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nelszx:
Look at Elder Militao and compare with Osimhen and Chuks and tell me Militao didn't cheat with his age. Man looks way older than both pairs.
I remember one Mosquito in their u17 squad in 2015 dunno if he still play football

Dude is clearly older than Chuks and Osimhen.

Humility017:
this is the primary reason why I canvass for foreign born players....because most of this home groomed talents save for the ones that went through MRI are not truly the age they claim.....

Are the foreign born players more talented than the so called OVER AGED home grown players? Av we ever had a foreign born striker half as good as Kanu Nwankwo or Yakubu who were said to be over aged? Abi we dun ever get any foreign born defender half as good as Taribo?

safarigirl:
This is the kind of Naija Excellence we should be celebrating

Yes, not Mercy , Miracle and Tacha

BRA-NGA




In the 2015 U17 world youth championship, Osimhen and Chuks destroyed a Junior Selecao defense led by Eder Militao, 3-0 it ended in favour of the Eaglets. Fast forward to 2019, the youngsters are once again on a collision course, now for their various senior national teams



#GrowthAndTransition

DrKlever:
Now that our team strenght is obviously depleted what formation would you rather Rohr play against Brazil. A 3 man defense of Ekong, Awaziem and AJayi then midfield Collins( not sure he can pay WB)-Ndidi-Aribo-Ebuehi(not fit) forwards. Iwobi-Osimhen-Chukwueze in a 3-4-3 formation for me. We seriously have an issue with, Kalu, Omueruo and Aina out. I really do not wish to see Seun in action.

Been reading through the posts made here through the day, while others were/are busy discussing reality TV shows, this is the only reasonable post av I come across.


Nice formation, though, I would play Simon ahead of Collins

Humility017:
the dude said so....
I don't think Nigeria is serious as regard getting this player's not until they start playing in EPL.


Eze's case now is a blant example....

Ok

Humility017:
I will soon give up on this country....

we don't wanna groom talents and at the same time we make yanga for those groomed by foreign academics... waiting for them to reach stardom.

Nigeria is the most proud nation on earth....

we can't groom and we don't wanna call up those that have been groomed.

do you know that...had it been we called up Tomori when he was still in Derby or even prior the match against Ukraine...he would have likely honour it up....

even if he won't get to play competitively.... just make him get to know the players and I promise the friendly and calm atmosphere in the team will make him fasten up with the switch....

Lol this guy, easy oo, that ur first line no be here oo.

BTW, Who told u Tomori wasn't approached when he was at Derby County?

safarigirl:
yeah, googled him too

Looks like Kante.

No signs of a Nigerian name, aside the adulterated one

Iweru no be Igbo name?

Just as people wey dey bear Dozie dey modify am to Dozzy(Dozzi), Gozie dem dey also modify to Gozzy (Gozzi)

forgiveness:
Dis wan eyes don clear. Na em dey form I am English but when Man city don loan am go Championship em sense reconnect.

Make em start to dey play for Man City, you go see the way em go deny Nigeria sharp sharp.

We should captie him before the bolded happens, to leave him no choice

forgiveness:
He is not bad.

I want us to get(cap tie) him now, then have him go through the U23s. Dude is a good prospect

Forget all the nonsense komekn said here when Osimhen was having a rough patch in Germany, listen to the man who knows the game - Ocampos da great.



Luis Campos: The transfer chief with the Midas
touch: Portuguese sporting director has helped
unearth over £500m of footballing talent
One of the most wanted men in football may not
be the most familiar.


Sporting director Luis Campos has unearthed
over £500m worth of footballing talent during his
time at Monaco and Lille, and in an exclusive
interview with Sky Sports, gives a fascinating
insight into his methods.


His CV is quite something, helping unearth Kylian
Mbappe, Nicolas Pepe, James Rodriguez,
Anthony Martial, Fabinho, Bernardo Silva and
Benjamin Mendy.


The 55-year-old has been sporting director at
Lille since 2017, helping them return to the
Champions League after discovering some of
Europe's best talents while at Monaco from
2013.


Here, he talks through the key players he found,
how he is determined to see players live - even
for a few minutes - and whether he could be
tempted out of Lille, having been linked with a
number of European clubs over the summer,
including Chelsea.


VICTOR OSIMHEN


His latest find, 20-year-old Nigerian forward
Osimhen, has scored seven in 10 games for Lille,
including against Chelsea last week.


"I went to Lagos to see their preparation for the U17 World Championships. After one match I wanted him.
But his price was very expensive for a 17-year-
old. I spoke to my CEO. I called him every night
saying, 'Please give me this player, he is
amazing. In two years he will be one of the best
in Europe'.


"In the end the player went to Wolfsburg. I went
to Wolfsburg just to see him play. Sometimes he
only played for five minutes, sometimes only two.
I was crazy for him! Then he had a virus and had
five or six months not playing and went to
Charleroi in Belgium. Two months later I signed
him. So itʼs a nice story. I lost the player but
then got him back.


"If all is normal at the end of the season there
will be a big move for him because he's like a
cat. You know, if you have a cat and give it a
ball! Heʼs unbelievable. In the last 20 metres he
attacks every ball. Every ball. Like a cat."



I must commend Rohr here for seeing same thing Ocampos saw, that made both men stick with the boy even when things were not going quite well for him due to ailment.

Danielnino00:
I thought they said the days of calling players from backwater leagues are over..

Ask d scam we parade as coach. That thing is on a mission

Earthquake1:
Will you shut up what is your criteria for player selection?

Just because a player on secondary list is invited because of an injury you are talking nonsense

Hey kid, When ppl are talking, fools like u are required to be mute

elyte89:
Who could predicted dis guy invitation?
We go just dey disturb oursef for d next player to b invited ...nobody saw dis coming or mentioned his name here once

Bkus the boy doesn't deserve the invite, only Rohr and his cronies can explain the rationale behind this shame. Dat man aint clean

TheSuperNerd:
He has been doing well in Bulgaria. And he long declared for Nigeria. Anyway, I haven't seen any official confirmation yet on this. But it is possible.

Doing well how? Can u back thus up with stats?? Like komekn rightly said, their is reason Rohr has lasted on the scene here in Africa. What has Otabor done to deserve a call up from a tier 4 league like the Bulgarian league, when we have more deserving players in better Leagues?? I laugh when ppl out of ignorance claim that corruption is limited to only African coaches. Hell would let lose if it had been Keshi that made this call

TheSuperNerd:
What I have been waiting for. Beautiful news.

tbaba1234:
Ozornwafor got 30 mins today.

Hopefully, he starts to get more games now.

Almeria are high fliers, they are second on the table, though 7 points adrift of league leaders, after 10 games. It will be hard for him to break in, but if he does, I would be happier.

TheSuperNerd:
Away from Football for a bit....

Ese Brume of Nigeria just bagged Bronze at the World Athletics Championships. She attained a super leap of 6.91m in the final.

Congrats girl!!!

Meanwhile Tobi Amusan made it into the final of the Women's 100m hurdles and couldn't bag a medal due to a slow reaction time off the blocks. She finished 4th after running a stunning final 60m after a slow start. It just was not enough for a medal. Well done Tobi.

Hwfar Enekwechi nah? Wetin dey sup wt him?

Good news: The Ondo boy is back from injury on time for the Brazil friendly, though, he didn't get to play, he was named on the bench, as Rangers pummelled Hamilton in the Scottish premier League

andrew444:
7 point gap between 3rd place and relegation Zone in the Epl

More like the NPFL

The hype has eaten so deep into Rashford's head that he now strolls in the pitch thinking himself a super star, he has the number 10 shirt, after all.

Joebie:
We have a collective voice here. And each person’s opinion is worth 2 cents. Nothing more. Those who watched the game should come here and say what happened. People have their favorites and may ignore, but don’t castigate them when your membership here is at the same level as theirs. We are talking as if there is some highly esteemed class here whose voice matter more. This is not true. This is a faceless thread, your voice counts as much as mine.

Uv bn putting forward some reasonable posts since Tammy got u ditched the second time. Kudos u coming back fine

My interest in the Brazil friendly is seriously waning bkus I had envisaged the attacking trident of the KOC running rings, not knowing injuries av got other plans. Now we are left with a headless chicken in Simon and an unproven Dennis to partner Osimhen and Chuks

elyte89:
We might b loosing dis guy to play for us

With Rohr at the helm I'm scared we might lose him. Dude has been sabotaging our efforts to get this foreign bred players bkus he feels we are poaching European talents and that it is quite unfair to the countries that brought them up only for us to jump in and reap the dividends. Last year he granted an interview where he openly condemned the action, saying that African nations should stop stealing European talents that he was disappointed to find out that most of the players he helped groom for France during his stay there, ended up playing for Algeria instead of France whose system made what they were. Haven't u noticed his reluctancy in getting these guys to play for us?

Did u kno it was Rohr who turned down Danjuma when his agent called to inform that he was interested in playing for Nigeria, Rohr told him point black that he already had enough wingers. Imagine the wingers - Simon and Musa

elyte89:
It was only TheSupernerd dt reported d goal,I respect him for dt,meanwhile if na nacho or chukwueze score ,na 4pages we go use celebrate d goal....even chukwueze nod ball today, I tot d header scored,rushed to confirm from livescore,my guy,d header no score, ordinary header from chukwueze,dem report am for thread

U no be human being abi u no be member of the thread to give reports urself? Is reporting now anybody's exclusive right in here?

TheSuperNerd:
Lol... Why would they bother? They stand and stood no chance of landing them naa. But Nketiah can be theirs with time if his England dream fails to see the light of day. As for Hudson Odoi Dem no get hope.


An attack of Pepe-Haller-Zaha could be something no doubt. Time shall tell.

Bros there are many of them oo where dey stand a good chance but they are never moved. There is dis boy that plays for Sassuolo, Frank Adjepong or something, there is Adjei Antwi whose goals got Paderbon to the Bundesliga, also look at this Southampton new boy that got a red in his first match

TheSuperNerd:
This Sebastian Haller is eligible for Ivory Coast. Make Dem claim am naa... Bia Chriskels... You no fit recognise your own again? I know you have the numbers of the Ivorian FA top dogs. Make una collect Haller because I don't think that France Call-up may come for him... Lol

He will eventually come around to be flanked by Zaha and Pepe.



In a different gist, there is something I av noticed about our kenke bredas. Those guys don't bother themselves over foreign borns. Did u know dey never fought for Depay, Odoi, Eddie Nketia, Ethan Ampadu etc. Their FA never made any swoop on those guys

Famocious:
According to FootballtalentScout

Wilfred Ndidi vs Liverpool

46 passes
85% pass accuracy
4 dribbles won
2 tackles won
4 interceptions
3 clearances
3 aerials won

22 years of age. An Absolute Beast. Great performance despite the result.��� https:///hg2eBDxFeX


No player in the Premier League has made more tackles than Wilfred Ndidi this season.

Nigerian Warrior.

Forget the overhyped stats, I saw the match myself, there was nothing special about Wilfred Onyinyechi Ndidiamaka. Stats be like the mini skirt of hot sexy babe, it doesn't tell the whole story

TheSuperNerd:
Kingsley Ehizibue starts for FC Koln yet again in their away bundesliga tie vs Schalke 04.

Collins lost yet again with Paderborn at home to Mainz. Awoniyi didn't feature.

Lookman also didn't feature for Leipzig in their 1-1 away result in the bundesliga vs Leverkusen.

I'm loving the updates bro.

TheSuperNerd:
Uzoho currently in action for Omonia Nicosia.

Semi Ajayi and West Brom are having a good time in their championship game as they look to keep their in unbeaten run.

Unbeaten ke? Leeds no beat dem last week?

TheSuperNerd:
Talking about Safarigirl's Exclusive list of Fine Boys in the Nigerian team....

Chidozie Awaziem, one of her top favs, starts for CD Leganes vs Levante.

Kenneth Omeruo for some reason didn't make the matchday squad.

For the past 3 seasons, this guy has been Nigeria's most consistent centre back in Europe. He's easily grabbed starting shirts where ever he's been to, on loan - from Nantes to Rizespor to Leganes.

tbaba1234:
He was approached and had already indicated that he would switch. There was one thing that delayed his switch.

He did not expect to be a first team defender starting every match this season. That changed everything.

I am familiar with his case and Tammy.

For Tomori, England was priority number 1.

In summary he never wanted to play for Nigeria, he only kept Nigeria as a tool to improve his career should things go wrong this season and he fails to realise his 3lions dreams. From the bolded, d boy only wanted his not-so-good self for Nigeria and his good self for England. So Nigeria isn't worthy of having a Chelsea starter in him, we are only worthy of his loan self to mid able or relegation team abi? Bros stop defending the indefensible, Tomori never wanted to play for Nigeria. Period

tbaba1234:
This is not true. If Tomori was loaned out this season, he would have switched to Nigeria. Facts. Once he became a Chelsea first team player, England became his priority.

What exactly isn't true, that he went to the U21 Euros or that he was approached when he was with Derby?