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Confusion Over Eligibility For Nigeria Could Make Rohr Shun QPR Eze For AFCON 2021 Qualifiers Games


The chances of QPR midfielder Ebere Eze turning out for the Super Eagles when they begin the qualifiers for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations next month appears to be very slim, Owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Eze is widely viewed as one of the most creative midfielder in the English Championship with back to back impressive performances for QPR. Last weekend he scored twice from the spot to hand them a 3-1 win away to Hull City.
Coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has a long standing interest in luring the midfielder to the Super Eagles and Eze isn’t opposed to the idea. He even trained with the Super Eagles in 2017 during their training tour of England.

Rohr has maintained that the player will need some paperwork to be done before he can switch to Nigeria as he has represented England at U21 level in a competitive game. That claim was severally contested by many but checks by this portal can confirm that Rohr is indeed right.


The 22 year old made his debut for the U20 on the 11th of October 2018 against Italy in the UEFA Elite League competition. A tournament which is viewed as competitive meaning he will require clearance from FIFA to play for Nigeria. That wouldn’t have been the case if he had only played in a friendly game or not at all.
Getting FIFA to approve a switch of nationality for players who have represented England requires lot of time and it ranges between 12 to 14 months before it’s done. That effectively means Eze will not be in the Super Eagles squad for the AFCON 2021 Qualifiers game against Benin Republic and Lesotho respectively next month.

Chai! So sad
But be that as it might be
Has the paperwork of his change of allegiance started?
Has Rohr and the NFF met with him to assure him that he has a future with the SE?
Will he be invited to train with the team in the next AFCON qualifiers even if he doesn't get to play (Just like it was done for Victor Moses sometime ago)?
If the NFF and Rohr have not done or is not planning this (in the case of the last question) then we are not serious at all and we should let England have him.

Chukwueze is on the bench for Villarreal

Barcelona expected to target Neymar instead of Osimhen
17/10/2019


The in-form Nigerian forward has been rumoured to interest the Camp Nou outfit and Goal takes a look if such a transfer could be possible

The chances of Victor Osimhen joining Barcelona in next summer's transfer window is very remote, Goal understands.

Several reports are linking the Nigeria international as a potential replacement for Luis Suarez, who will be leaving at the end of the season.
The Uruguayan has a year left to run on his contract but it will not be renewed.

Even though Osimhen is on form at Lille, where he has had a hand in 10 goals (eight goals, two assists) in 11 appearances, there are no guarantees the 20-year old can provide the kind of consistency of Suarez at Camp Nou, scoring 183 goals, and providing 96 assists.

Goal's correspondent in Barcelona has learnt their concern over Osimhen is compared to Luka Jovic who enjoyed a breakout season at Eintracht Frankfurt last term, scoring an impressive 27 goals, including 10 en route to the Europa League semi-finals. However Jovic has failed to replicate his form at present club Real Madrid, where he is yet to score and has been named in the starting XI just twice.
Goal understands the Blaugrana will rather attempt to pursue a familiar face in Neymar again, after a return from Paris Saint-Germain failed to materialise this summer.
The Brazilian hotshot donned the blue and red jersey between 2013 and 2017, scoring 105 competitive goals in 186 appearances.

From Goal.com

Felix Uduokhai's words

” Before the World Cup, Nigeria approached me but I don’t know if they still want me because they have not been in touch since the last time”,




One of Komekn's argument in favour of Dominic Iorfa is that Nigeria is still begging the German born Nigerians who turned us down earlier

From Uduokhai's statement however, it means that the German born and English born Nigerians are being treated the same way.


No emotive bias or prejudice anywhere

Iwobi is one of the most committed and dedicated SE players I can think of. But he needs competition to improve and that's where Eze comes in.

Imagining what this trio can achieve together

jihday:
And you thrive on pulling down our players

I just tire.

Prectega:
Iwobi might not start next game

Lol
They are here.

jihday:
Close watchers of Nigeria football are now wondering how top NFF officials hope they can wriggle out of the corruption charges against them simply by imposing the son of the country’s security chief on the final squad to the U17 World Cup in Brazil.

Abba Bichi, a student in China, was a shock inclusion on the final Golden Eaglets squad to the U17 World Cup, which starts on October 26 in Brazil.

He will be 16 in December and the FIFA official squad announcement has it that he will wear jersey No 19 and he is a talent of Talentbase FC in Nigeria.

Bichi Junior has yet to see action in the warm-up games the Eaglets have so far played in readiness to the World Cup.

SCORENIGERIA First Raised The Alarm On Bichi Junior

Sources close to the Eaglets camp were unanimous that the boy is not good enough to be on the squad, but he was listed on the orders of NFF top shots.

This writer has watched the boy play at the FIFA Goal Project in Abuja and he is undeserving of a place on the final squad.

There is a long list of better players including those who did not even make it to Brazil.
Coach Manu Garba reportedly kicked against the selection of the younger Bichi, but he was told in very unclear terms he also has an option to head back to Nigeria.

It was alleged that this “political player” plan was initiated and executed by NFF vice president Shehu Dikko in a most desperate move to get a favourable report from the country’s top security agency.

SCORENigeria further gathered that Daniel Dalung, the nephew of immediate past sports minister Solomon Dalung was also on this jamboree to Brazil that the cash-strapped NFF cannot afford.

He did not make the final cut.

All these have shown that top officials impose players on national teams for their selfish ends contrary to their claims.

SCORENigeria first reported that the son of the DSS chief was smuggled on the trip to Brazil.

The plan by desperate NFF officials led by president Amaju Pinnick, who will appear in court in Abuja on November 5 over various corruption charges, is to curry the favour of the country’s top shots so that they are left off the hook.

Pinnick and four other top officials – Seyi Akinwunmi, Shehu Dikko, Mohammed Sanusi and Ahmed Yusuf ‘Fresh’ – are also being investigated for alleged corruption by both the ICPC and EFCC.
https://scorenigeria.com.ng/can-shock-u17-world-cup-selection-of-abba-bichi-save-embattled-nff-officials-from-corruption-trial/

Even though there might be some elements of truth in this reports, Scorenigeria has always had this knack for attacking the Amaju-Pinnick led NFF from time immemorial so this report might be a little biased.

That's not taking anything away from the news tho.
No Smoke without a fire

charlesemeka85:
alex is balling

Y are bringing this bad news to the thread at this time?

mostob:
saw this somewhere. ... unbelievable


Abba Bichi never attended training nor went to camp but he will be at the Under 17 World Cup for Nigeria
His father is Yusuf Magaji Bichi, DSS boss.

Well, Teamnigeriauk are bitter that Bichi made the list. They alleged that he (as a son of the DSS son) was included to appease the DSS lord as regards the corruption case hanging round the neck of the top officials of the NFF

quickberry2:
We all know Chukwueze's end product is not that good, but this is a guy that has a very good end product....I still insist that he is better than Samu.

One thing I have learnt is that youtube highlights can be very deceiving.
It beats my imagination that you can be comparing an Austrian division 2 to a La liga player but that aside,the question is how many of his full matches (in that Austrian division 2)have you watched?

quickberry2:
Watch out for him

Abeg he is not good but not better than Chukwueze.
How many of his full matches av u watched if I may ask?

Eartquake1:
It doesn't, is everything you read here related to the SE?

So u decided to follow the multitudes (to do evil)?

Eartquake1:
Trump on why he pulled US troops out of Syria and left Kurds at the mercy of Turkey

"The war was costing us 8 trillion dollars and China was going to be the most powerful country in the world

So I had to pull out from the war, And US is still the most powerful country in the world bigger than China . And China will not come close"

*facepalm*

How does this relate to the SE?

OMANBALA1:
You can also be ignored here. If you want to gain credibility here you show your intelligence in understanding and analyzing football. Just towing an unpopular line doesn't buy you respect...ask komekn abi wetin dem dey call am.

My brother, the popular I mean is to be generally known not generally accepted

Afobear, Icon4s, Tbaba, Darkelf, The SuperNerd, Safarigirl, Charlesemeka, Komekn, Chriskels etc are all popular but not all of their opinions are generally accepted.
You can classify into the two groups based on ur experience here

One way to be popular on thread is to tow an unpopular line of thought (no matter how irrational and illogical it is), then sit back, relax and watch how people will start quoting u upandan

breezy147:
Brazil did not sweat to equalize.
Put more appropriately, we sweat to keep the scores parallel. Heck we even lost a general to injury in the struggle. Brazil put a gun at us.

Funny guy
Neymar also is out for 4 weeks.

charlesemeka85:
Eagles Squad For Benin, Lesotho Clash – Esiti, Otabor Out, Musa, Etebo In, QPR Eze In Line For First Eagles Call

Before we start having orgasmic ecstacy over this news, let's remember that the source is owngoalnigeria (though them dey try sometimes).

Philosopher1979:
The super eagles need creative players in midfield but ironically, our most
creative players are not playing in good clubs in Europe. We should ignore this
fact and invite players like kelechi nwakali, rabiu ibrahim and lukman haruna.
If they can offer creativity in midfield, then we are good to go.
If an Ahmed Musa who plays in Saudi Arabia or Ighalo who plays
in china can be part of our team, then rabiu ibrahim who plays in slovakia and
kelechi nwakali who does not even feature for his club in the second division
of the spanish league should be considered.
You cannot allways use club form to judge a player. It is simply too simplistic
The problem is we do not have a natural attacking midfielder playing in a good club
If kevin de bruyne or christian eriksen were Nigerian then we have no problem
We can even try chukwuka onuwa or plays for enyimba
WE NEED CREATIVE MIDFIELDERS AND PLEASE LET US GET THEM FROM
ANYWERE AS LONG AS THEY CAN PLAY WELL FOR US LET US FORGET ABOUT
THIER CLUB FORM. IN FACT, BEN IROHA DID NOT HAVE A GOOD CLUB CAREER BUT
PLAYED WELL FOR THE NATIONAL TEAM. CLUB CAREER AND NATIONAL TEAM CAREER ARE
NOT NECESSARILY DIRECTLY RELATED.

The moment you mentioned Lukman Haruna, I lost interest. SMH.

That ginger and togetherness just before five time World champs forced the Eagles to a 1-1 draw.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGRhjKTqeak

Is Troost-Ekong trying to appease the "top NFF Officials"?

MetalJigsaw:
Wonders shall never end in this world. Onuachu did well? in this same match that everybody watched?

This guy just drive me crazy sha

Reflecting on the pattern on Komekn's post, I think his statement mirrors that of my old professor (in school) whose joking assertion is always the opposite of what he has in mind.

Some people are actually worse than the corrupt NFF than they realize. With all the cries of injustice against the Federation by Doherty as regards players selection, I find it surprising that he sees nothing wrong in Otabor's selection. Teamnigeriauk even congratulated him on his call. Bias!!!. Just because the guy is English-born. Smh.

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.

Thank you Sir. You just spoke my mind.

TheSuperNerd:
Samuel Kalu not in match day squad for Bordeaux in their Ligue 1 away tie at Toulouse.

Josh Maja on the bench.

@Samuel Kalu. Why?

BTW, who knows how David Nwokolor is?. The guy feels he deserves an invite to the National team.

iSlayer:
This moves to get this foreign born lads are getting almost clandestine. You just sit back and allow the foreign system develop them. After all, your own system is moribund and diseased. The players in your system are over aged and have stunted development. You don't bother about the home front, who cares anyway. After these foreign born are moulded into stars in another system then you come knocking on the door, "Hello lad, do you know you're Nigerian?"

Laughter at the bolded sentence

edi287:
Yes especially if they have dual nationalities.

There is always a 1st choice bro.
A good 20 year footballer is not an amateur. He should have played one or two seasons of high level football (according to Komekn). Someone like that would have a Plan A (or plan B if it applies) of who to represent.
My thoughts.

Let's stop all this Tammy and Tomori talk. It's not as if they are Messi and Ramos. Abeg, make we hear word. I wasn't expecting anyone of them to play Nigeria in d first place.

The words of Rohr on Bukayo Saka

” On Bukayo Saka of Arsenal, it is not easy to invite players who has already played for England or other countries in the U17, U19 or U20 categories. It is very tedious and requires long processes to do so. I could remember that it took us one year before Ola Aina’s issue was resolved before he was cleared by FIFA and way eligible to play for Super Eagles “.

So sad about Isaac Promise. May God give the family the fortitude to bear the loss.

The man.....Chukwueze