andrew444:
Olarenwaju kayode has joined newly promoted Turkish league club gazisehir fc on a 1 year loan deal

Humility017:


well said bro..... thanks for the clarification

forgiveness:


Well, he needs to focus on his career now and try as much as possible to get game time which was not afforded him last season. And it's certain he wasn't going to get game time this season too after Sharktar Donetsk appointed a new coach.

Let see what happens if he gets game time.

forgiveness:


Well, he needs to focus on his career now and try as much as possible to get game time which was not afforded him last season. And it's certain he wasn't going to get game time this season too after Sharktar Donetsk appointed a new coach.

Let see what happens if he gets game time.

Joebie:
Slovenian second division side NK Drava Dakinda have appointed former Super Eagles coach, Austin Eguavoen, as their new Technical Director.

The 53-year-old until his appointment was coach of fourth division club, Zakynthos FC, in Greece.

NK Drava Dakinda have in their ranksthree Nigerian players:Temitope Nelson, Mathias Fanimo and Simon Oduh.

--Punch

forgiveness:


Will Madrid want a Makelele type of player in this era? That's the point.

Ndidi is a DMF and in this era, you must have additional 3 attributes to make a modern day DMF but I can't see these in his game though he might improve later.

However, who Ndidi go bench for Chelsea's mildfield?

Chelsea mildfielders are not the culprit for missing goals, it's rather the attackers.

Icon4s:


then you are not a lover of good attacking football.

Humility017:


with this way this guys are going with their careers and very bad decision making premise on making money at the expense of wise career move ..
they'll barely achieve any laurels with the national team or even fetch SE call up.

just take a look at Onyekuru now.... same player Monaco wanna sign all because of the bogus wage he wanna let die his EPL dream..... hopefully we get lookman Rohr can ignore him for all I care.

Kayode made a mistake when he choose sign for man city at the expense of Newcastle who really wanted him...

Newcastle would have trade with him same way Everton is doing with Henry that's if they can't get him a work permit

Joebie:
Analysis

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How Arsenal’s culture of change left Alex Iwobi underappreciated – and unnecessary

by Mark White
Published 15 hours ago

Alex Iwobi's last goal for Arsenal was a consolation, but it's a shame there weren't more fans in Baku to appreciate its brilliance. A torpedo that swerved inside Kepa Arrizabalaga's near post, it typified his time in red and white: graceful, laden with technique, but ultimately undervalued in the mire of Arsenal's problems.

To many fans, Iwobi has become a statue of the stagnation at Arsenal: a mildly unpopular pillar of the club, and frankly, the only real left winger in the wake of Alexis Sanchez's epic downfall. To some he's awful, others he's average. If Aubameyang and Lacazette are the lead guitarist and vocalist of the Arsenal band, Iwobi is stage-left on bass. A deputy, a stop-gap, Henrikh Mkhitaryan's other half. Like a second-hand car: an asset to surely replace in a windfall.

It seems a little harsh though that Iwobi's presence is often met with such disinterest. He registered the third-most assists of any under-23 in the Premier League last season, behind Leroy Sane and James Maddison. He contributes as many passes around the box as most of Europe's elite. At his best, Iwobi is a needle, sewing play together: an architect in tight spaces and an athlete when he has pitch to run into.

On paper at least, the 23-year-old is the petri-dish designer footballer that Arsenal fans expect from their academy. He joined the club aged 8 when they were unbeaten champions and grew up in the shadows of Arsenal legends. He was schooled in the geometric precision of Wengerball and endowed with some of his uncle Jay-Jay Okocha's flair. He's raw, his decision making often evaporates in the fire of away matches, but when Arsenal click into gear, Iwobi dazzles. He's a shy Jack Wilshere; a kid brought up in suburban London that dribbles like he's still got his school rucksack on, has radar vision and can beat full backs like a magician throwing a handkerchief over the ball.

There's an argument, too, that he's still not found his feet or locked in his favoured position. Arsene Wenger always favoured laser-passers out wide; Pireses, Rosickys and Nasris to dictate and drift like Red Arrows. It seemed Iwobi's destiny to carve his name into that particular rock, but the game has moved on. He's barely been tested in central positions – Arsenal also underrated Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's promise as a midfielder – and the club have always valued Iwobi as a luxury-number-10-turned-wide-man.

Only Alex Iwobi is a luxury that Arsenal could barely afford. A cultured attacking midfielder, he was learning on the job from the likes of Mesut Ozil, sharing creative responsibility and stretching play for the German to operate. Iwobi blossomed at Arsenal as a secondary playmaker, but he's become more of a regular fixture than any of the primary ones. His career's been forged in flux; Ozil faded from the spotlight, Mkhitaryan has shone intermittently and Cazorla's light went out a long time ago. In the absence of excellence elsewhere, Iwobi has been an Emery ever-present: the face of away day disappointment and a mainstay in Arsenal's meekest team in memory.

The Nigerian has carried Arsenal's creativity on his back during the Mustafi mistakes, the Ozil injuries and the back three experiments of two managers unfamiliar with playing the system. He's carried a flame in a rainstorm and failed to keep the embers glowing. For all his promise, he's disappointed many. Stepping to Everton represents a mission failed.

But Iwobi is still worthy of far more respect than he ever picked up at the Emirates Stadium. A gifted individual who was always there, through the defeats to Bournemouth, the crumbling season finales and the winds of change. He rarely made the big difference but he never shirked from challenges. During a summer where fans have demanded loyalty from Laurent Koscielny, Iwobi was always the quiet kid at the back of the class, who never showed a deep desire to leave London Colney.

Alex Iwobi never got to celebrate his final goal at Arsenal. He half-volleyed the ball into the net with all the frustration you'd expect from a substitute fighting a 3-0 deficit, before turning on his heels and racing to the centre circle. Fifteen years as a boy, teenager and man at Arsenal, all culminating in one sublime, but ultimately pointless, bolt from nowhere. A squint of genius that no one appreciated. Iwobi was never the man to carry Arsenal, but he gave it a damn good hit.

--FourFourTwo

forgiveness:


It's just a loan move. If he performs he might return to Sharktar Donetsk or a better offer.

Was he qualified for work permit even if Newcastle by him?

Manchester City offer was better.

Humility017:


read my last paragraph...
they would have trade with him same way Everton is doing with onyekuru...

a French move would have been better for his development, he is not a technical player going to the Spanish league on loan was an error in disguise

Bolowolowo:
Congrats to the Nigeria Men’s Basketball team after beating Canada by 9.

The boys rebounded from a loss 2 days prior.

Joebie:
Everton's Probable XI according to WhoScored

Gentlewarrior1:
Iwobi to everton is a sweet move. Especially as the coach likes him

Everton will be hot this season o. That moise kean and richalison with iwobi and sigurdsson.

i done turn everton fan. Aside iwobi i also like moise kean and lucas digne

Pickford is also a decent keeper. Same with their defence

krattoss:
Iwobi is a good replacement for ageing Walcott

elyte89:
Everybody is now cin Everton as a top 4 contender because iwobi has joined.... Yinmu,deir best bet is a 6th /7th position,d likes of Liverpool,man city ,manu,Chelsea,Tottenham, arsenal will still retain deir normal position...

Humility017:

markele played for Madrid too...
so how many goals did he score for them?

anyone who watches football knows that Ndidi is a high scoring DM... he has the shot..he did it in Belgium.
just that Leicester do play a defensive kind of game barely hold possession. if he was to be in a team like Chelsea considering the goal scoring chances Jorginho missed and other Chelsea midfielders..
Ndidi will be a goal scorer almost every month... Chelsea presently lack Midfielders that can shot from outside the 18 yard box with precision save for Berkeley and Drinkwater

forgiveness:


Will Madrid want a Makelele type of player in this era? That's the point.

Ndidi is a DMF and in this era, you must have additional 3 attributes to make a modern day DMF but I can't see these in his game though he might improve later.

However, who Ndidi go bench for Chelsea's mildfield?

Chelsea mildfielders are not the culprit for missing goals, it's rather the attackers.

forgiveness:


Well, he needs to focus on his career now and try as much as possible to get game time which was not afforded him last season. And it's certain he wasn't going to get game time this season too after Sharktar Donetsk appointed a new coach.

Let us see what happens if he gets game time.

andrew444:


Everton might not be a top 4 contender, i am just hoping for them

Oga there is no top 6 this season, just mark this word now, one new team will break into this top 6, i know you are giving your self hope as an arsenal fan because coming 5th or 6th is now an achievement to arsenal and man u while they dont know they can do better especially arsenal

Shebi the top 6 dey sleep when Leicester win league, you guys feel top 6 is a birth right in the epl, e go clear for una eyes soon, na only man city and liverpool no dey bother themselves

andrew444:


Why do you like digne, are you a barca fan?

andrew444:

Bros you suppose know who you dey argue with, him no go gree despite his bad opinions , save your self the stress.

Humility017:


thanks bro...just imagine what he about kayode he won MOTM award only to be relegated to bench in subsequent matches...in Ukraine and Spain...
whose that even a racist or a white supremacist won't do that....

sometimes he talks as if we don't watch this guys play too

Gentlewarrior1:

Yes boss

Aside that he was actually the epl second best left back last seaaon. Some pundits even rated him ahead of robertson. Whoscored.com selected him in their best xi last season

elyte89:



When I tell u say I b arsenal fan,me no dey support any club ,just eagles...though I watch club matches sha

DrLikita12:
Pillars, Tornadoes and Enyimba start their continental campaign today.
Enyimba is playing away in Burkina Faso against Rahimo FC; game starts by 5 pm.
Pillars face Asante Kotoko by 4pm in Kano and will be without the services of Ebuka David and two others due to passport and registration issues.
Tornadoes face Santoba FC of Conakry by 4 pm in Kaduna.

forgiveness:


I disagree. He didn't do badly in the la Liga when he was given the chance to play. The Motm he won and team of the week was a proof. Unfortunately, he was relegated to the bench after that match he won MOTM and made la Liga team of the week.

He repeated the same thing in the Ukrainian league when he was given the chances to play.

BascoVanVeli:



Hmmm, could Ebuka be on the cusp of a foreign move? I don't see any other reason why they would fail to register him unless they are unsure of his stay in Kano.