Fc Barcelona Defender Nelson Semedo has released an adorable photo of him and his wife Marlene Alverenga which he tagged "97%"


The young Portuguese is supposedly expecting a new born champ into his family which is already blessed with a girl Luana Pereira Semedo.The versatile defender revealed on social media With the caption " Loading ...97%".


Marlene Alverenga is expected to put to bed before the year runs out.

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Congratulations to the young couple

Coach of the Super Eagles Gernot Rohr appears to have settled for the duo of William Troost-Ekong and Semi Ajayi as his first choice pair in central defence ahead of the Super Eagles AFCON 2020 Qualifiers games.

The duo have played in central defence in the Super Eagles last two friendly games and they impressed mightily particularly in the 1-1 draw against Brazil, where they kept the forwards of the five time World Cup winners at bay as their only goal was scored by a midfielder in Cas‎emiro.



Reviewing their performance, Rohr who use to pair Ekong with Leon Balogun few years ago, the partnership that was nicknamed Oyibo Wall now admit that it will be tough to break up the understanding between Ekong and Ajayi even when Kenneth Omeruo who missed the last two games returns.


Omeruo upstaged Balogun and paired Ekong at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations but after missing the Super Eagles friendly against Ukraine due to visa issues and the last one against Brazil due to an injury, the defender is now battling to reclaim his spot
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” The defence did well against Brazil. That’s one area that has improved with Ajayi and Ekong in the last two games. Ajayi has improved tremendously and he is doing well at his club that has helped him in the team. Our next game wil be good to see them play again”, Rohr told Owngoalnigeria.com.

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2018/2019 Europe league top scorer, Lionel Messi received his sixth Golden Boot in company of his Wife and two sons.


The FC Barcelona Captain won his 3rd successive Golden boot award after Bagging 36 goals for his club last season ahead of PSG youngster Kylian Mbappe. The Argentine Magician becomes the First player to win 6 Golden Boots and the first to win it thrice in a roll.

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Speaking after the Award collection, Lionel praised his team mates saying that "without my team mates, I wouldn't have won one of these trophies. I'm the one who's been given the Award, but this recognition is for the whole dressing room. Thanks to everyone for your congratulations".

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Many weird and Amazing things happens in football and such can be said in the Serbian football top League after a top fan was uplifted from a state of Being a Virtual Gamer to eventually becoming a member of the coaching Backroom Staff.




According to reports, 22 years old Football Manager Fan Andrej Pavlovic who managed his team FK Berzanjia to progress into the Semi Final of The UCL in the Virtual game after 16 Years tabled down his virtual Achievement to his team FK Berzanjia, and this Made them Offer him the Position of the clubs data Analyst.
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The Governing Body for International Football has released a shortlist of 20 man footballers Under-21 Years for the prestigious Golden boy award.

This Award is given to the most promising and exciting young talent talent of each year and surprisingly, Nigerian Most Exciting young talent who plays for Spanish side. villareal has been Excluded from the list. This seems to be a great surprise to many as Samuel Chukwueze has been electrific for his side Villarreal.


The list Contains Barcelona's youngster Ansu Fati, Arsenal's Matteo Guendouzi, Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior and other Amazing Young talents.

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Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus, Holland)
Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich, Canada)
Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan, Italy)
Ansu Fati (Barcelona, Spain)
Philip Foden (Man City, England
Matteo Guendouzi (Arsenal, France)

Erling Haland (RB Salzburg, Norway)
Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany)
Joao Felix (Atletico Madrid, Portugal)
Dejan Joveljic (Eintracht Frankfurt, Serbia)
Moise Kean (Everton, Italy)
Kang-in Lee (Valencia, South Korea)

Andrij Oleksijovyc (Valladolid, Ukraine)
Danyell Malen (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Mason Mount (Chelsea, England)
Rodrygo (Real Madrid, Brazil)
Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund, England)
Ferran Torres (Valencia, Spain)


Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid, Brazil)
Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma, Italy)
The 2018 Edition was won By Former Ajax Captain and Defender, Matthijs de Ligt.

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Nigerian-English Born Defender Fikayo Tomori is still eligible to feature for the super eagles owing to the fact that he hasn't played a single minute yet for the Three Lions of England.

Fikayo Tomori was an unused substitute in two of England's European qualifiers against Czech Republic and Bulgaria. The Chelsea man has been a revelation for the blues this season, winning the trust of head coach Frank lampard and securing a regular starter's shirt for the PL side. There's been huge controversy and speculation surrounding his choice of Nationality , either to feature for Nigeria or England but the 21 years old decided to choose England after given a call-up by head coach South-gate of which he claimed he got a call-up first from the European Nation.




After two games played, the Chelsea youngster was overlooked by the coach and was made to watch from the sidelines, and this has raised serous discussion about what the country holds for him in the nearest future. Many believes he wouldn't get enough playing time and might not be an integral part of the 3lions squad.




Well, going by the rules governing the game, Fikayo can still make a switch to Nigeria since he hasn't been given any minutes which automatically makes him eligible to feature for a different country.




Tammy Abraham on the other side has been ruled off for a possible switch after given 2 minutes of normal time in England's game against Czech republic making him ineligible to make a switch. He was also an unused substitute as England cruised to a 6-0 victory against Bulgaria and from the look of things, it would be a long and frustasting international duty for Tammy with presence of the likes of Harry Kane, Raheem sterling, Jamie Vardy and so on. In his case, a switch is very unlikely, though possible but the process is extremely complicated. According to FIFA ,"any player who has already participated in a match (either in full or in part) in an official competition of any category or any type of football for one association may not play an international match for a representative team of another association." Read More
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The Nigeria first choice goalkeeper suffered horrific injury which saw him substituted and replaced by debutant Maduka Okoye

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Former Nigeria International Peter Odemwingie popularly known as Osaze has decided to choose a career in golf after putting an end to his professional career as a soccer player.

The 38 Years old who last featured for the super eagles of Nigeria at the 2014 FIFA world cup is set to become a pro golfer after taking to social media to announce his membership into the professiona Golfers Association (PGA).He has been given a slot for training at the university of Birmingham foundation degree in professional golf studies.


During his stint with the Super eagles of Nigeria, Odemwingie bagged a total of 10 goals in 63 caps, his last coming in the game between Nigeria and Bosnia at the 2014 world cup scoring the lone goal in a group stage game.


Peter Osaze Odemwingie Managed 125 goals 412 professional games at club level across 10 clubs his first pro club being Bendel Insurance of Nigeria where he bagged 19 goals in 53 appearances and his last being Madura United where he scored 15 goals in 22 appearance for the Indonesian based club. Peter Osaze also had Impressive stint in the EPL with Westbrom(87 apps, 30 goals), Cardiff(15 apps, 1 goal) and Stoke city(27 apps, 5 goals). He called off his professional soccer career on April, 2019.

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Good luck in Your newly chosen career Peter!

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Chelsea forward and England debutant, Tammy Abraham was an 88th minute substitute as the three lions of England were kept silent by Czech Republic.

Harry Kane had earlier put England in a commanding lead in the 6th minute from the spot before being quickly pegged back by Czech Republic in the 9th minute through Jacob brabec.
The homeside still went ahead to pull a shocker by grabbing an 86th minute were winner Zdenek Ondrasek.





Tammy Abraham was brought in as an 88th minute substitute for Declan Rice and had little time to contribute positively for his new side.

Meanwhile , defender Fikayo Tomori was and unused substitute for the English side.
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Brazil's head coach Tite has admitted that the game against Nigeria is beyond a mere friendly and according to him, his team would be going out for all three points.

After their 1-1 draw with Senegal, a day ago, which saw Highly rated soccer star Neymar Jr bag is 100th cap for the Selecao, Brazil's head coach Tite believes his side did not do much against their African counterpart but has made it clear that Nigeria's game is a Must Win!.


According to the head coach, who was recently advised by journalist Carlos Not to underrate Nigeria's Samuel Chukwueze, he said " For you to raise the competitive level, for the African team, the friendly has an importance. And for us, it's must Have"


The Selecao Last match Against Senegal Finished 1-1 with goals from Roberto Firmino in the 9th Minute and an Equalizer from Senegalese diedhiou in the 45th minute from the Spot.
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Ahead of the game between Nigeria and Brazil,former Leeds United striker Noel Whelan has admitted that Alex Iwobi is a bigger threat than his Brazilian-Everton team mate,Richarlison and has backed the Nigeria to save his Under-fire Everton Boss,Marco silva

Silva's chances of being fired have increased after the Toffees suffered their fourth successive loss in the Premier League last weekend at Burnley.

Iwobi has made three Premier League starts since joining Everton from Arsenal in the summer and has caught the eye, while his Brazilian teammate Richarlison is lacking form and consistency having failed to find the net in his last five games across all competitions.



Speaking to Football Insider, Whelan said : ''He was the most effective Everton player against Burnley at the weekend.

Read : Why I dumped Nigeria- Fikayo Tomori

''He’s got the pace and ability to beat players and create chances, and that’s something they’re lacking at the moment.

''Richarlison looks like he has lost confidence and belief in himself, and Iwobi is a bigger threat.



''He’s a brilliant talent, he just needs to find more consistency and better decision-making. The raw skill and ability is there

''If he starts to realise his potential, he can keep Silva in his job.''

Richarlison and Iwobi are expected to be in action for their respective countries in Sunday's prestige friendly between Brazil and Nigeria at the National Stadium in Singapore.
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The Barcelona captain has revealed why he almost left Spain and Barcelona owing to the fact that he was Mistreated After allegations of Tax Fraud.

Speaking to RAC1, The Fifa The Best winner says that " At that time with the mess of the treasury, i wanted to leave.Not for wanting to leave Barcelona, but wanting to leave Spain. I felt I was being Very Mistreated and I didn't want to stay there".


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Latest Invitee to the England National team has opened up about switching International Allegiance to England stating that he never had interest to feature for the Super Eagles of Nigeria
As things stand, the 22-year-old is still eligible to represent Nigeria, however, he will end the uncertainty surrounding his international future if a competitive outing for England is taken in during their upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Bulgaria.
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His Current form has helped him win the trust of Head coach Frank Lampard and also earned him a Call-Up to the English National team where he hopes to replicate his club's goal-scoring England.braham told the Evening Standard: “Back then in 2017, it was all about me being young.


“It was a good experience, for me. So, to be going back now, I had my experiences out on loan, I’m back and now it’s time to stay here.


“For me, it’s a massive achievement [to be in the squad]. I’m clearly doing something right for my club to get attention from Gareth Southgate. It’s about going out there, helping the team as much as possible. And then coming back in and doing the same job for my team.”
Abraham insists the Nigeria question has not been raised during his time in the England camp, with the south London native merely looking to make his mark on an international stage.




He added: “I’m a player growing up in England, playing in the Premier League. My ambitions were always to play for England. Obviously it’s nice to be wanted by two nations, two nations that I love. But my main focus is England.“


I’m a player who has grown up watching the likes of Harry Kane and to be going away with them, it’s an honour for me. Now it’s all about me staying in the team and doing well for my club, and hopefully I’ll be there in 2020.”
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Top Brazilian Journalist Jeremiah Carlos has warned Tite, the coach of the Brazilian team not to play Real Madrid left full back Marcelo against Super Eagles pacy winger Samuel Chukwueze when both teams meet on the 13th of October in Singapore.




The friendly game will enable both teams prepare for their upcoming competitive engagement and Carlos believe if the coach plays Marcelo against Chukwueze they could pay heavily for it due to his focus which is mostly on overlapping


Carlos said a pointer to how Marcelo will probably struggle against the 20 year old Nigerian was last season game between Real Madrid and Villarreal where Chukwueze proved to be too much for the Real Madrid defender.


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The 21-year-old has been a revelation in the heart of Chelsea’s defence this season, and that has earned him a call-up to England’s national team, but he has now revealed it was not a given he was going to represent the Three Lions ahead of Nigeria and Canada

Tomori was also eligible to play for one of Canada or Nigeria, but he is set to feature for England after he was named in Gareth Southgate’s squad for the Euro 2020 qualifiers against Czech Republic and Bulgaria.


Speaking on why he decided to choose England ahead of Canada and Nigeria, Tomori said he would have represented either of those countries had they extended an invitation to him before England did.

Speaking to Goal.com, the youngster says "England is such a big nation, as well as Nigeria and Canada, so I think I was going to be happy with whoever called me up – but it’s nice it is England,” Tomori said.




“It wasn’t England all the way. I had certain people and certain things that I had to consider. I spoke to my family and people that I care about it and that’s the decision I came to. So, when England came calling, it was difficult to say no.
“It was just more of a thing I was waiting for a call-up because the last international break I didn’t get a call-up from anyone. This international break, I was waiting for a call-up and England called me up.
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Liberia’s President George Weah trained with the National team on Monday, 7th October, ahead of their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Preliminary round qualifiers.


President Weah wore a bib with the number 22 and also the name of his son, Timothy Weah scribed behind the bib. His son, however, represents the United States on international duties.



President Weah who played as a forward in his active years assumed various roles in the training session which included goalkeeping and also giving some coaching instructions.
The 1995 FIFA best player of the year, who also doubles as Liberia’s President trained with the team to serve as extra motivation for the players to fight for the country.
Liberia, who recently qualified from the Preliminary stage of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers will face Chad on Wednesday, 9th October in Liberia.
This is not the first time George Weah took part in a training session of a football team after assuming office as the President of Liberia, as he trained with his former club Aljazira back in March 2019
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David luiz becomes the latest inclusion in the list of footballers who have scored for both Chelsea and Arsenal .
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1. Yossi Benayoun
2. Emmanuel Petit
3. Ashley Cole
4. Williams Callas
5. Cesc Fabregas
6. Nicolas Anelka
7. Olivier Giroud
8. David Luiz

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The Nigerian National female team, the super falcons has been knocked out of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games after playing a 1-1 draw with Ivory coast at the Agege Township Stadium.

The team lead by Newly elected Captain Asisat Oshoala failed to Make judicious use of their home advantage and were forced to settled for 1-1 which makes the third time in a roll the super Falcons would not be present at an Olympic event.

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Ousmane Dembele was sent off for Barcelona against Sevilla on Sunday night for calling referee Mateu Lahoz “very bad".




The winger was given his marching orders late on for dissent after centre-back Ronald Araujo had been shown a red card for a foul on Javier Hernandez.

It looked a harsh call by the referee and certainly angered Dembele who approached the match official. The ref has now confirmed what happened between the pair.



Ernesto Valverde seemed pretty bemused by the whole thing afterwards. He explained that it’s difficult enough to get much out of Dembele in Spanish.Yet the sending off means Dembele will miss Barcelona’s next game against Eibar and could face an extended ban that would rule him out of El clasico too.


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Ousmane Dembele was sent off for Barcelona against Sevilla on Sunday night for calling referee Mateu Lahoz “very bad".




The winger was given his marching orders late on for dissent after centre-back Ronald Araujo had been shown a red card for a foul on Javier Hernandez.

It looked a harsh call by the referee and certainly angered Dembele who approached the match official. The ref has now confirmed what happened between the pair.



Ernesto Valverde seemed pretty bemused by the whole thing afterwards. He explained that it’s difficult enough to get much out of Dembele in Spanish.Yet the sending off means Dembele will miss Barcelona’s next game against Eibar and could face an extended ban that would rule him out of El clasico too.


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Leo Messi makes it 37 goals in 38 Appearances against sevilla as Barcelona ran out 4-0 winners against sevilla



Luis Suarez, Arturo Vidal ,ousmanne dembele and Leo Messi were all on target for Barcelona as the Catalan side led by Under-fire coach Ernesto Valverde and Injury Returnee, Leo Messi ran out winners against a toothless and helpless sevilla side Led by Former Real Madrid coach Julien Lopetugui.




Luis Suarez opened the scoring in the 27th minute with a magnificent Overhead kick worthy of goal of the season contender getting an assist from Portuguese defender, Nelson Semedo after a fine play from Ousmanne Dembele. The french man would soon go ahead to be on the score sheet but before then, Barcelona' Chilean Warrior, Arturo Vidal doubled the lead in the 32nd minute after receiving the ball from Arthur.



Ousmanne Dembele made sure the Men from Catalonia go into half time as winners by adding the third in the 35th Minute of the game Making it three goals in eight minute. Ousmanne Dembele has faced a lot of criticism as regarding his attitude and commitment towards playing Barcelona. The Young worldcup Winner has suffered a lot of injuries which has caused serious worries for the team.




His Goal against sevilla would be a confidence builder as he hopes to increase his Tally for the season.The French Man still went ahead to pick a yellow card in the 53rd Minute of the game and then a red card!





Barcelona Weren't Done yet as Leo Messi came hunting after his favourite Prey by Adding a fourth in the 78 minute. His goal today Makes it 37 goals in 37 appearances Against Sevilla in all competition. Leo is a big Nightmare for sevilla, they just can't contain him.
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Nigerian players have been performing great this season , take a look at the players stats this season and comment down who has been the best so far.

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Ten players of Nigerian descent invited to England's national teams for international matches in October 2019.

Chelsea duo Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori would be ineligible to represent the Super Eagles if they get playing time in any of the two European Championship qualifiers against Czech Republic (Oct 11) and Bulgaria (Oct 14).
England U19 head coach Paul Simpson has included Chelsea midfielder Faustino Anjorin, Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka and West Ham loanee Ajibola Alese on his roster for the International Marbella Cup holding in Spain.

The Young Lions will face France and Belgium on October 9 and October 12 respectively as part of their preparations for November's U19 EURO first qualifying round.

Arsenal midfielder Miguel Azeez and PSV Eindhoven's Nonso Madueke have both received call-ups to the England U18 squad for friendlies against Poland, Slovakia and Austria.

Celtic goalkeeper Tobi Oluwayemi, Manchester City winger Samuel Edozie and Aston Villa midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka have all been handed their maiden England U17 call-ups.

They are in line to debut for the world champions in matches against Germany and Spain at the Pinatar Arena, near Murcia.


Ten Nigeria-Eligible Players Called Up By England

1) Tammy Abraham (Chelsea) - Three Lions
2) Fikayo Tomori (Chelsea) - Three Lions
3) Faustino Anjorin (Chelsea) - U19
4) Ajibola Alese (West Ham) - U19
5) Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) - U19
6) Miguel Azeez (Arsenal) - U18
7) Nonso Madueke (PSV) - U18
Samuel Edozie (Man City) - U17
9) Tobi Oluwayemi (Celtic) - U17
10) Carney Chukwuemeka (Aston Villa) - U17

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Is that all?
Chuka okaka nko?

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As we try to look away from the speculations surrounding the Nationaties of Nigerian-Born English Players Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori, here's a list of Nigerian-Born Players who never featured for their Country. Number 3 has a striking revelation

1.David Alaba

David Olatokunbo Alaba was born in Vienna to a Filipino mother (a nurse) and a Nigerian father, a DJ and former rapper. He is an Austrian professional footballer, who plays for Bayern Munich and the Austria national team.
He holds Austria’s record as the youngest player in the senior national team, debuting in 2009 as a 17-year-old. He has played in a multitude of roles, including central midfield, central defence, right and left wing but has since blossomed as a left-back.


2..Ross Barkley

Shockingly, Ross Barkley is of Nigerian decent. Conceived on December 5, 1993, Barkley is an English footballer who plays for Everton and English national group as a midfielder. Barkley was brought up in Liverpool, his paternal granddad was Nigerian and that makes him qualified to play for both England and Nigeria.

3.Dennis Aogo

Born to a German mother and a Nigerian father, Dennis Aogo is a left wing-back or midfielder with Schalke 04. The 30-year old footballer once revealed in an interview that Nigeria once invited him to play for the national team which he turned down.

”When I heard Nigeria wanted me for the World Cup, I had to really think about it. But I hesitated because Nigerians won’t recognise me as a true African, it’s a totally different culture"

4. Chuka Okaka
Stefano Chuka Okaka was born in Castiglione del Lago, Perugia, Italy to Nigerian parents who later obtained Italian citizenship. Okaka joined the Roma youth system in 2004.

The Italian played as a striker for Premier League club Watford and the national team. He is currently with Spezia Calcio on loan from Serie A club Parma.

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Earlier Today, Footynaija.com.ng Reported that Fikayo and Abraham has been called up by England which saw a mixed reaction from Veteren Nwankwo Kanu . The pairs have now confirmed their Affiliation with England. Its Goodbye for Nigeria. Read full story and see both players tweets here.

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Fikayo

kenzysmith:
We have four good strikers featuring in this year champions league, we have Bright osimhen at Olympic illie, we have ibrahim tijani of salzburg, Denis emmauel of club brugge, and olanyinka of sparta prague this guys are all prolific in their various clubs. Fikayo tamori should be the main piorerity buy genort, ademola lukman,dominic solanke and saka of arsenal should also be on genort rohr consideration, he should stop inviting ihenacho,musa onachu, moses simon,akpeyi,balogun and ezenwa for the good of our football. He play onyekuru more often that guy is a beast, I see us producing an african best in victor oshimen or Ckukwueze.

Former Super eagles and Arsenal Forward Nwankwo Kanu had express his Opinion over the Saga surrounding the England National Call up handed to Chelsea's Abraham And Tomori.




Yesterday, England National Football Team, the three lions released their squad for the upcoming European championship qualifiers game against Czech Republic and Bulgaria. which included the Names of the two much anticipated Super eagles possible invitees, Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori.



Super Eagles Legend Kanu expressed his candid Opinion in interview saying that "Our problem is
whenever someone start doing well, we start chasing them which is not bad because other countries do that. I feel we don't need to force people to play for the country because Nigeria is Bigger than any player." The Former Arsenal striker who featured for the gunners fromm 1999-2004 scoring 37 goals in 119 Appearances further stated that ;" We have quality players everywhere, so we can't continue to https://www.footynaija.com.ng/2019/10/have-to-beg-nigeria-kanu-nwankwo-reacts.html