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 beg one player to play for us.Nigeria cannot Beg, players have to beg Nigeria".

The call-up simply means that both Fikayo and Abraham would become Ineligible to play for Nigeria if they are to feature for the three Lions.

Early Last week FootyNaija.com.ng Reported That Former Arsenal Player Chuba Akpom has dumped England for Nigeria. According to the Forward, he wants to play where he is loved and sees Nigeria as a better Option. Akpom would hope he is called in Ernest to join the Super eagles team who are preparing For a friendly against a starstudded Brazilian side later this month.

Source:https://www.footynaija.com.ng/2019/10/have-to-beg-nigeria-kanu-nwankwo-reacts.html

As Nigeria celebrates her 59 years of independence, some of football teams and stars across Europe has taken into social media to wish the West African Nation a happy Independence celebration.

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59 YEARS OF COLONIAL FREEDOM, 59 YEARS OF FOOTBALL BONDAGE.


The Nigeria Football league is the highest Tier of Nigeria Domestic football which officially started in the year 1972. The domestic league has since evolved ever since its inception but no noticeable upgrade in its mode of operation. The NPFL
is a subject of Ridicule compared to other African football leagues like the Absa premiership, Egyptian premier league and others.
The Governing body of the NPFL has over the years failed to proffer solutions to sensitive issues which has been a determining factor in the downfall of the league. Some of these factors includes


1[b]. POOR PITCHES[/b]
The football pitches used in most NPFL matches can be compared to that of a farmland. In most cases, a farmland is even better.

2. INSECURITY:
Most at times you wonder if this is a professional league or a royal rumble match. The lives of the players and match officials are always at risk. Often times, players are at their mercy and you see them running for their lives. Insecurity is a major challenge in the NPFL which seems to be on the rise.



3.POOR OFFICIATING:
Talking about violence and Insecurity in the NPFL, well Poor officiating is the cause of most royal rumble matches (I guess you know what that means) .The refereeing is very poor and most referees have ..

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Referee Sends ball boys away and picks the ball himself




There was a Bizarre and funny scene in the match Between Yeovil town FC and BromleyFC as Referee gives red card to one Yeovil town Fc ball boys for time wasting. The referee later sends them all off and opts to retrieve the balls himself. See funny tweets below
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Barcelona forward Ousmane Dembélé will miss Saturday’s La Liga match against Getafe because of injury, the club has announced.





Dembélé suffered a hamstring injury in the season opener against Athletic Bilbao and missed the following six weeks before returning to action in last Tuesday’s win over Villareal at the Camp Nou. The Frenchman has suffered a number of injuries during his time at Camp Nou and this is the latest setback for a player who hasn’t yet realized his potential mainly due to his physical issues.

With Dembélé joining Lionel Messi and Ansu Fati on the sidelines Barça have only...
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CHECK OUT HOW YOUR FAVOURITE SUPER EAGLES PLAYERS ARE PERFORMING THIS SEASON
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Samuel Chukwueze came off the bench to supply a game changing performance.

Samuel Chukwueze and Karl Toko-Ekambi were on the scoresheet as Villarreal handed a heavy 5-1 defeat to Real Betis in Friday’s La Liga game.
After losing against Barcelona in their previous outing, the Yellow Submarine hit the ground running with the African stars playing pivotal roles in the encounter.
Cameroon international Toko-Ekambi grabbed a brace in the game while Nigeria winger Chukwueze came off the bench to seal the victory for Javier Calleja’s men.


See his stats this season...
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Udinese star William Troost-Ekong faces a ban from playing for the Super Eagles after falling out with top Nigeria Football Federation officials.


In a series of tweets by BBC journalist Osasu Obayiuwana, he revealed that Troost-Ekong's future with the Super Eagles is hanging in the balance and it has to do with his character which is upsetting the very top of the Nigerian Federation, who see him as a disruptive influence and has become increasing arrogant and disrespectful.

The Super Eagles were involved in a bonus row with the Nigerian Federation during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and the Udinese defender was one of the chief protagonists as the players strongly pressed for their demands.

"A lot of the problems that we had with the players, during the AFCON 2019, were not helped by his behaviour,'' the top NFF official said.

''He played a huge role in stirring up the players and upsetting the atmosphere in camp. If not careful, he could face a ban from the Super Eagles.''

Another top official added : ''He shows little respect to officials and exhibits no decorum at functions, where he is known to be...
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The 23-year-old striker who plays in Greece for PAOK is eligible to for the Super Eagles as he holds dual-nationality and has not represented England at senior level.

In March 2017, ex-Arsenal youth player Akpom trained with the Nigeria senior side at Barnet alongside then Chelsea defender Ola Aina and now hopes to line up with his life-long friend Alex Iwobi for the West African country.

"I've only just recently switched my allegiance, so I've signed the documents and hopefully in the next few weeks it will be approved to enable me play for Nigeria," Akpom told BBC Sport.

"I've been wanting to do that for many years now but not many people know this. It's just been a matter of sorting it out, which is now in a process. I'm looking forward to it.

"It was a personal decision. I'm Nigerian and my whole family feel very Nigerian and it will be nice to represent Nigeria.

"It will also be nice to link up with Alex [Iwobi] again and play for the national team. We started playing when we was younger together and to make that step to play for the national team together will be amazing."

Read: How Nigeria Battles England for Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori.

London-born Akpom scored 18 goals in 41 youth caps for England from under-16 to under-21 level.

He joined Arsenal at the age of six and spent time on loan with Brentford, Coventry, Nottingham Forest, Hull and Brighton, but failed to break into the Gunners' first team.

A final loan spell at Belgian side Sint-Truiden resulted in six goals in 16 games and after six different clubs over five seasons.

The academy graduate managed just 12 appearances for his boyhood club before heading out to Greece on a permanent deal in August 2018.

He provided six goals and four assists as PAOK went unbeaten to seal the 2018/19 Greek title as well as the only goal in the FA Cup win against AEK Athens to complete a dream double

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ServantsOfTruth:
Any black man that supports or like Messi is stupid and foolish

Black men and women that supports Messi have you fools asked yourselves this simple question....

Why is it that no black plays for Argentine national term?

Why Are There No Black Men on Argentina's Roster?

Where are the Afro-Argentines?

Whe Argentina scored against Nigeria in the world cup hope you fools saw what maradona did..he showed us the middle finger meaning Bleep blacks

Meaning that he hate blacks

Shame on Messi black followers cause you all are stupid and foolish

You are the most stupid and foolish of all . How many Blacks have you helped

According to Sport Bild, Hoeness has said that Bayern München will not let any of their players play for the German national team if that happens.
"We would never accept that," Hoeness told Sport Bild.
"Before that happens, we will no longer provide players for the national team," he added.
When asked if Hoeness' threat worries him, Germany general manager Oliver Bierhoff told Sport Bild:

"No, because a club is obligated to release its players for international duty as per FIFA regulations."
According to Sport Bild, Germany coach Joachim Löw is planning to let Marc-André ter Stegen start in one of the upcoming games against Argentina (October 9) and Estonia (October 13).
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Barcelona Back To winning Ways as messi Gets Injured

Messi, making his first start this season, received lengthy treatment before being replaced at half-time by Ousmane Dembélé in what the coach, Ernesto Valverde, insisted was a precautionary measure.
Valverde said of Messi, who was named Fifa’s male player of the year on Monday: “He noticed a little bit of an issue with his adductor and we preferred for him not to stay on the pitch, but it was just a precaution. I don’t think it’s any more than just a niggle but we’ll need to wait for tomorrow to confirm.”




Antoine Griezmann and Arthur got the first-half goals at the Camp Nou as Barcelona moved to within a point of the top trio Granada, Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid. The former Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla pulled a goal back for Villarreal just before half-time. Barcelona claimed the lead after 10 minutes as Griezmann applied a deft flick to Messi’s near-post corner to guide the ball over the Villarreal goalkeeper, Sergio Asenjo, and into the net.
The home side doubled their lead five minutes later as the midfielder...

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Back in August 2018, Business Insider UK compiled data from Forbes and Goal.com to reveal the net worth of the top 10 richest football players in the world.







It was Cristiano Ronaldo who came out on top with a net worth of £250 million, followed closely by Lionel Messi in second with £230 million.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic then came in at third with £110 million, while Wayne Rooney (£93 million) and Eden Hazard (£77 million) placed fourth and fifth respectively.The remainder of the top 10 reads as follows, from sixth to tenth:

Gareth Bale (£56 million), Neymar (£49 million), Yaya Toure (£43 million), Sergio Aguero (£40 million), John Terry (£39 million).

It's no surprise that Ronaldo and Messi top the charts given they both earn in excess of £350,000-per-week, though Messi recently signed a new contract worth £500,000-per-week.

However, it turns out Ronaldo isn't technically the world's richest football player, because somewhere in the Premier League, there's a 19-year-old worth...
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According to reports, Majority of the fans are unhappy with the quality of the oppositions and have described both the Super Eagles and Teranga Lions as 2018 World Cup flops.
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Brazil – five-time world champions, will first clash with the Teranga Lions of Senegal on October 10 at the Singapore National Stadium before taking on three-time African champions Nigeria at the same venue on Sunday, October 13.

“We are looking for all the top ranked selection teams. We are looking for the best teams from different continents. We played against Peru, who made the Copa America final with us and Colombia who came out of the competition on penalties, unbeaten and goalless. The level of these matches...
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As we gear up for the Fifa the Best Awards Ceremony, let's take a look at the Nominees and possible winners

The Best FIFA Men’s Player:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Juventus)
Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona)
Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands/Liverpool)

The Best FIFA Women’s Player:
Lucy Bronze (England/Olympique Lyonnais)
Alex Morgan (USA/Orlando Pride)
Megan Rapinoe (USA/Reign FC)

The Best FIFA Men’s Coach:
Pep Guardiola (Spain/Manchester City)
Jürgen Klopp (Germany/Liverpool)- WINNER
Mauricio Pochettino (Argentina/Tottenham Hotspur)



The Best FIFA Women’s Coach:
Jill Ellis (USA/USA national team)
Phil Neville (England/English national team)
Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands/Dutch national team)

The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper:
Alisson Becker (Brazil/Liverpool)
Ederson (Brazil/Manchester City)
Marc-André ter Stegen (Germany/Barcelona)

The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper
Christiane Endler (Chile/Paris Saint-Germain)
Hedvig Lindahl (Sweden/Chelsea/VfL Wolfsburg)
Sari van Veenendaal (WINNER)Netherlands/Arsenal/Atlético Madrid)



FIFA Puskás Award:
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byEm jay-September 22, 2019
Neymar, Alves, coutinho called up for Nigeria Friendly


Prior to the much anticitipated friendly match between the super eagles of nigeria and the selecao on Brazil, Head coach of the brazillian team has named a strong size to face Nigeria.



Players like Neymar, countinho and firmino has been called up to face three times Afcon champions. The match comes up october 13 at the Singapore stadium, 2 days after the samba boys faces senegal. Here's the full squad.

Goalkeepers : Emerson,Santos and wevereton

Defenders:Dani Alves, Danilo ,Alex Sandro, Marquinhos,Thiago silva, Eder Militao, Renan lodi, Rodrigo Caio

Midfielder : Casemiro, Fabinho ,Arthur
Matheus Enrique, Lucas Paqueta and Phillipe Coutinho.

Attackers: Richarlison, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Barbosa, Roberto Firmino, Neymar ans Everton Soares.

Source: https://www.footynaija.com.ng/2019/09/brazil-names-strong-for-nigeria-friendly.html?m=1

Do you think the super eagles have a chance?

John Ogu Reveals he wants to play for Ifeanyi Ubah FC
byEm jay -September 22, 2019

According to reports from Sportinglife, Super Eagles midfielder John Ogu has revealed that he is open to a switch to Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) side, Ifeanyi Ubah in the nearest future


The 31-year-old is currently a free agent after leaving Hapoel Beer Sheva following a successful five-year spell where he won the Israeli league three times and voted the Best Foreign Player in 2016.
Speaking with SportingLife, he revealed: “I’m a fan of our league and everything that has to do with Nigeria. I have this dream of playing for a local club before I retire.
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Osimhen speaks on his Comparison with Nicolas Pepe
byEm jay -September 22, 2019

Ahead of Lille's Ligue 1 clash against Rennes on Sunday afternoon, Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has expressed his opinion at being compared to Arsenal's record signing Nicolas Pepe.



Osimhen was bought by the French side as replacement for the Gunners' £72m acquisition and is already repaying the decision to snap him up from Belgian Pro League outfit Sporting Charleroi.

Osimhen was speaking at the press conference on Saturday evening where he expressed gratitude for the trust in him.

"Big respect to Nicolas Pepe for what he did for the club," Osimhen who has scored five league goals in five appearances said at the press conference as quoted by InsideFutbol.com.

"Like a lot of people say, I'm replacing Nicolas Pepe, he scored some beautiful and wonderful goals, but I think I am near to bringing in my own qualities to the team.

"Nicolas Pepe and Victor Osimhen are quite different players, so it's OK if ever some people try to compare me and him.



"I feel good to be compared to such a great player.

Lille are placed seventh in the table with nine points but could rise to second place with an emphatic win away at fourth placed Rennes.

Interestingly Pepe, who is yet to score a goal for Arsenal after five league and one Europa League games, albeit is expected to start in Sunday's match against Aston Villa.

Osimhen is under contract until the summer of 2024 at the French club

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Tammy Abraham listed as 11th most valuable striker
byEm jay -September 22, 2019

Tammy Abraham has been valued at 60 million pounds (€67.9 million) by Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp ahead of his side's trip to Stamford Bridge, where they face Chelsea on matchday six in the Premier League on Sunday.

According to the latest market values published by Transfermarkt.com, the Chelsea number nine will become the eleventh most expensive striker in the world based on Klopp's valuation.

Speaking to reporters, Klopp said : ''People talked about how young they were but they only played because they were that good, not because they were that young.

"They brought in Christian Pulisic in the summer for 50-or-60million and all the players around him have the same value.

"Tammy Abraham is now a 60million player, Mason Mount for sure 60million - if not more, Hudson-Odoi was that already."

Abraham, Fikayo Tomori and Mason Mount have all impressed after they were brought into the first team fold by manager Frank Lampard following the transfer ban slammed on The Blues for breaching rules about signing minors.

https://www.footynaija.com.ng/2019/09/nigeria-v-england-battle-of-tammy.html

With seven goals in his last three games in the top-flight, Abraham faces...

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The World At Your Feet


... Conquering the world with a Ball at your Feet
Conquering the World With a Ball at your Feet.

More than Half of the world's male Teenage Population aspire to become great footballers, cherished and adored by fans all over the world but only a handful of them realize their dreams. They Look up to and mirror themselves as great players such as Pele, Maradona ,Cryuff, Zidane, Jay Jay Okocha and the ever Dominant Duo of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The question before us now is;


WHO ARE THOSE WHO ACTUALIZED THOSE DREAMS
Have you ever taken time to go deep into knowing more about your football idols, their struggles, determination, commitment right from their youthful age? Rather than swimming in the pool of your imaginations. STOP WISHING YOU WERE, MAKE SURE YOU ARE!

You really want to become great just like some of the aforementioned Football stars and yet you are not ready to go through the thick and thins? You are already giving up just after some few challenges, like seriously? You want to realise your dreams in a platter of gold? Where is the Hardwork? Focus? Determination? In the last article , we talked about 5 Tips to becoming a professional soccer player

Take a look at some football stars who never gave up on their dreams
1. VICTOR MOSES : Lost both Parents due to war in his country but never gave up



2. PELE: Played Football with Bare foots on the street of Brazil with a ball formed from newspapers, grape fruits tied with a string as he...


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kestolove95:
And all the food wey I dey give almajiri non of dem don hammer cum look for me?

What goes around comes around bro. The good you have done would surely find you. It may not be directly from the people you helped but God would raise others to elevate you to a point you never imagined.

"One of the boys was Cristiano Ronaldo,who was perhaps the most timid of them all"- Paula leca Reveals.

About 2 days ago, Footynaija reported that Cr7 was in search of the three girls that fed him when he had nothing and reports from ESPN has it that one of the ladies ,Paula Leca has been found.

According to that golden-hearted lady,speaking via Renascena says" They would Appear in front of the kiosk and when there were hamburgers left over, our manager would give us permission to have them over.
One of the boys was Cristiano Ronaldo,who was perhaps the most timid of them all. This happened almost every night of the week.

I still laugh about it all now. I had already told my son about it but he thought it was a fib because he couldn't imagine his mum giving Cristiano Ronaldo a hamburger.

Its funny that he ( Ronaldo) goes back now to something that happened long ago. It shows...

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Bukayo Saka is a Nigerian- English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Arsenal. Born On september 5th, 2001 . He is the first player born in 2001 to play in the premier league.

The 18 years old Arsenal Academy Starlet was in red hot form scoring one and playing a crucial role in the his teams's victory. The Almost forgotten Nigerian Prodigy announced his potentials with a well taken Goal in the 85th minute, doubling the lead for the gunners after Joseph willock had earlier put the gunners ahead in the first half. The mach ended 3-0 in favour of the gunners as Pierre Emerick Aubameyang scored the third in the 88th minute.

The Nigerian-English winger joins the....
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Breaking: Ansu Fati to play for spain

Ever since the 16 years old came into the limelight, there's been speculations on which national team he is to play for, his Country of Birth Guinea Bissau or Spain were he grew up.

Ansu Fati, Born in Guinea Bissau but moved to Spain at the age of 6 where he featured for Sevilla before Joining Barca Academy. In our last Article, we looked at which national team he is to represent and according to reports, the Barcelona wonderkid is to feature for spain in the U-17 world Cup which would be held at Brazil later this year,26 Oct-17 Nov 2018.According to the council of Ministers, the nationalization Process of Ansu Fati....

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The 35 years old Portuguese striker reveals in an interview that he would love to meet a group of ladies who helped him back in his home town in Portugal when he had nothing.

According to CR7, he said" when i was a kid. 11-12 years old. We didn't have money. We lived in the same place (in lisbon) that the other players did.

I saw my family (in Madeira) every three months. It was hard. A very hard period without the family.

Late at night 10:30 -11:00, we're little bit hungry. So, we had a MacDonald's close to the stadium where we lived. And we always gone to the back door and knocked on the door." Hey, Any burgers left?"

And Edna and two more girls, they were unbelievable. I never found the girls again. I speak with...

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The super eagles of Nigeria would would lock horns with south American giant Brazil on October 13 2019 at singapore National stadium .


The match between Nigeria and Brazil would be the fourth meeting of both side having met thrice before now.The last meeting of both side was in 2003 At the national stadium in Abuja, Nigeria where the selecao of Brazil ran 3-0 winners. The Upcoming game would go down at... click below for detailed informations
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The 19 years old Norwegian striker bacame the first teenager to score a hat trick in his champions league debit ever since Wayne Rooney in 2004. The RB Salzburg starlet hit the target thrice in the first half, secure a valuable three points against a toothless Genk side.

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