, it's seem they were born for each other. They may be a great combo, I still trust Pep to work this team out.

edi287:

I'd prefer if he went to Germany instead of Scotland. Hoffenhiem and Leipzig would make sense

joseph1013:

Alright. I give you 60k if Senegal wins AFCON, or

You give me 55k if Senegal does not win.

safarigirl, so #27,500 WHEN I win this. Leggo!

From Playing on the Streets to Everton
Wonderkid

Pep Guardiola is regarded as one of the best coaches in world football, especially with the successes he recorded with FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich not only in terms of trophies but the way he transformed the clubs. But last Sunday, against Everton, the Spaniard was handed his worst defeat in his coaching career.

One of the players that orchestrated Everton’s
victory was Nigerian-born England Under-21,
Ademola Lookman. His performance has been
enjoying media attention since then. Kunle
Adewale, in this report, writes about Lookman’s
spectacular performance and the lad’s possibility of earning a call to the Super Eagles squad or choose to play for the Three Lions

“I think he is the kind of player that will fit into the style of the Super Eagles. I’m not saying he should just be drafted into the Super Eagles just like that. Of course, he would have to earn the national team’s shirt to justify his inclusion when the time comes. However, the federation should first try to convince him on the need to play for his fatherland and not another country,” Okoku said.

“Also, at this time, we need young
players that would play for the country for 10 or
more years and dominate the world stage like
what we witnessed during Clemence Westerhof’s era. That is why players such as Lookman is important to the Super Eagles’ project,” the defunct Union Bank of Lagos player said.

TheSuperNerd:
Moses good enough to lead Chelsea's attack - Adebayor


[img]http://3.bp..com/-IIqiR3PKURs/WIMoHRO02zI/AAAAAAAACv8/islrvc3VW9onyHIW9ISfv6koA9OfsGl8gCLcB/s1600/Victor%2BMoses%2BCelebrating.jpg[/img]

Former Arsenal striker, Emmanuel Adebayor has said that Nigerian winger, Victor Moses can lead the attack of Chelsea.

“If you look at Chelsea, when Hazard gets injured they’ve got Willian; if Willian gets injured
they can still play Moses further forward. Moses can lead the attack”, Adebayor told The
Guardian.

But he said that his former London club, Arsenal, lack the alternatives for Mesut Ozil and
Alexis Sanchez that their title rivals have.

“Arsenal have a good team but if Sánchez gets injured I don’t know who they’ve got.

“Arsenal’s problem is that they are just Ozil and Sanchez. If one of them gets injured, it is a
problem."



Source: http://www.soccernet.com.ng/2017/01/moses-good-enough-to-lead-chelseas.html?m=1

BascoVanVeli:

but they have Iwobi.

joseph1013:
G. Jesus replaces Kelechi on Man City bench. Hmmm...

tbaba1234:


He is learning drills...

Loogan:
Absolute disrespect from pep, even if he has a love relationship with the gabriel guy at least iheanacho deserves a place in the starting lineup..
I used to support thegoodjoe on this but this is the final straw...iheanacho is too good and has done enough to be a starter for most EPL teams, I can't think of any EPL manager than would not want iheanacho...it's obvious oga pep dosent value him when he drops the best goal to ratio striker in epl history for a Brazilian kid that just about 2weeks ago...iheanacho should take a page from lukakus book, this kid is so special that he should only be in a team that seems him as priority.

lakesidepapa:


It really shows adebayor know little about the current arsenal.

Iwobi is a better replacement for Ozil