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charlesemeka85:
1996 Olympic Games gold medalist Garba Lawal has had his say on Gernot Rohr's contract situation, and has called on the Nigeria Football Federation to make their stand known on the future of the German football tactician.

The former Nigeria international made a cryptic statement which suggested that Rohr's time with the Super Eagles was up.

''I believe NFF employed him so they are the one to decide whether to keep Rohr or not, so they will call for a meeting within themselves or the President will decide to call his executive members,'' Lawal said.

''But it all depends on the NFF what they want. We don't know what they want at this moment''.

When put on the spot and prodded further on whether Rohr should be handed a new contract, Garba said : ''I can't speak for NFF. Before he came in Austin Eguavoen also coached Nigeria, late Keshi, Dan Amokachi, so Rohr is not the only one.

''People come, win trophies and they go, so he is not the only one.''

Employed in August 2016, Rohr's contract with the Nigerian Federation runs until June 2020

SMH Lawal needs to behave. Rohr deserves a new contract till 2022.

andrewbaba44:
Not zuby

You should know it’s not zuby ,I don’t know why you are asking me

Chief, I never see am talk anything that's tribalist. Maybe I'm missing something.

jargooflife912:
The guy always turn almost every argument on this thread to tribalism issue the other day I said Semi Ajayi is Nigeria Best defender at the moment the next he said was which part of the country I comes from

But he also calls out Igbo players that aren't playing well too so I don't understand how he's a tribalist.
Joe Aribo who is probably his favorite naija player is not Igbo.

Certain "trolls" are trying WAY too hard to get attention... It's starting to get boring now.

andrewbaba44:
Lol

E don pain am

Mumu

Senseless Tribalist

Keep on fighting ZUBY for your girlfriend he stole

He goat

Is he a tribalist for insulting Zuby or what?

Well Rohr has denied it... Don't know why I'm surprised.

charlesemeka85:
dennis is no striker, being versatile enough to be deployed as a striker some times in brugge doesnt make him one. he is a natural winger so you guys should stop mention him as a cf.

if signed by leicester to fight for a starter's shirt from any of the wingers and can also be deployed as a cf if any of vardy or nacho is out inured or suspended

Yes he's versatile enough to play as a 9. Would be surprised if he got converted to a CF?

Subzero047:
They have a new HOR or something

And he bought Ayoze Perez.. As a striker.. For 30 million

Perez is to fill in as a CF, SS and outwide sometimes. Maybe they didn't believe in Nacho enough. I heard they were also interested in Thauvin. Perez will probably be mainly used outwide from now on.

Subzero047:
They are buying him as a striker and a possible replacement for Vardy

Which makes me think do these clubs even have scouts?

He has played as a striker for Brugge a few times so it's not that surprising.
Don't sleep on Leicester scouts o... See how they've replaced Maguire like he was nothing.

tbaba1234:
Leicester will be raided by the big boys when the season is over.

Maddison
Ndidi
Tielemans
Pereira

Will be offered more money by the big teams.

Maddison is the most likely to leave Imo. Ndidi would probably stay put for another season or two. Clubs will give Tielemans one or two more seasons as he'll go for minimum 60-70m.
End of the day, Leicester will replace them one way or the other. Their scouting is just something else.

charlesemeka85:
nosa was better than ogu but the latter was loyal to rohr and the team. his loyalty and humility made rohr pick him always

LOL Nosa said he wouldnt waste his time coming to camp for Rohr not to play him.

andrewbaba44:
Despite I want an Epl move for Dennis

He will be a bench warmer for Leicester or man united

But I still want a smaller Epl team where he can get game time

Hmmm I don't think the competition outwide is as strong as you guys think.
Bonaventure main competition will be Barnes, Gray and Ayoze Perez to an extent.
I think he can start over them if he keeps improving at his present trajectory.
His main issue would be Maddison playing out wide sometimes....Praet will be a regular when he settles in. They'll then probably play with a midfield 3 of Ndidi, Tielemans and Praet with Maddison on the left.
I have to admit - I love the squad those guys are building.

TheGoodJoe:
That is okay but Rohr should be aware of players feelings. Eze might feel not liked by Rohr with such statements. Rohr should always emphasise on tactical needs of the team than saying a player is better than the other.

Exactly. I don't know why he'd say that... What changed from the meet-up where he rated Eze??

You need an enabling environment to keep pushing this entrepreneurship thing.
Nigeria does not offer you that. Pick your damn poison when it comes to this country...

nairalandankrah:
Dessers’ Nigerian dream intact but harsh reality beckons



By Toby Prince

Monday
Background Image: Turing92, CC-BY-3.0


Cyriel Dessers is on course to fulfil a childhood dream of representing Nigeria instead of Belgium at international level. However, the 24-year-old Eredivisie top scorer risks extinction afterwards. He must tread carefully.

It isn't novel anymore for the Nigerian FA to poach players with any link whatsoever to the country. By birth, paternal or maternal, they hunt those perceived to possess exceptional traits, like hunters going all out for animals’ rhino horn. There's no limit to their desperation.

England is the primary target. Colonial ties and the Premier League's razzmatazz appeals. As any major tournament arrives, a British-breed is targeted. Camberwell-born Joe Aribo is the latest to fall prey.

Semi Ajayi, Ola Aina, Josh Maja and Alex Iwobi were the other one-time English prodigies that featured alongside the Glasgow Rangers midfielder on his debut against Ukraine in October. Jamilu Collins (Germany), William Troost-Ekong (Netherlands) and Anderson Esiti (Portugal) make it octet of ‘foreign mercenaries’.

As deplorable as it may seem, the system is yielding dividend. More and more Nigerian stars in the diaspora are showing interest to don the green and white jersey. In the current Super Eagles roster, there is about 11 eligible for other nations. Cyriel Dessers rounds it to a dozen.

Born in Leuven to a Belgian father, the 24-year-old qualifies for Nigeria through his mother. His Super Eagles path is cleared by his uncapped status for The Red Devils at any level. For Dessers, his motherland was always the first choice even though the obvious competition in Roberto Martinez's team contributed.

It took Dessers a ton of blood, sweat, and tears to get Nigeria's attention. He’s toiled in the fringes of the lower leagues, from Belgium to the Netherlands before reaching the elite class. His 61 goals and 25 assists in the last three years for NAC Breda, FC Utrecht and Heracles Almelo hastened the process.







Soar Super Eagles

SSE_NGA





Cyriel Dessers �:

"There's already been contact with the NFF. After the match against ADO Den Haag (last Saturday), an official from Nigeria sent me a message that I was doing well.

"But it's not going to be easy for me there either -

Dessers began his career at OH Leuven in his neighbourhood but made a solitary senior appearance. City rivals Lokeren gave him a fresh start in 2014. There he enjoyed regular football, hitting seven goals in 40 appearances across two seasons.

Dessers’ real poachers qualities came to the fore after crossing the border to the Netherlands in 2016. At second-tier Breda, he buried 29 goals in 40 matches, helping them secure promotion. He, however, elected to have his first feel of Eredivisie elsewhere – Utrecht. Two seasons at Stadion Galgenwaard yielded 19 goals.

Despite finishing sixth last season, Dessers ditched Utrecht for Almelo. He must be glad he did. With 11 goals, the 24-year-old is the division's top marksman. An additional five assists mean the soon-to-be capped Super Eagle is involved in over 55 per cent of Heracles’ 29 strikes. He was named the league's November Player of the Month after scoring six goals and producing three assists.

Dessers bears all the hallmarks of the archetypal goal-getter. Headers, scrappy follow-ups, 20-yard drives straight out of the top drawer, he notches them all. Standing at 6'1", he possesses a similar physique to Lille's Victor Osimhen. While not blessed with abundant pace like the 19-year-old, he doesn't relinquish possession without a fight.

Without a doubt, Dessers would be a great addition to a young and exciting Nigerian bunch. Although Osimhen already locked down the solitary starting berth in the attack, Gernot Rohr could do with extra firepower from the bench. Regular backup Paul Onuachu hasn't quite been up to the task.

Dessers, though, might be caught up in Rohr's experimental web, especially in the final third. For every Iwobi success story, there is a Maja yet to click. For Aina, a certain Tyrone Ebuehi was sacrificed. While a Brian Idowu had to make way for Collins. It doesn't always follow the plot.

Rohr is notorious for inviting players and not capping them. Sometimes, he ceases to extend invitation after just two matches. Ndifreke Udo, David Okereke, Maja, Peter Olayinka, Emmanuel Dennis are just a few victims with barely an hour of international football among them.

Dessers could be next. Beware, you're warned.

Maja is yet to click after a few mins of action? What kind of weed is this writer smoking? Calling foreign born "mercenaries" shows just how bigoted some naija folks can be.
If Rohr invited Dessers when he was playing second division football, they'd calling him all sort of names. Some people just have an agenda against Rohr.
Fix the damn structure in our football and stop blaming the wrong people!!

charlesemeka85:
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr and his employers - the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) may have opened another chapter of contention over player's selection.

NFF president Amaju Pinnick has been making effort to convince Queens Park Rangers midfielder Eberechi Eze to pledge his international allegiance to Nigeria.

While that effort has not yielded a result, Rohr has sighted someone else, a midfielder, who could easily agree to play for the Super Eagles.

His name is Ovie Ejaria, signed to Liverpool, but currently on loan at Reading.

The 22-year-old midfielder who is valued at £1m has shown versatility under Mark Bowen at the Madejski Stadium and Rohr is keen to add the Liverpool player to his squad.

“He’s (Ovie Ejaria) a good player no doubt and I will prefer him in the team now than the player (Eberechi Eze) the Federation are in talks with,” Rohr revealed.

“We will contact him and know what must be done to make him play for us. He is a better player than Eze.

“My fears are if we start chasing him in the media, England may join the race and it could be difficult.”

Pinnick met with Eze in London last month in a bid to lure the 21-year-old to switch allegiance to Nigeria but he requested for the chance to continue to focus on his club career which is going well so far.

I honestly hope Rohr didn't say this. Anyway it is much easier to get Ejaria than Eze at the moment.

jihday:
I no believe

Anything is possible bros lol..

Meanwhile

forgiveness:
Because Nigeria kicked him out when he came down to represent em father'sland. But he still remains a Nigerian.

Didn't he come late to camp or something?

mostob:
who will provide the width...

Iwobi and Etebo can drift out wide. Iwobi can do the job Sterling/Coutinho did in that Liverpool side during 13/14.

DrKlever:
so are we supposed to be looking at Josh Maja and assume it is Osimhen or what? Btw what is that carpenter doing in our midfield

It was by mistake... I wanted to leave it blank.

FabioPeter:
What y’all think

This is the best way to fit Nacho in( wanted to put Osimhen but for some strange reason the site didn't have his picture so I put Maja)

Abusule007:
which day

Today I think.

Ejuke with an assist.

kellycute:
Komekn is in sifia pain. Pack your load and go komehn we nor know want u again, I say pack your load and go komekn we nor want u again.
Nacho haff silence ya mouth!!!!

Komekn has done nothing wrong abeg. If God forbid Nacho goes on a bad run of form and he says I told you so, you'll be the first to call him immature.

I think this 4-3-1-2 that Rodgers played today suits Nacho.
I never thought he'd use it at Leicester. Hopefully he uses it a bit more...that formation was responsible for Sturridge and Suarez crazy form that season...

ChrisKels:
Remove Okereke from there abeg

Why Na?? Okereke Na legit option

Eartquake1:

LMFAO!! Like that...

Rohr will have sleepless nights thinking of the options we have upfront.
Osimhen, Maja, Dessers, Nacho and Okereke...our striking options is looking good.

andrewbaba44:
Not all england cb are doing so well

As usual southgate will be partial, tomori was doing better than tyrone mings but yet tyrone mings was paying ahead of him, isnt that funny

You are underestimating Tyrone Mings...

Clementoke:
Rohr probably doesn't rate Eze because of his poor defensive abilities. Rohr also doesn't seem like one that like too many dribbles and showboating

Ejaria also showboats tbh(not as much as Eze but yeah). You're right his off the ball work is what Rohr probably doesn't like.

Blueelf:
We don't need both

Yes we do. The more, the merrier.