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Ex-Eaglet Chukwueze To Join Villareal First Team For Pre-season

June 30, 2018 2:22 pm

Ex-Eaglet Chukwueze To Join Villareal First Team For Pre-season

By James Agberebi

Former Golden Eaglets star Samuel Chukwueze will be going on pre-season tour with the Villarreal first team ahead of the 2018/2019 La Liga season.

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This was revealed by a close source to the 2015 U-17 FIFA World Cup winner.


Chukwueze’s inclusion in the first team for their pre-season tour is as a result of his impressive performances for Villareal’s youth sides.

The 19-year-old started the season with Villareal’s U-19 team and also played for the team C, but after an impressive campaign which saw him net seven goals playing from the wings including an hat-trick in a 8-3 win over UCD Murcia, the club promoted him to the team B.

The former Diamond Academy player continued his goal scoring form for the team B in their run to the Segunda play-off final which they lost to Elche.

https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/ex-eaglet-chukwueze-to-join-villareal-first-team-for-pre-season/

NEW: Liverpool Make €13m + Player Offer for Forward


July 1, 2018

Owen Maers

Liverpool have reportedly made their interest concrete in Nigerian winger Moses Simon with a formal offer sent to Belgian side Gent.

A bid was tabled to Gent recently, according to owngoalnigeria, the offer is €13m and also includes the loan of Liverpool youngster Taiwo Awoniyi. While the source is not very popular, this doesn’t mean it’s not credible as other publications have previously mentioned Simon’s name.

The 22-year-old caught the eye of Liverpool and other English clubs due to his performances for Gent last season – directly involved in nine goals across the 33 games he featured in. Simon caught the eye in the leadup to this year’s World Cup but unfortunately missed the tournament due to a back injury.

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The contest for a place in the starting 11 was between him and Arsenal’s Alex Iwobi – Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr praised Simon for his pace and defensive work-rate, two essential qualities that could have gave the Super Eagles the edge to get out of a tough group.

You’d be forgiven for not knowing much about Moses Simon – with no World Cup showcase and the fact he plays his football in Belgium. The only fact that you’ve picked up is that his middle name is Daddy. Yes, you read that right. However, I’m here to help, as I’ve previously mentioned his pace is impressive and this combined with his dribbling makes him the archetypal winger.

Solomon Fowowe, a football writer at The Guardian Nigeria, compared Simon to Liverpool’s own Sadio Mane: “(He reminds) a little bit of Sadio Mane, if you like because he’s direct when he embarks on the way to go and he knows when to go on those dribbles when he gets close to goal. He has a whole lot of speed about him and it really works well.”

Should this be true, it would be an excellent acquisition for Liverpool, the need for depth on the wings is obvious to all of us and Simon would fill that void. Klopp’s record with developing young players is well documented, so the addition of the Nigerian to the squad would be excellent, however, it may be at the detriment of a young English player like Ryan Kent.

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With Moses Simon’s contract with Gent set to expire next June, Liverpool will likely start putting the pressure on in the coming weeks starting with the bid tabled. Gent will be well aware of the embarrassment of riches that the Premier League clubs have at their disposal and the attempts to drive the price up would have already begun. With player power more prevalent than ever and Simon likely keen to move to one of the leading leagues in Europe as soon as possible, should the rumours of a bid be true you’d imagine Liverpool could get this deal wrapped up should they desire to.

http://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/944574031?-21310:8643:3

Joebie:
Onomah and co need to gain promotion to the EPL, or they will never get a look in

When Onomah and Sheyi Ojo were playing in the EPL with Tottenham and Liverpool respectively, were they approached?

SHEYI OJO AND NABY KEITA TO BEGIN PRE-SEASON TRAINING WITH LIVERPOOL FC ON MONDAY

by Brian Lee

Sunday Jul 01, 2018. 14:30

English Premier League (EPL) giants Liverpool FC have announced that Nigerian winger Sheyi Ojo and Guinean midfielder Naby Keita will be part of the 26 players, who will begin pre-season training on Monday.

Ojo, who is an England under-21 international, is still ineligible to play for Nigeria. The 21-year-old attacker spent the 2017/18 season on loan at Fulham and he helped the club secure promotion to the Premier League from the Championship.

Keita recently completed his move to Liverpool from German Bundesliga side RB Leipzig. The Guinea midfielder will be hoping to hit the ground running at the English giants in the new season.

The club’s African stars Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah are expected to start pre-season training at a later date after respresenting Senegal, and Egypt respectively at the ongoing 2018 FIFA World Cup finals in Russia.

A club statement read: “A total of 26 players are scheduled to report to Melwood for the first day of Liverpool’s pre-season training programme.”

“Many members of Jürgen Klopp’s squad - including new signings Fabinho and Naby Keita, and most of those who were out on loan last term - will reconvene on Monday morning as preparations for 2018-19 begin following the summer break.”

“The Reds’ eight-strong World Cup contingent - Trent Alexander-Arnold, Roberto Firmino, Marko Grujic, Jordan Henderson, Dejan Lovren, Sadio Mane, Simon Mignolet and Mohamed Salah - will not be present, along with Virgil van Dijk and Georginio Wijnaldum.”

“Van Dijk and Wijnaldum featured for the Netherlands in an international friendly immediately after the 2017-18 campaign and will report back later.”

“Players scheduled to report to Melwood on Monday: Camacho, Pedro Chirivella, Nathaniel Clyne, Fabinho, Joe Gomez, Kamil Grabara, Danny Ings, Curtis Jones, Loris Karius, Naby Keita, Caoimhin Kelleher, Ryan Kent, Ragner Klavan, Adam Lallana, Marko Markovic, James Milner, Alberto Moreno, Sheyi Ojo, Divock Origi, Phillips, Andrew Robertson, Dominic Solanke, Daniel Sturridge, Danny Ward, Harry Wilson, Ben Woodburn.”




https://africanfootball.com//news/752996/Sheyi-Ojo-and-Naby-Keita-to-begin-pre-season-training-with-Liverpool-FC-on-Monday

Three Super Eagles Stars Named In Russia 2018 Eliminated Best XI

June 30, 2018 12:29 pm

By Adeboye Amosu:

Super Eagles trio Keneth Omeruo, Wilfred Ndidi and Oghenekaro Etebo have been included in authoritative football analysis and statistics website Whoscored.com’s best rated XI of players to have been eliminated from the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

The Nigerian trio are joined on the list by notable names like Germany’s Mats Hummels and Jonas Hector, Serbia defender Branislav Ivanovic and Son Heung -Min of South Korea in the XI deployed in a 4-4-2 formation.

Centre-back Kenneth Omeruo featured in two of Nigeria’s three games in the competition. He provided the assist for Ahmed Musa’s second goal in the 2-0 win against Iceland

Etebo, who signed for SkyBet Championship club Stoke City prior to the start of the competition made a huge impact for the Super Eagles in Russia.

The 22-year-old completed all but one of his 17 attempted dribbles and made a combined total of 14 tackles and interceptions.

Only Lionel Messi and Neymar completed more dribbles than Etebo during the first round of games.
Etebo’s midfield partner Wilfred Ndidi makes the cut with a hugely impressive showing for the Super Eagles.

The Leicester star made more tackles (15) and interceptions (12) than any other player in the group stages of the World Cup to once more showcase his quality to the watching world.

The Super Eagles were eliminated from Russia 2018 after a 2-1 defeat against Argentina in their final Group D game.

Goalkeeper
Cho Hyun-Woo – South Korea

Defenders
Branislav Ivanovic – Serbia
Mats Hummels – Germany
Kenneth Omeruo – Nigeria
Jonas Hector – Germany

Midfielders
Andre Carrillo – Peru
Oghenekaro Etebo – Nigeria
Wilfred Ndidi – Nigeria
Salem Al Dawsari – Saudi Arabia

Forwards
Son Heung-Min – South Korea
Wahbi Khazri – Tunisia

https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/three-super-eagles-stars-named-in-russia-2018-eliminated-best-xi/

easyelliot:
Looking good as opposed to being good

Im looking at the remaining teams left and all their jerseys are straightforward...while play wise they all have a chance to win the cup.

My country Swag was high... Jersey was fire!!! Celebs were rocking it, foreigners dey rock em....then actual football was played....yuk..yuk yuk...

Cant dribble, cant shoot, cant defend for 10 minutes, cant run, cant adapt, cant take on players, no fire, no desire....flat flat f*cking flat!!!!

Oyingbo wall is soft as cotton candy

I like them, but like doesnt win you anything. If these two are your foundation, then new cement is needed...the wall let in 4 goals in 3 real games. For a team that has difficulty scoring, that aint gonna cut it.

We need to focus our resources on other sports. Football has gone beyond where Nigeria is.
Football is very scientific today filled with analytics to improve and help a team adapt, anticipate, act, react, etc...we are no where close. But it's ok, with 200 million ppl, there are other sports for us to try.

Looking at the teams left it is as clear as rain water the jibronis that represented us would have chopped at least 5 if not for Rojos and messi saving us from going forward.

We dont have players with the mental fortitude and discipline to take us higher, nor do they posses the work ethic, hunger and informed decision making to go further.

All our players care about is money up front, so they can take care of their entire village and show lifestyle, if not why for the love of God would Etebo leave la liga for epl div 2? Isnt that going backwards? And you are a starter for the national team??

As for one of our benchers... Ebuehi(still dont know why is on the bench), .....goes from Dutch league to Portuguese giants, with a champions league ticket already booked. That's growth , a player who wants to improve. Unfortunately he is the exception not the norm.

I read somewhere that Rohr said he had a few players that will no longer be part of the eagles...few ke? Ogbeni.....let me help you..

List of players that should not report for duty again

Mikel - holding back Iwobi
Ighalo - CANNOT SCORE EVER AGAIN!!!
Onazi- It's time
Joel- no comment
Iheanacho ( yes even uncle) - annoyance
Shehu - quota
Idowu - coach's pet
Omerou - it's time
Echiedje - it's time

Snatch that 10 jersey from skippo and give it to Iwobi. Iwobi is not perfect, but he can be a very good 10.

But how are we supposed to know that when u are playing a career definsive midfielder as your play maker. The reason? Well he played it for us for 2 years and nobody complained? What?

So my coach is telling me that playing against mediocre African talent is the same as playing world class talent? Adapt biko,....step it up...

Rohr should be fired, but he wont because he and pinnick are in bed together.


End rant

Are you serious! Omeruo and Mikel to go? Even Idowu proved to be a very good player yet you want him out.


These 3 players did really well.


If any of these players you listed are still going to be doing well in Europe than the ones you want, I don't see any reason they should be dropped.

edi287:
Nakata nko?

Great player! Now we are talking.

Sportilitica:
I have notice your comments here, the reason people will keep seeing such comments as been biased is the way you pass your message. Too blunt, I know you really say the truth most of the time but the method of delivery is the problem. Enough of the hyping, if we have players that can help the nation, suggest them and bring stats. We really do not have good players let us not deceive ourselves but we can get better.

It is not hyping. I knew Dele Alli and Ademola Lookman when they were in league one, and it was so obvious they will become great players.

We have good players but the coach has to give some players chance to prove themselves.

BascoVanVeli:
Shinji Kagawa, Honda and Okazaki senior anything Iceland has put out. Then you can add Inui and Gaku who dey kill person for la liga. Iceland is not on Japans' level

If these are the greatest players Japan ever produced then they are not up to Ásgeir Sigurvinsson, Eidur Guðjohnsen and Arnór Guðjohnsen.

Kayode’s Shakhtar Donetsk To Depart For Austria Ahead Second Phase Of Pre-seasoon Tour

July 1, 2018 9:58 am

Nigeria forward Olanrenwaju Kayode and his Shakhtar Donetsk teammates will head to Velden in Austria for their second training camp ahead of the 2018/2019 Ukrainian football season.

This was confirmed by Shakhtar Donetsk on their official website on Sunday.

According to the club, the team which arrived Ukraine on Saturday night from Germany after concluding the first phase of their pre-season training, will depart for Austria on Tuesday, July 3, for the next phase if preparations.

The players will be off for two days starting from today, Sunday, July 1 and Monday, July 2, before heading for Austria.

While in Germany, Shakhtar Donetsk beat Danish club Brondby 3-2 before drawing 0-0 against Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia.

Shakhtar Donetsk won the league and Cup double last season. It was their 11th league title and 12th Cup win in their history.

Kayode joined Shakhtar on loan from Manchester City and, after a successful loan spell, he signed for the Ukrainian club on June 8 on a permanent deal.


https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/kayodes-shakhtar-donetsk-to-depart-for-austria-ahead-second-phase-of-pre-seasoon-tour/

BascoVanVeli:
That one I no gree o.

Na truth be dat. Ok list 3 greatest Japanese players.

ChrisKels:
It's Barcelona B, nothing to rejoice over that link. I will advice him to join Salzburg, Amiens or Anderletch instead of listening to the sweet name "Barcelona" without considering its "B" tag

It's still Barcelona but he will mostly play in the Second team and that depends on the contract.

ChrisKels:
Has he made his first team debut for Setubal since he left Remo stars? Dude should be 25 by now

Of course!

Age should not be the determinate factor rather performance.

kennysville:
This is an untrue allegation. As the said letter was lifted from comments section of completesports column. Amuneke himself refuted it.

Ok na

eterisan:
ye... Wait again. Lolz... From two years ago

Hahahahahaha!

Triniti:
The coach was the reason we lost that match, kill off the match with changes.....that knuckle head refused, I heard ebuehi is mad at him for keeping him on the bench when everyone watching could see that idowu was done for the day

Very painful he didn't do that at the right right time.

goldfish80:
I could have saved that shot bro.

Na true.

goldfish80:
Sorry to say, but I like being candid. There's no where in world you can convince me that Iceland is better than Japan.
Please let's turn a leaf and stop these half truths, it won't get us anywhere. Look at one of the Iceland defenders, the young man worked in a Salt packing factory prior to the world cup, their number 8 is a bar attendant, this much was revealed by a comentator during their match against Argentina, about 4 others are medical doctors. Their goalkeeper Hannes is a professional film maker. I can go on and on...

I was ashamed being a Nigerian when people were going wild with jubilation after beating these guys. Beating these guys should be routine. Their famous results against England, Argentina and the likes is just the case of when a dog bites a man and when a man bites a dog...

Lastly, Colombia looks a better team and in better shape than Argentina in this tournament at least. Recently, Colombia defeated France in Paris, I will eagerly await the result of France Argentina to compare notes.

The same Iceland has produced greater players than Japan.

charlesemeka85:
nigerian players likely to join new clubs in europe

tosin kehinde- salzburg, amiens, fenabahche,sk brann, anderlecht

troost ekong- lille

ahmed musa- wolves, brighton, galatasaray, olympic marseille

joel obi- sporting lisbon, crystal palace, celta vigo, benfica

sadiq umar- glasgow rangers

kelechi iheanacho- newcastle, westham

taiwo awoniyi- gent

simon moses- liverpool

isaac success- olympiacos

junior ajayi- sporting lisbon

Barcelona is also interested in Tosin Kehinde and Benfica is interested in J.OBI.

If I am to choose for them, this is my own choice.

Tosin Kehinde - Salzburg

Ahmed Musa - Olympic Marseille

Troost-Ekong - Lillle (no options)

Joel Obi - Benfica

Sadiq Umar - Rangers (no options)

Kelechi Iheanacho - West Ham

The rest no get options. They should go there.

Joebie:
Are u saying Fashanu made the move in behalf of NFF? “Fashanu said”is not concrete unless it was an NFF sanctioned move.

Pius has long recovered. At least he should be on our radar.

Jacob Adebanjo of Vitoria Setubal is also there.

BascoVanVeli:
If Etebo had been where he was supposed to be we would have been talking about Idowu having a monster game. Lets be honest Messi ran away from that wing. Idowu proved alot that day.

You sabi something.

ChrisKels:
Forgiveness please I am begging you stop peddling false rumours, I believe you are too old for this, I know Deji more than you do. The medium he chose to lay his claims was very wrong. That thing u posted up there was nothing but a comment the boy made on an article on completesportsnigeria.com. He never for once wrote Amunike. I read that comment that year and I didn't even know it was something serious. It's more like someone coming on this thread to create awareness instead of writing the NFF through mail.

That said, I want Rohr to invite that boy not even Aigbogun because I have been track in his development, he is that good.

By the way, I have been enjoying ur brainstorming argument with goldfish80, so please dont dont it with such lame post

Ok na

goldfish80:
It wasn't an exceptional save Oga. Under no circumstance should a keeper be beaten on the side of the post he covers in a free kick.

It was. Give it to the boy.

Spy360:
Too much oyibo in our squad cost us. We lacked the typical African or South American mentality that could have seen us through 4 to 10mins of that game.

An Ezenwa in goal could have killed that game totally.

Na coach kill match.

semid4lyfe:
I'll select the 23-man squad from this pool of players.

GOALKEEPERS
Francis Uzoho
David Nwokolor
Akpan Udoh
Dele Alampasu
Maduka Okoye

Doesn't make sense to have a 19yr old No 1 goalie and have backups in their late 20's and early 30's.


DEFENDERS
William Tróost-Ekóng
Leon Balogun
Chidozie Awaziem
Kenneth Omeruo
Olamilekan Adeleye
Tyrone Ebuehi
Musa Mohammed
Ebube Duru
Ikouwem Udoh
*Dominic Iorfa Jr
*Moses Odubajo
Deji Ousman Beyreuther

Notable absentees are Bryan Idowu and Ola Aina.

In my opinion, Ola Aina is not good enough. Bryan Idowu gets dropped cos of my preference for naturally left footed players as left back which is covered by Ebube Duru, Ikouwem Udoh and Deji Ousman Beyreuther.


MIDFIELDERS
John Mikel Obi
Wilfred Ndidi
Oghenekaro Etebo
Alex Iwobi
Kelechi Nwakali
John Ogu
Uche Agbo
Okechukwu Azubuike
Anderson Esiti
Tosin Kehinde

Dropped are Joel Obi and Oganyi Onazi


ATTACKERS
Paul Onuachu
Ahmed Musa
Moses Simon
Samuel Kalu
Taiwo Awoniyi
Henry Onyekuru
Sadiq Umar
Cyriel Dessers
Junior Lokosa
Victor Moses
Noah Sanreren Bazee
Isaac Success
Victor Osimhen
Kayode Olanrewaju

Dropped are Ighalo, Iheanacho and Simmy Nwankwo. Not good enough for me.

My eyes is on that Nigerian - Brazilian goalkeeper, he should be added on the list.

Who is Olamilekan-adeleye? Where does he play?

If you really watched the match against Argentina, you will respect Idowu for what he did on his wing to the extent Messi had to run away from that wing.

He's a very good player and with time he will gain experience and confidence to add attack to his game.

We still need him.

Ola Aina is equally a good RB. You don't know now because you only focused on the penalty he caused against Congo. I can tell you he is more attack minded than Ebuehi.

We still need him.

I don't agree Onazi and Joel Obi should be dropped because prior to the world Cup many fans wanted Etebo dropped but we know what's up now.

I will add Abdul Ajagun, Philip, Raheem Lawal, Tega Onomah, Ebere Eze, and Mikel Agu to the list.


In the attack, we just need to keep it open because their performance should speak for them.

Ademola-lookman should be our main target in the attack. He's going to be a big player. Nnechemi should also be targeted too. Peter Olayinka should be on the list because he was our best player in the Belgium pro league last season.

Tomorrow, some people will claim he didn't contact us before he plays for Germany or becomes another Alaba. Paul Aigbogun should please invite him for the U20 first and Rohr should give him a call too.


Evidence: Bundesliga Teen Star Deji Begged Ex U17 Coach Amunike To Invite Him In 2015

October 28, 2017
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Former coach of the Nigeria U17 team Emmanuel Amunike snubbed Eintracht Frankfurt enterprising German-Nigerian left full back Deji-Ousman Beyreuther from his U17 squad of 2015.

Owngoalnigeria.com has in it possession, the text of the letter written by the 18 year old who has broken into the first team of the Bundesliga side and made the bench in their 1-1 draw against Mainz 05 ‎pleading to be given a chance.

However his plea fell on deaf ears as the coach didn’t reply his message as he settled for other players who helped him win the U-17 World Cup in 2015.

Deji-Ousman is still keen on playing for Nigeria particularly as he is a left back, one area where Nigeria are currently shopping for more options as Elderson Echiejile is the only recognised left back available to coach Gernot Rohr.

See text of the letter written in 2015 in next paragraph.

Hello.
My name is Deji Ousman Beyreuther.
I was born in Göttingen and played for Sparta Göttingen. Then i moved to Hannover and played for Tsv pattensen.

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My Trainer was Stefan Mertesacker, father of per mertesacker(german national player). Next i moved to Frankfurt because family reasons. Now i play for the Bundesligaclub Fsv Frankfurt. I was born on the 06.09.1999 and play for the u17 squad.

I think its the right time for the national team. My mother Heike Beyreuther is German and my father Lukman Oladimeji is Nigerian.

I would like to participate in the Nigerian national team and not the German because i love the Culture, the passion on the Field and my motivation is my uncle Mohammed Oladimeji Lawal who also played for the national team.

I am actually a defensive middlefielder but play left defender and feel more confident on this Position as i played there this season in which we successfully finished on the 1. place. I weigh 65 kilogram and I am 1,78 tall.

My strong foot is the left one but have almost the same qualities in pass and dribble and skill with the right. My role is as an offensive left defender who supports the offense with dangerous crosses and direct longshots.

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In my first season at Fsv Frankfurt i became captain because I give commandos and support my team to lead to success. I follow every match of the golden eaglets and think that my abilities will support this team.

I hope to hear from you soon,
kind regards,
Deji Ousman Beyreuther.

http://owngoalnigeria.com/2017/10/28/evidence-bundesliga-teen-star-deji-begged-ex-u17-coach-amunike-to-invite-him-in-2015/

komekn:
Most top teams in the world cup have continous growth and improvement. Players are only dropped when they loose form and or another player is clearly better.

Form in the context of thier club and league.

Until we have selection by merit and not sentimental attached to hidden interests. The problem of the SE will not get better.

Exactly! But people here just wants to discard players in the name of rebuilding even if they are inform and in better league/club.

goldfish80:
Club rankings and coefficients are used for the purpose of seeding for championships, it is not a determinant of who is a bigger football country or club. For instance, Island is ranked in the top 20 by Fifa, do you by any chance think they are a bigger football nation than Nigeria ranked 50th?

So, if Real Madrid doesn't make UEFA Champions League for 5 season, it is still a top club?

So, for your mind Manchester United is the best club in Europe even better than Real Madrid?

So Arsenal is better than Athletico Madrid?

Very funny.

goldfish80:
Uefa coefficient is for champions league and EUROPA cup seedings. It has nothing to do with club status as regards world wide followership and actually valuation of a clubs worth. You get the picture?

Maybe you know better than UEFA that called it UEFA club rankings. Finito.

goldfish80:
After all said, Nigeria do not have the personnel and talents being courted by the big boys. That's the bottom line. And yes, Arsenal is much more a bigger club than the likes of Galatasaray and Porto whose players will consider it a step up if they signed for Stoke city not to talk of Arsenal.

Status of a big/top club is determined UEFA coefficient rankings. Finito

goldfish80:
You think they wouldn't have beaten new comers Panama and Island?
The Croatia who topped our group would have been considered minors in a group which had former world champions, Spain and current European champions, Portugal.

The same minor smashed 3 pass the current deputy FIFA World championships.

goldfish80:
Arsenal is a bigger club than those teams please. Arsenal can go to Porto and Benefica and sign any player from there in a heartbeat. Infact players from those clubs can even go on strike to push for a move to Arsenal but the reverse can never be the case.
Can you imagine Aubameyang, Oezil, Bellerin or Ramsey packing his bags to freaking Porto?

Does it change the fact that with those players and money Arsenal never cross UEFA Champions League R16 for the past 7 years?

While Porto and Benfica dey do that.

Since signing big names determines big clubs or performance in international competition, why Chinko clubs and Zenith st Peter no dey win FIFA World club competition or UEFA Champions League?

Neymar wan run for em life from PSG? Why?