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Kelechi Nwakali Has A Future At Arsenal – Wenger Assures Nigerian Loanee Turning Heads In Holland
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The fine form of Arsenal loanee Kelechi Nwakali for his loan side MVV Maastricht will earn him a chance at Arsenal according to manager Arsene Wenger.


18 year old Nwakali was farmed sent out on loan by Arsenal to Dutch side MVV Maastricht, where he is expected to get regular playing time which will aid his development.


Nwakali has picked up two man of the match award for table topping Maastricht who are the early season favorite to gain promotion to the top division in Holland.


The Most Valuable Player at the last U-17 World Cup in Chile, where he captained Nigeria to glory could get his chance at Arsenal before the start of next season, particularly in pre season games.


”We are keeping a close watch on our players out on loan, they are all under watch. At the end of the season, we will decide which of them will join strengthen us”, Wenger said when speaking about the chances of Jack Wilshere at Arsenal ahead of this weekend game against the loan side of the English man Bournemouth.


”The loan system has helped us a lot, usually players who go out on loan and do well have a future at Arsenal. Same goes for every player out on loan now”.


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Ex England International Rates Inter-Milan Nigerian Whiz Kid Awua As Best Nigerian Teen Prospect
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Former England international John Fashanu says Inter Milan latest acquisition Theophilus Awua is by far the best local prospect he has seen in Nigeria the past years.


The Football Academy Abuja trainee caught the eyes of Fashanu during a tournament in Abuja, and the sweet talking former Wimbledon captain said he saw in him qualities that are rare in a midfielder.


Awua was yesterday signed up by Inter-Milan on loan from Serie B side Spezia for a fee in the region of €200,000, with an option of €2m outright purchase embedded in the contract.


”I watched him during a 6-aside- tournament in Abuja, he was voted the best player at that tournament, he is by far the best the best local prospect have seen in Nigeria in a while”. He told Owngoalnigeria.com.


”He is a midfielder who has the ability to score, pass, dribble and shoot. He is not scared of putting his body on the line and putting his head where it hurts, am so sure he will be a very big hit in Italy with Inter-Milan”.


owngoalnigeria.com/2016/11/26/ex-england-international-rates-inter-milan-nigerian-whiz-kid-awua-as-best-nigerian-teen-prospect/
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Dream Team VI Star Sadiq Umar Urges Nigeria To Make Move For Italian-Nigerian Cesena Forward Franklyn Akammadu
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Bologna forward Sadiq Umar says Nigeria should establish contact with Cesena 18 year old forward Franklyn Akammadu, who is reportedly set to be called up to the Italian youth national team.


In the past Nigeria have lost the duo of Angelo Ogbonna and Chuka Okaka to Italy. 20 year old Umar is advocating that the football house in Nigeria establish contact with Akammadu to avoid losing him to Italy.


Umar who was one of the stars of Nigeria’s campaign at the Rio 2016 Olympics reckons, he has seen enough to convince him that Akammadu will come good in the nearest future.


” He is quick, skillful, strong and very good with both feet. He is highly rated here in Italy, presently he is the top scorer in the Primavera (Youth League)”. He told Owngoalnigeria.com.


”Too early to say he is ready for the main team but it will be good, if contact is made for future purposes. We can’t afford to lose him” He concluded.

owngoalnigeria.com/2016/11/26/dream-team-vi-star-sadiq-umar-urges-nigeria-to-make-move-for-italian-nigerian-cesena-forward-franklyn-akammadu/

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EXCLUSIVE: Real Madrid Keeping Close Watch On Spezia Nigerian Goal Machine Suleiman Abdullahi
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Reports exclusively gathered by Owngoalnigeria.com can confirm that Real Madrid are watching Spezia Nigerian forward Suleiman Abdullahi, who is presently scoring for fun in the Italian Primavera League.


Real Madrid got wind of his talents, when he scored twice against them in the final of a youth tournament in Croatia, where he finished as top scorer for Football Academy Abuja, who were Champions at the tournament.


The existing agreement between Serie B side Spezia and the Abuja Academy saw him move to them immediately after the tournament but Real Madrid have not stopped monitoring his progress.


Yesterday when Spezia captained by another Nigerian Tahir Maigini lost 4-1 to AC Milan in a Primavera game, scouts from the La-Liga giants were in attendance and the 17 year old scored the only goal for his team.


So far he has five goals in seven Primavera games, a tally that makes him the top scorer of his team, and also in the youth league in Italy which is closely followed by scouts of top European clubs.

owngoalnigeria.com/2016/11/26/exclusive-real-madrid-keeping-close-watch-on-spezia-nigerian-goal-machine-suleiman-abdullahi/

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EXCLUSIVE: Why La-Liga Side Granada Deferred Plans To Sign Nigerian Forward Theophilus Solomon In January
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Owngoalnigeria.com has in it position a leaked e-mail conversation between an intermediary mandated to secure a transfer for hot in demand Nigerian forward Theophilus Solomon and Spanish side Granada.


Solomon who has six goals for modest side Istra, where he is on loan from table toppers HNK Rijeka is keen on leaving Croatia this summer, Granada are one among the many clubs that showed genuine interest in his services.


However per the mail sent to his representative, the Spanish side will not be making a move for him in the January transfer window, due to their precarious position on the league table in Spain.


They said, they will however keep a close watch on the 20 year old forward in view of signing him in the summer, based on their final standings on the log table.


It means Belgian side Standard Liege and Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon are now fully in the driving seat to sign the coveted forward who has 30 professional goals, including a hattrick in each of the season he has played as a professional footballer.

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Exclusive : Sunderland, Crystal Palace Target Adebayo-Rowling Commits International Future To Nigeria Ahead Of England
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Tobi Adebayo-Rowling, who has been linked with a possible move to Sunderland and Crystal Palace as from the January transfer window, has pledged his international future to Nigeria, rather than England where he was born.


Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr is hunting for players to solve the problematic right fullback position, and Adebayo-Rowling is confident he can fill the boots of Chidi Odiah and Austin Eguavoen, who have since retired from the national team.


“I’d love too play for Nigeria as I’ve said it many times in the past, I said it on BBC Radio 5 Live the other day that is my dream,” Adebayo-Rowling told
allnigeriasoccer.com.


Asked about his qualities, he replied : “ I’ve got a lot of speed and power and work rate and also a good end product,
’I’d like too think of myself as someone very hard too get past as well, one main thing I’m lacking is goals at the moment but I’m working on it!”


Adebayo-Rowling was born in London twenty years ago to an English mom and a Nigerian dad, and can play for the Super Eagles if the Nigeria Football Federation invoke the grandfather rule.


He won Sligo Rovers Young Player of the Award last month following his impressive displays for the team in the league.

Ifeanyi Emmanue

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Nigerian Right Back Attracting Interest From Crystal Palace And Sunderland
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Nigerian defender Tobi Adebayo-Rowling is attracting interest from English Premier League clubs ahead of the opening of the January transfer window.


The Sunhas reported that Crystal Palace and Sunderland are keen on the signature of the Sligo Rovers right back after scouting him.


Born in London 20 years ago, Adebayo-Rowling started off his career with the youth team of Brighton & Hove Albion, followed by spells with Eastbourne Borough and Peterborough United.


After signing a professional contract with the Posh, he moved to Republic of Ireland top-flight team Sligo Rovers in 2016.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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Four Nigerian Talents Eligible To Represent Manchester City In FA Youth Cup
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Four players of Nigerian descent are eligible to represent Manchester City in the prestigious FA Youth Cup this season,
allnigeriasoccer.com understands.


Tom Dele-Bashiru, Elewa-Ikpakwu, Ashinme Kigbu and Nathanael Ogbeta can play in the competition as they were born between September 1st 1998 and September 1st 2001.


Dele-Bashiru, 17, is one of the exciting teenagers in England, and City have offered the attacking midfielder a professional contract which his camp is studying.


Kigbu, 17, is a central defender and had played five times for the U18 squad in the U18 Premier League this season; Elewa-Ikpakwu and Ogbeta have represented the England youth teams.


Man City will face Reading U18s at away at the Madejski Stadium next month, and the Royal could feature Nigerian trio Ade Shokunbi, Akinwale Odimayo and Leon Okuboyejo.

Igho Kingsley

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Theophilus Solomon was tipped by Manu Garba to break into the Super Eagles before Kelechi Iheanacho.

Hope the guy fulfills his potentials.
I do not expect him to be in that league at this age 20.

I wish his agent throws a search light on a league like Belgium or Italy.

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forgiveness:



I don say na wetin the last under 17 coaches do be that hence the numbers of average players in there teams.

Dem don one of our in laws like that.

Nigerian coaches.

My brother that is it ooooo.

I sense that from most of your arguments. I knew you must have experienced such. That could be one of the reasons why several promising Nigerian talents are ignored just for the local talents who are desperate to pay.

Amokachi Says Nigerians Pay NGN250,000 to Play for U-17
Written by Amos Joseph

Ex-international Daniel Amokachi has alleged that Nigerian youth are levied up to a tune of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N250,000) to be selected to represent their fatherland Nigeria at U-17 National team cadre.


Speaking at an event with the coalition of Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, operating under the aegis of National Support Groups for Good Governance, NASUGG, protesting in support of war against corruption in Abuja, as reported by Vanguard, the Bull as he is nicknamed pinpointed that corruption has eaten deep into sports in the country.


“My name is Daniel Amokachi. I have said I will support the movement, because in my field which is sports, corruption is endemic.


“Corruption has invaded sports so deeply that even in FIFA headquarters in Zurich, we saw how the world stood up and said.


“Enough is enough!” We saw how the president, Sepp Blatter was not spared. He was removed from office because integrity matters when it comes to the constitution.


“President Buhari is one who doesn’t take nonsense when it comes to fighting corruption. I concur with everything he says.


“For instance, in Nigerian football today, the youths, when invited to the national team, a coach will ask them to bring N250,000 each to get into the U-17 team when he already has the talent. If a person has talent, he should be allowed to showcase what he has in the interest of the nation.


It could be recalled that PageOne.ng recently wrote an article themed ‘Continued Biased Refereeing will kill Nigeria Football League’buttressing how the football federation in conjunction with the Referee body must take seriously the issue of referee to help the game.


Amokachi further noted “A small team cannot win the Nigerian league because all the people in Nigerian football are corrupt. If a referee is bribed and a match is won here, the match cannot be won there.


“The judiciary is not above the law. Mr. President is on a good path’’, he said.


Amokachi was former assistant manager of the Nigeria national football team and currently the manager of Finnish 2nd division side JS Hercules. It remains to be seen what this allegation will generate into both from the coaches who have at one point in time handled the National team and the Nigerian Football Federation itself.

pageone.ng/2016/10/19/amokachi-says-nigerians-pay-n250000-play-u-17/

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Ifeanyi Matthew Player of the Week in Norway, Lillestrom Club of Week

Ifeanyi Matthew (left) has continued to shine for Norwegian club Lillestrom

Ex-Kano Pillars midfield star Ifeanyi Matthew is now the new shining star in Norway after he was named Player of the Week in the country’s top league and his club Lillestrom scooped the Team of the Week.


Matthew set the tone for an unlikely Lillestrom win at title chasers Brann with his opportunistic goal, but his overall performance earned him the man of the match award.


After his opener after half an hour, he was denied a second goal by the brilliant Brann goalkeeper, he also conjured a through ball for a dangerous attack in a five-star display for Lillestrom to win 2-1 away from home.


On the back of this unlikely win, Lillestrom are now in the relegation play-off bracket and they will steer clear of the dreaded drop with a home win over IK Start on Sunday.

africanfootball.com/news/656495/Ifeanyi-Matthew-Player-of-the-Week-in-Norway-Lillestrom-Club-of-Week

Arsenal Loanee Nwakali Yet To Hit Full Stride At MVV Maastricht

Kelechi Nwakali is slowly being integrated into the set up at Dutch second division side MVV Maastricht, where he is on loan from English Premier League giant Arsenal.


Nwakali’s transfer to Arsenal was made official in the summer, with the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the last Under-17 World Cup signing a five year contract.


However work permit restrictions means he was farmed out on loan to MVV Maastricht to enable him get games, which will aid his development before he is eventually ready for the first team at Arsenal.


The 18 year old has however struggled to adjust and adapt to his latest surroundings, playing a total of just 67 minutes in all competition since joining the team two months ago.


His highest time spent on the pitch is 45 minutes, which came in the cup game against Volendam, aside that he has appeared as a substitute in three league games raking up a total of 21 minutes, which includes last weekend when he was introduced with eight minutes left to play.
owngoalnigeria.com/2016/10/18/arsenal-loanee-nwakali-yet-to-hit-full-stride-at-mvv-maastricht/

Nigerian Super Teen Osimhen Gets New Coach At Wolfsburg

Nigerian highly rated teen forward Victor Osimhen will be under the tutelage of a new coach at German side Wolfsburg following the sacking of Dieter Hecking.


The decision to sack Hecking was reportedly done to stem a poor run of form that has seen them fail to win their last five games in the league.


Wolfsburg are currently placed 14th on the Bundesliga league table with just six points from their first seven games of the season, way below where many people taught they will be before the start of the season.


However Osimhen as he is yet to play a competitive game for the team as he is yet to clock the professional age of 18. But he has already hit the ground running, scoring in a game played for charity purposes.


His coach at the U23s where he has been training will now be in temporary charge of the first team for their game against SV Darmstadt 98, before a decision is made on a new permanent manager of the team.

owngoalnigeria.com/2016/10/18/nigerian-super-teen-osimhen-gets-new-coach-at-wolfsburg/

FIFA Force Porto To Send “Nigerian Robben” Samuel Chukwueze Back To Nigeria
Failed Arsenal target Samuel Chukwueze is back in Nigeria after spending time with Portuguese giants FC Porto, the team he will join when he clocks 18.


Chukwueze one of the stars of the last Nigeria U-17 team to the World Cup in Chile, where they emerged champions trained with the U-18s of the team before returning back to Nigeria.


His return we gathered was due to FIFA regulations on the transfer of minors, which means he can’t be kept by the team for now, as he is yet to be officially registered as their player.


Although a transfer fee has been agreed with his nursery team Diamond Academy for the recently turned 17 year old forward, but payments will be made after the transfer is made official.


However, Owngoalnigeria.com gathered that even when he clocks 18, arrangements are already well underway to loan him to a team in the low division before he makes the step up to the main team.

owngoalnigeria.com/2016/10/18/fifa-force-porto-to-send-nigerian-robben-samuel-chukwueze-back-to-nigeria/

TheSuperNerd:
MANU GARBA LEADS NIGERIA U19S TO
KOREA TOURNEY





Coach Manu Garba is to lead a team of Nigeria
U19s for an all-expenses-paid tourney in Korea
later this year, officials have informed.

Officials and players are believed to have already submitted their international passports for the trip to South Korea.

The earlier arrangement was for the team to
feature at an international tournament in Dubai.
Manu, who led Nigeria to win the 2013 FIFA U17
World Cup in Abu Dhabi, failed to qualify the
Golden Eaglets for next year’s U17 AFCON in
Madagascar.

He is expected to feature the bulk of the Eaglets Class of 2016 team for this invitational tourney.



Source: http://africanfootball.com//news/656616/Manu-Garba-leads-Nigeria-U19s-to-Korea-tourney

I love this arrangement, wish the U20 boys are given such a chance

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TheSuperNerd:
Great to have The BlackAlbino6 back....

Sir Blackalbino6, Official news-poster and update analyst of our "youth and cadet" teams and "talents".... Lol... Welcome

Thanks Sir.
You know na.
This is where my heart lies.