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Dom Iorfa absent as Wolves names their preseason squad. Bright Enobakhare, the only Nigerian that made the list ;


Goalkeepers: John Ruddy, Will Norris, Andreas Sondergaard

Defenders: Willy Boly, Conor Coady, Danny Batth, Roderick Miranda, Ryan Bennett, Kortney Hause, Cameron John
Wing backs: Matt Doherty, Barry Douglas, Oskar Buur Rasmussen

Midfielders: Ruben Neves, Morgan Gibbs-White, Pedro Goncalves, Elliott Watt

Forwards: Diogo Jota, Ivan Cavaleiro, Helder Costa, Leo Bonatini, Rafa Mir, Benny Ashley-Seal, Ryan Giles and Bright Enobakhare

komekn:
You simply have no idea what you are talking about.

Do you really think it's everything that gets to the pages of newspapers. Do you know how many contracts are offered but not signed.

So when a player decline my offer I should run to the media or keep quite and look elsewhere.

Don't begin to talk about what you have absolutely no idea about, beyond what you read in the papers.

komekn:
This is why people should not get carried away with all the media hype, a lot of the time its just contrived by agents and other intrested parties to market thier player.

There is an article by Josh Sippie i have just read again similar hype, a player has scored 1 goals in the easiest league to score among the the top twenty league in Europe and scored 4 in the 2nd tier of Dutch football, definitely way below championship. This being hailed as remarkable progress. It simply is not , that's hype.

He is going too Porto you are struggling to play in Eredivise and you go to Porto. he needed to find a club that will give him clear first team football because it may not go as he is projecting. I hope he does wonderful and sets Europe on fire with Porto, that is my wishful thinking for him. Objectively speaking it certainly looks highly unlikely but not impossible.

How long will Arsenal give him, should he even be staying at Arsenal ? or moving on before he becomes fa forgotten transaction, will he qualify for a work permit , can he perform only time will tell.

Quite a few chose to Arsenal leave and quite a few were asked to leave. Arsenal have been quite poor at retaining and encouraging top youth talent in recent times and should i say even impatient, this is primarily due to lack of opportunity.

Dont u think it's the bolded playing all over again?

komekn:
I agree with you in bold.

But it such an anti climax after all the talk of all these big clubs you settle for a relegation bound team. If Liverpool think he is quality they will pay but i assure you they did not, that is if they were ever interested in the first place.

Disappointed i too got carried away with the hype.

How come after all the hypes, Onyedinma settled for a lowly MillWall?

Goke7:
this world cup is more than abilities and skills, it's more about mental strength and a big heart, the big names keep relying more on their skills and refree protection but so far dem no send anybody for this world cup, you must answer your papa name or go your house

U just said it the way it is bro

Truidstar:
He is still a million times better than Ighalo.

Yes, but what correlation does it have with the case I am making?

I wonder how Akpati (lukaku) manages to score his goals. Dude has a very poor first touch. His first touch is an eye sore

To me, it was no contest, this is a total mismatch, France just made light walk of Uruguay.


Seriously, this French team has finally come into their own, good thing they did at the right time. They are now a unit and not bunch of individual players no more.

But I must say the hype is gradually creeping into Mbappe's head. He's now mimicking Neymar's dirty gimmicks. That wont keep him in the good books of both fans and match officials. He has to stop it.

Muslera's experience comes to bear

Remember this is his 102nd appearance for Uruguay.

When I see the stupid mistakes made by the so-called experienced goal keepers in this world cup, i see more reasons to respect our own Uzoho.

Goke7:
I tell you, It's like pursuing someone from being a state Governor and he ends up as the vice president of the country, the number 2 man that can influence the President to deal with the person that stop him from being Governor.

Chris Giwa and the sports minister will soon kiss amaju pinnick feet. Am not amaju pinnick fan but the minister is so foolish, world cup never end and you don dey show yourself haba!

They said the supreme court has ousted Pinnick, but the question remains, Does the supreme court have the jurisdiction to listen to that case? Whats CAS for?

That agbero sports minister and his brother Giwa are two stewpid fellows.

I want a life ban for Giwa. Dude is so desperate that it is obvious he doesn't have the interest of the nation at heart. Nonsense

Arsenal rumoured to be preparing a bid for Senegal's worldcup star, Niang Mbaye.

Chrismario:
That's the problem bro. He blamed coach for Fred's problem but failed use same measurement on Nwakali, Osimhen, et all

Now you guys should see that guy for who he is.

goldfish80:
You can't say that. Don't forget the LMC have a working relationship with LA Liga.Infact, LA Liga even have an office in Nigeria and the benefit of this technical relationship is the NPFL all star games in Spain last year and the Gotv cup between Athletico VS Nigerian all stars (the game was supposed to be exclusively executed by Npfl players but....)
Ezekiel Bassey was one of many of such moves expected while the partnership lasted. Usman Mohammed also left Taraba to Barcelona.

Bro Usman Mohammed actually joined Sarsborg from Taraba not Barcelona. He left Sarsborg after a few seasons for Uniao Madeira of Portugal. After his contract ran out at Madeira, he went on a trial to Barca B.

komekn:
Fred Onyedinma has never left Millwall Firstly. However. the Managers have changed multiple times with completely different playing styles and emphasis.

Holloway want to play on the deck technical football meanwhile on the other hand Neil Harris is more like Warnock and Pulis. Typical English manager blood and guts endeavor high press game less passing essentially kick and rush.

That's the change I talked about, that has changed things for him particularly last season. Under Holloway I saw a different Onyedinma.

Yes sorry link you asked for.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/watford-eyeing-move-millwall-winger-9720002


By the way the mirror is not so prone to nonsensical and hear say stories it has a good reputation. In case you have doubts like a Thomas.

No where in that link did it state that onyedinma turned down an approach from Watford in contrast to ur earlier claim that he turned down Watford to remain in millwall. Bro like I said, there was no bid and when his contract ran out at millwall, Watford never invited him to offer him any contract, hence he resigned for millwall.


Ur claim that he turned down Watford is way off the mark.

charlesemeka85:
lol the 2 sites they contradict each other alot. sometimes i do feel dem dey beef each other

Their beef is a known fact nah. U are new here sha. Try follow both on Twitter. Dem dey fight war most of the time. Not just a mere beef. But the main culprit is allnigeriasoccer.com. That Emmanuel Ifeanyi guy loves making troubles

edi287:
This reminds me of Ezekiel Bassey's move to Barca B. I don't think Barca will be looking at our league players anytime soon

Now you are getting the message bro.

charlesemeka85:
Former Nigeria U20 skipper Kelechi Nwakali is inching closer to completing a season-long loan move to Portuguese powerhouse Porto after arriving in Portugal.

Contrary to reports at home and abroad, the central midfielder is not in the Netherlands to discuss a deal with Eredivisie outfit NAC Breda despite pictures surfacing online showing him at the Rat Verlegh Stadion in Breda.

Providing an update, Kelechi's brother and intermediary, Allwell Nwakali, told allnigeriasoccer.com : ''The news is not correct, Porto are processing his paperwork and any moment from now, maybe tomorrow or next, he will have his medical.

''He has nothing to do with NAC Breda.''

Porto have already agreed on a loan deal with Arsenal for Kelechi Nwakali , but an option-to-buy clause has not been inserted into the agreement.

Super Eagles stars Mikel Agu and Chidozie Awaziem, and ex-Flying Eagles dazzler Musa Yahaya are on the books of Porto.

got this from allnigeriasoccer.com

This is one of the reasons I asked u not to take owngoalnigeria.com report on both SiMoses and Yinka Peter seriously until u get the news elsewhere. Owngoalnigeria.com is never a credible site neither is allnigeriasoccer.com. These two sites are not even as good(credible) as this thread

BascoVanVeli:
After seeing Isaac Success and now Samuel Chukwueze, I feel Spain is a good place to develop as a youth.

To me, any of the top five leagues but England, then add to that, the Belgian, Portuguese leagues and the Eredivisie

charlesemeka85:
thought awaziem was in the same u17 team with iheanacho and co?

No, Awaziem was actually the captain of our 2015 U17 set but he left camp to sign for Porto and never returned, then KC Nwakali was made the captain.

forgiveness:
I don't have anything against anybody. I am against riggid thoughts and I better pass mentality.

I have seen him played before but I want him to be invited before he starts shinning.

Wow now thats what I wanna hear, just as we did with Iwobi. Thats the game, get them when they are still at the blind spot of the other countries.


Fashi say I dont rate Akanji highly now, It still pains me we didnt get him. Imagine him along side his age mate Awaziem in our defense say next three years.

komekn:
In the context in which you use it what is your definition of HYPE I do not HYPE players by giving them attributes they do not have.

I expected a lot more from Onyedinma he is now playing in a team that has a guts and endeavor approach. This means that technical football and a passing game are no longer on the menu.

Onyedinma had chances to go to Manchester United and Arsenal as a teenager he declined. Maybe not a wise decision it's difficult to say.

Last season he declined a move to QPR and Watford now things have changed and he is not on an upward spiral anymore. He really needs to find a football playing club with greater emphasis on technical football and the passing game to progress his career.

In Football a season is a long time and as a result they principal of current continous consistent top Quality performances takes place. That's why I haven't talked much about him with regards to the SE.

Ademola currently has progressed more than him. You have to manage your career wisely. Going to the Bundesliga and Liepzig a great move. Otherwise he would have become stale at Everton and be in a downward spiral.

The transfer window is not closed yet so don't dismiss him yet. He is still a very good player but with the wrong manager who limits the expression of his football. For a blood and guts endeavor no frills approach, technical players can not find expression in that kind of set up.

So for now Ademola is ahead will Onyedinma catch up only time will tell.

Dude he never changed a team from the one he shone for. It has always been Millwall. I dont know where u got that bolded because u started clamoring for him on the back of his performance for Millwall in his first and second season for their first team. U also said something about former Millwall captain Shittu then.


Watford never launched any bid to back up there interest. Prove me wrong by posting a link to where he rejected Watford.

charlesemeka85:
yea, had it been nwakali opted for ajax who were serious and tabled a bid he would have been around the corridors of their first team by now. the arsenal move was a no no for me. i doubt if he will make it to the arsenal's first team

The bolded is the reason I so much love Osimhen's move. Just look at Awaziem who was their U17 team mate.

Joebie:
I dislike this move

I am conflicted about the move for some reasons

andrew444:
Hillary Gong join vitesse its official

I love this move. If he maintains the momentum, he wouldn't stay more than a season there

BascoVanVeli:
Guy shutdown you just looking for arguments left and right. If u were not so fast to rack up points for your little debate you would have noticed 1) the comment was directed at oga Edi and 2) we were talking about Brazilian players going straight to the epl and why NPFL players don't.

Lol oboy u dun vex now now? Coolu temper bro. We aint fighting. We rather sharing ideas. OK?

BascoVanVeli:
I wouldn't even send an academy player to England because of the same work permit issue.

It's very stewpid signing for an English club as a young star knowing full well u cant circumvent the red tape rule.



I must tell you, I h8 Nwakali's move to Arsenal. You ppl won't understand yet, but Osimhen made the better choice.

That said, I wish them all the best of lucks

forgiveness:
I personal know Onyedinma is good but I didn't see the comparison. Even if he said so I am indifferent to it because it's been long I kept track of FB players. So, I don't really know much.

I like Onyedinma too but he should break off that shell fast bkus the football world has been expecting his arrival

BascoVanVeli:
Wrong!! In essence if your assistant captain with European experience can't get into England then how could you do sp from the local league?

The main topic was on leagues that do not require work permit. how u straggled to the EPL still beats my imagination.

No none EU player goes to any club in England without the work permit so this is a different thing from what we were saying bro.

BascoVanVeli:
You can miss out on something without even knowing it exists true or false?
Point is these are quality players who came from our league.

U talking as if those guys are now a toast of clubs in Europe already

They didnt look their ways and the boys haven't set Europe ablaze ever since they left for Europe

Like i said before, this is grasping at straws

BascoVanVeli:
You can miss out on something without even knowing it exists true or false? Point is these are quality players who came from our league.

U talking as if those guys are a toast of clubs in Europe already
Like i said before, this is grasping at straws

forgiveness:
Wow! This boy don open door mouth for Rohr to call am ooooooo.

I hope Rohr and NFF will not wait until he starts shinning before dem call am. Bundesliga with a big team.

Now watch ur guy come here to say Rohr is German biased. He would be like, he doesn't like English talents, else he would have called the boy while he was still in England instead of waiting for the boy to move to Germany. That means he is German biased

BascoVanVeli:
So if Onazi was denied what chances do you think a player from NPFL has?

In essence, are u trynna imply that we dont have good enough qualities? As in, since our best couldn't make it, how much more the local ones?

This is a different debate. I wonder why u digressed from the main debate

forgiveness:
Where did I say 'better'?

Thats good bkus me I was surprised when komekn was hammering on it.

He said it several times but we all just kept mute to see what will happen atlast

charlesemeka85:
Borussia Monchengladbach signing Keanan Bennetts admits an international future with England is no guarantee.

The 19 year-old has signed for Gladbach from Tottenham this summer.

And Bennetts admits he qualifies for three countries - England, Germany and Nigeria. He revealed to BILD: "My mother is from Hamburg, my dad from Nigeria. But I grew up in London.

"As a young child, I always spoke German with my mother. At the World Cup, I kept my fingers crossed for all three teams.

"If the question should be asked for which country I should play at the seniors level, I really have to think."

Asked why he chose to join Gladbach, the attacker added: "I did not feel Tottenham was fully behind me. That's why I did not have to think twice about Borussia's approach. It is a dream to play in the Bundesliga. In Gladbach they bet on young players - this is my chance!"

Sir forgiveness let's throw away our differences if any, to talk about this topic. Left for me, this guy has just invited us and we need to act fast.

That boy is good