komekn:


Very simple the person who wants to pay £30 Million for him.

But Awaziem and Omeruo playing in dead Segunda division and obscurity of Croatia are great.

Players and valuation these are chalk and cheese. We've seen players valued at 100M not worth anyway near it.
I guarantee you, Brighton are looking at Bassey's profile and not performance. This was the exact Reson MJ wasn't a first draft NBA pick. You claim to be a scout so you should understand what I'm saying.

Awaziem and Omeruo aren't in this discussion. They have their career trajectory and as native Africans, they have done relatively well for themselves. They have both been in the books of Porto and Chelsea. Played at the highest level in Spain and France. I don't really know what you have against them.

Marjoribanks:
Swear to God that you watched one Ajax game this past season? Did you watch them against Liverpool? Did you know Bassey got more than 10 match of the man award this past season?
I watched all Ajax game that Bassey started. Timber was more at fault for goals conceded by Ajax than Bassey but the fans always turn on him cos they spent 28 million on him., therefore they expect him to stop all the balls from going in which is not humanly possible. Yes, he do make mistake sometimes but who doesn't.
The Ajax team Bassey met was in disarray. The midfielders were some of the worst set of players in Ajax history. Bobbery, Tadic and this Tottenham guy were also struggling in attack. It got to a time that the coach had to play Kudus their best midfileder as a 9. Whenever Kudus start in midfield Bassey plays better cos Kudus can hold the ball and carry it forward.

Ask yourself why Brighton wants both Kudus and Bassey together?
Watch ball and stop displaying your silly ignorance here!

This tweet explains it better

You watch every Ajax game and you don't know Bassey isn't so good in possession and playing out from the back, a system Ajax is renouned for?
Did you watch Vermalean and Vertogen back in Ajax to understand the football IQ Ajax required from their CB?
Even for the Super Eagles, he struggled to do the basics against Ghana. At a point he couldn't even trap the ball, he was promptly yanked off. People like you blamed the pitch and weather(night game). A country like Nigeria cannot have a defender at Ajax and he's not the first name on the team sheet. But what do we have?

charlesemeka85:
and do I seem like one who hype players unnecessarily? Bassey did enough to merit he’s move to ajax just that it didn’t work out as expected

You fail to put into consideration that it takes some players time to adapt to new environment while others adapts faster

I am a kin follower of Ajax and watch their matches via espn and I must tell you that Ajax team of last season was trash. No player was exceptional unless maybe kudus to an extend

Bassey from the games I saw him play for Ajax wasn’t as bad as the Dutch media painted him maybe because of the price they bought him. I believe u saw him against Liverpool and Napoli in the ucl

Also for De Zerbi to go for him it implies that he has potentials that still need to be worked on

Technique or whatsoever they are players that hv it in abundant as hyped here but still languishing in lower tier clubs with escape route very slim

As for Okoye he was among the top 5 goalies in the Dutch league for 2 seasons before he got signed by Watford. He earned he’s move to England. Okoye didn’t earn the move because of his Caucasian mother but because he worked and earned it

So carry your bias mentality shift

For over 4 generations, Ajax have seen some of the finest footballers in the world, it's insane to think they have a particular bias against Bassey, a player they had high hopes for when he first arrived.

Even in chaos, good players still standout. For instance, You can't look at Chelsea's last season amist the upheavel and say Thiago Silva, Reece James, Chilwel, kovacic etc are all bad players.

For your information, Ajax problem last season wasn't goal scoring, only 1 team outscored them all season.
They had a very unstable defence partly due to Bassey's lack of position awareness, he lost his place at the end. A point Bassey himself agreed to when he said he was learning from Timber and Alvarez sitting on the bench(screenshot).

Secondly, his ability on the ball is comical. Simply not Ajax standard to put it mildly. His level is the Scottish league, harsh truth.
His profile being a left footed CB (a rarity) appeals to scouts. He wouldn't get this far if he was right footed. He will be exposed at Brighton.

elyte89:


I think I will tow dis line …intelligence wise ,he’s just dere ,he’s not a good footballer

If not personal bias, who would look at Bassey and think he's decent?

charlesemeka85:
because it didn’t work out for him at Ajax?

Na una go condemn quality but hype trash.

That Ajax team is toxic and the media in Holland haven’t been nice to the guy judging by the fact that he is in he’s first season with them

New country, league and style of play but you forget that it takes some players time to adapt to a new league and system

Letting him go after one season is one big mistake I knw Ajax will regret. Bassey is fast,robust and good on the ball so I believe that De Zerbi will bring out the best in him at Brighton if the deal goes through

Bassey has the qualities and in the right age to turn out to be a monstrous CB/LB in the nearest future

Listen, when profiling a player, look beyond nationality if you can, possibly remove all personal bias.
Bassey has a decent profile, in terms of age and position CB/LB. Beyond that, he is found wanting in very key areas. He lacks discipline and his technique is very suspect. Ajax got him to replace Martinez and you can see the drop off in quality.
You must be one of the jokers who thought Okoye was going to be decent at Watford because he's Nigerian.. Lol

charlesemeka85:
exposed how?

He's not very good at football.

charlesemeka85:
Calvin Bassey in the list of possible defenders to be signed by epl side Brighton and Hove

The links are strong..
Bassey about to be exposed... Lol

Spy360:

Havertz was brought to strengthen the entire frontline.
His being a backup for Saka is more in case of injury or fatigue not necessarily as a sub.

He was a RW when at Bayer. He plays AM for Germany. Personally I don't see him as a striker and from what Arteta said, he will be deployed in midfield.

He could have evolved to become a striker later in his career. His case is exactly like Kelechi Iheanacho. Recall Kc was a SS/RW/AM in his formative years and probably the best teenage footballer in the world,but got converted too soon to become a top9. His growth has been staunted since 2016.
The benefit for Arsenal here is that Harvetz haven't been at Chelsea too long so he can be salvaged. Arteta is confident.

Well, I don port come back Nairaland.

komekn:


Aston villa are in the city of Birmingham

They are bitter rivals just like Utd vs City at any level.

komekn:


Unfortunately we don't anchor ⚓ prominence and capacity on history.

As it stands Aston Villa, West Bromwich , Wolverhampton W, are all much bigger clubs than Birmingham City.

True. But you don't completely wash away history and in terms of size I'm referring to what the club represents and the size of the city.

Amedino99:
na small club mentality dey worry Dem.

They aren't. Birmingham is the biggest club in West midlands, far bigger than Newcastle. They aren't just where they are supposed to be. This club was formed in 1875.

jihday:
they retired his jersey cos he did them a favor, he could have joined Dortmund for free but he extended his contract with them which meant that Dortmund would have to pay a transfer fee and Birmingham were really broke then. Retiring that jersey is just a way of appreciating his kind gesture

You're way off the mark man. Jezz! This boy signed his first professional football deal at 17 with Birmingham a club he's been with since he was 8yrs old. Players sign professional deals at 17.
How can you deceive your audience saying his shirt number was retired just because he signed a pro deal with his boyhood club?

For crying out loud, Jude Bellingham was a star boy of the city of Birmingham (the 3rd largest city in England after London and Manchester). He almost singled handedly saved them from relegation winning man of the match almost every week. As a gesture to inspire others kids from their academy they made a preemptive call to retire his number. His relative success with England and Dortmund in addition to his €110M Madrid deal means the club’s management were absolutely right to bank on him.

wayodude:


If they did that's purely based on sentiment. My question remains what did he achieve there?

On what basis will a club formed in 1875 retire a player's jersey number? How many Jersey numbers have they retired in their history if any? You call it an out of the blue sentiment?

wayodude:


Not necessarily at the bolded. Dortmund scout young players with high potential from any league, be it Austria, Championship etc.

What had Sancho done to show he was a consistent outstanding exceptional performer before they poached him?

Granted he was young, but what had Bellingham done in the championship, before they poached him? Several players have in the past delivered similar output but didn't end up in a Champions League club.

Birmingham retired Jude Bellingham's no 22 shirt and he was just 19.

It's time we accept our place on the global food chain.
We simply can't compete for talent with the big boys. We are like Burnley or Sunderland competing against Psg or Bayern for talent. It's that big a joke...

If Ngr can make back to back world cup Semi finals then we can contest with the Super national teams.

Making back to back world cup Semis will be likened to Sunderland taken over by Saudis with an investment of $2B in players, management, sports science and facilities.

Who will be that NFF president/ board who can make good investment with brilliant strategy from top to bottom in revolutionizing our local football structure to incubate talents who can force their way to a brilliant back to back brilliant world cup runs?

Apparently this structure was built in Kebbi by NFF with FIFA's $1.1M goal project funds.

Uefa youth league Semi finals, Victor Eletu starts in midfield for Milan. He's looked a very useful player so far. He could make a difference in that tasteless midfield of Ladan Bosso.

Kog45:
Barry man,I thought it was Nigeria vs Guinea Bissau not Nigeria vs Morocco...I hate stats or theoretical analysis when a team lost to very low team,truly it happens in football but this team needs better coaching and Peseiro is failing in this regard.

Shock results like that do happen every now and then. To be objective, the Guineans didn't deserve the victory based on the balance of play but regardless history will always record they beat Nigeria in Abuja.
On a better pitch, those overhit final passes will connect and we won't be having this discussion.

As much as Pesieros record looks poor, but to be fair, he wasn't the reason we lost yesterday. If Chukwueze, Osimhen, Simon and Lookman composed themselves better, we would have scored 3 goals between them.

Tactically, Pesiero withdrew Iwobi and made him the ball progressor in CM next to Ndidi whose limitation is well known. Most of the build-up play went through Iwobi as a result and it was OK and we dominated as expected against a lesser opposition.

The fault line for me was the attackers who looked to make hasty decisions when they were close to goal. There was simply no calmness or clarity in thought when we got close to their goal which is sad. Crosses were over hit, final passes were misplaced and shots were poor.

Uzoho for me, had one job. He had to be quicker off his line, since the team was pressing high up the pitch. A keeper like Ederson would swept the ball away before the Guinean made contact with the ball.
Lessons

Igbo has become the new lingua franca in Nigeria. Incredible! Video of Tinubu and Wike speaking Igbo will hit the internet this week surely.

yaki84:

Who is the 2nd in this election?

Atiku scored 6.9m valid votes.

He had 25percent in 21 states

PO scored 6.1m valid votes
He had 25percent in 16 states

By this result, if there should be any rerun, it will.be between Apc and Pdp.

Atiku called you a drug baron, said all manner of rhetorics. Nobody in the APC have replied him till date your so called direct rival who came second o.
It's always PO you're talking about.
The guilty are always afraid.

yaki84:

When Inec saddled with the responsibilty of conducting and announcing the winner has concluded their task...

The only thing pdp and Lp can do is to use the 25percent votes in Abuja to their own gain.

If supreme court can interpret this section and it favours them, inec has no option than to recall the sertificate of return and reconduct a by-election between Apc and Pdp.

Why are you guys so desperate to make this between Pdp vs APC? What are you afraid of?

TheSuperNerd:
Don't mind these lots. Famzing Zombies. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Funny enough, Akinsanmiro also featured briefly for Remo in the NNL/NPFL thanks to his prodigious talents.

When I first dropped, in late December, Akinsanmiro's brief analytical profile here (like I do for other youngsters from the local scene) and even stated that he is bound for Inter Milan, hardly anyone paid attention to it. Only a few like TheGoodJoe and co.

Now that January came and my post is confirmed, see how some come out and start talking about him as if they have known him since forever.

I have uncovered players almost no one on this thread knew about before other Journos caught on.

Akinsanmiro is one. Gift Emmanuel Orban is another. Jamiu Musbaudeen is yet another. Just to mention a few.

I have talked about other young Naija Talents as well and will keep uncovering more for Public attention.

I dont follow this thread back to back but I know you've played up a few names like these. Would have been better if there was a separate thread for that.

Remember when we had a convo and I said that Remo had the closest thing to be called a football academy. I wish they could open other centres around the country to follow the template of INDEPENDIENTE DEL VALLE of Ecuador probably get to work with Aspire guys to have these catchment areas set-up across the country.
They will make a killing if they do this. It will be like blood money. Talents yakpa

Check out what these Ecuadorians are doing.
https://www.scoutedftbl.com/best-young-football-players/independiente-del-valle/

TheSuperNerd:


Funny how this comment you made about him received a response.

Balo and Osimhen are 2 generational strikers. I doubt the powers that be would allow Nigeria have the both of them.

Someone help me make sense of it. Sensitive election materials are usually deployed to states a day to the election day and they are stored at Cbn HQ of the state. How manage that of Anambra is different?

TheLoneCitizen:
Balogun hattrick. Now the Ligue 1 top scorer.

Serie A - Osimhen
Ligue 1 - Folarin Balogun

Balogun is made for the top. The kid will grow to become one of the most deadly strikers in the game. Doing this in his first season as a professional is pure madness. Earlier in the seasons he wasn't getting much attention, I dropped this comment about him.

charlesemeka85:
superb ball carrier,good passing range and footballing intelligence

Also I love his physique, can’t be bullied off the ball easily

Even if he doesn’t mk it to inter’s first team he has all it takes to play for any other club in a top league in europe

See how you're famzing him because Inter Milan signed him. Are you not the same guy who don't believe we had talents at home? All our talents are foreign born according to your wrapped thinking.

If someone had brought up a kid so good in Ogun state, you would have laughed yourself silly and made one of those drop dead comments you make about home-grown footballers.

People should be careful. The POS gentleman yesterday sold to me 7k for 800. He didn't know he just committed economic sabotage and should I press further, he will be arrested and jailed.

Flanker:


For this year CAF league , two team in Quarter final and one in Semi-finals is not bad for algerian football

Same for the year before . 2 teams in Quarter final

Quarter finals and Semi finals should be counted as success for little teams across Africa not for Js Kabile, USMA Algiers and the likes. The big Algerian clubs used to dominate Africa but not anymore. No need being insecured about my post.
For context, Nigeria will celebrate a world cup quarter final loss, but heads will roll in Brazil.

This Sam Edozie kid looks so good. He could be an elite winger and he seems to have developed his right foot. One to look out for.
https://twitter.com/JustSaintss/status/1605470876530458624?s=20&t=x0plVVH21GA5h1lXmbm2wg