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Mujtahida:
Osimhen is too young, too good to go to Saudi sha

shey na old men full saudi?

Titian22:
Trust me had it been oshimen accepted Chelsea offer last season with conditions for top bonuses like qualifying Chelsea for champions league to top it 10M annual wage.....by now that wage for him would've been reviewed and improved upon because surely he would've not just qualified Chelsea for champions league but make them compete for epl trophy and also win Chelsea the champions league

He would've been a house hold name now in the world of strikers and the most talked about in the EPL

Tell Chelsea to go for him if they need a striker. It’s that simple instead of making assumptions

Lexusgs430:
Once I retire, I shall be enjoying my pension in places like Cape Verde, Dubai, Spain and Turkey......... 😂🦃😁🍗

Nigeria would still be better (but that would be in about 250 years)..... Shame I would have kicked my bucket and not witness that new Nigeria positive transformation........ 😁😂🇳🇬🤣

😂 carry uk money outside make we see. you think say you wise! 70 yr old man 😂

BankyGee:
Passing Yekini is no problem as long as he continues playing. 11 goals to go, e no go far.

Like I said earlier, if he decides to take a pay-cut to play for any EPL team, I dey with am. It will just set a negative precedent for African ballers, no matter how good you are, Osimhen will always be an example for you to take a pay-cut too, no matter your talent.

If he takes a pay-cut, no wam. The Saudi news is still a rumor by the way. Na till Fabrizio Romano post am and he go do medicals for Saudi I go even believe. Selah 🙃

In 10 more games and he will surpass, and even in fewer games if they supply him more.

TheSuperNerd:
And PSG did miss out on Osimhen no thanks to ADL. And still won a major continental title 2 seasons later.

Tbh, when I think of how ADL denied Osimhen that move and the fact that same PSG are UCL winners today dey pain me. Ahhh... we move.

My greatest pain of all, and that's why I no send any European club o, we can see it's not all about how good you are, so what will any player have done?

TheSuperNerd:
I hope you know the same fans who support the Saudi Move wont be able to also properly back him when years from now, we talk about Africa's finest strikers ever.

Eto'o, Weah, Drogba earned their stripes and legacies that still stand strong today in the best leagues in the world which is in Europe.

The standards have not changed and wont change for Osimhen. I love him. I always have even before the twitter influencers/banger boys took over his attention space but I wont stand by and watch him miss out on a chance to shoot above these greats or even level with them and stand in their league.

Money is good. Mathieu Flamini has it all when it comes to money but his football legacy is no bigger than Okocha's. Look at Okocha still reverred even on a UCL night where his former club PSG conquered europe. A good name/legacy in your sport/field is still worth so much more. The Good Book isnt wrong on that at all.

Will Napoli and their fans ever forget Osihmen? No, nah, for me, I look at these players first, their personality and their personal impact, before considering the general worldview. These guys are, first of all, humans just like every other professional out there in any field of endeavour. Osihmen has truly suffered in his career, injuries and all, and this game is not forever, so let's always remember that. Like I said earlier, it's a game of chance both for the clubs and Osihmen himself. Despite Ighalo playing for Man U, has he ever been seen as one of Africa's finest? So it's relative, I think we are over analysing this issue, let the player decide, but he must not be maligned for whatever decision he makes for his future. He's proven it in different countries, he's a great player, and one of our very finest from our shores.

TheSuperNerd:
If Osimhen retires today, what will his legacy be in African and world football?

APOTY after many years of no Nigerian winning, 2nd highest Nigerian scorer, that's a huge legacy already. For me, he still has more years in the National team, and I am more concerned with what he continues to deliver for the National team rather than all these European-ish wahala. If they don't want him, he can't force himself on anyone, and reducing his wages to please any club may earn him more disrespect. Like I said earlier, it's up to him sha make he think am wella.

It's the loss of European clubs to ignore Osihmen, imagine he was in a big club like Real Madrid, Arsenal, or Chelsea, who all struggled to win silverware this season. Perhaps his injury last season scared them all, but just imagine they took the chance like Galatasaray. And that's life, it's a game of chance. After all, who gave PSG a chance to win the Champions League this season, but it has happened like it happened for Galatasaray too, with two trophies.

Zahra29:
Two truths can coexist at the same time.

Illegal migration via boat crossers (and other routes e.g. visa overstayers) is a huge issue, no one is denying that. It is a harder nut to crack though due to international asylum, human right laws etc. However, the government is trying to tighten up some areas e.g. it recently passed a law that prevents anyone who entered the UK illegally from ever gaining UK citizenship.

However, polls have consistently shown that the vast majority the public sees legal immigration as a huge issue also, particularly since Covid.

This has been compounded by the 2021 Amsterdam School of Economics paper – ‘Borderless Welfare State: The Consequences of Immigration for Public Finances’ which concluded that some categories of immigrants make a negative net contribution to the public finances over a lifetime.

This paper has been seized upon by some politicians, civil servants, think tanks etc such as the Adam Institute, who have been making a lot of noise behind the scenes claiming that the post COVID immigration surge poses a significant risk to the welfare state due to the number that came in via "lower skilled, lower paid immigrants routes".

It’s the politicians that makes the public to feel so cos they will never segment the data properly for the public to get the right perspective which is deliberate for political reasons. For example the healthcare and care visas are not only for care workers, they include doctors, nurses and every specialised clinical professional working in that sector. How many of these people will solely rely on benefits in the future that will be a burden or threat to the society?

TheSuperNerd:
Since you put it that way, then take into consideration that Bruno worked his way up to earn such wages at Man Utd. He didnt become 2nd highest paid from day 1.

Bruno is 30. Osimhen is 26. Bruno has every reason now to go to saudi arabia both from a footballing and financial perspective. He is approaching his limelight years. Osimhen on the other hand is in his prime years. So Yes, they are not the same.

At 26 if we are honest osihmen may just have one or two more years left at his peak. So leaving out the financial aspect hmmm man has to get his calculations right to avoid too much stories later.

dubaiprince:
And you think the government does not know? They have all the data and have decided to pick what they want to please those putting pressure on them. You really think plans to increase the qualifying period to 10 years is to reduce net migration? I am not really a fan of discussing politics but what is happening is that the social welfare system is just becoming unsustainable and until priorities are set right, they will keep looking at the wrong places. People (including legal migrants) are paying taxes, NI and the likes and you are housing illegal immigrants in HOTELS? doing visa and pounds bonanza for Ukrainians and hong kongers. Countries like Germany with one of the biggest economies in the world or france collecting money from the UK and still turning a blind eye on illegals crossings mumu abi? The matter long and I don't believe with the brilliant people we have in parliament don't know what's going on. It's all politics

These ones were huge numbers and was largely responsible for the increase in net migration but no noise about it. Of course the war in Ukraine and the crisis in Hong Kong were used as justification as if there are no wars or crisis happening in other places. Like you said it’s all politics let’s just leave it there.

yinkeys:
It’s not as easy as you think
These guys risk their bones, health etc
What if he’s secretly battling injuries
Osimhen’s play style shows he risks his health to force goals, he plays with GRIT
Can you remember the frightening head injury he had years ago
What if he never got to play football again ?
Even though I don’t like the idea of Saudi yet, it would make him an underachiever based on his potential but at the end of the day it’s his life & body
Football can be very dangerous you know
Thank God Awoniyi was resuscitated from that coma

I remember mentioning this point too, it’s up to osihmen if he wants to take the risk to please fans who wants him to remain in Europe for lower wages. The same fans will mock him tomorrow.

dubaiprince:
As quoted by someone earlier. The benefits is the least of the factors most people consider for ILR. For me personally I dont think about it. Infact, I am not looking forward to it. Someone with personal purpose and high hopes which many legal immigrant fall into wont hope to be in a position to claim universal credit, job seekers allowance etc. Even the child benefit stuff is a joke of amount. Besides who wouldn't want his household income be above 80k all in the name of benefits that are monitored. Infact, Many immigrants household income (especially those in London and environs) is already above this. Many people paying nursery fees know that the difference between nursery fee even after applying the 15hrs universal free hours to fees without 15hrs is negligible. Nurseries will tell you the government support does not cover things like feeding the child, nappies etc. I don't see how the 30 hours will be or is any different.

I have always maintained that the social welfare system of the country is it's biggest problem. Until funds are channelled towards the real problems which is building additional infrastructure such as hospitals, schools, repairing the roads etc., they will keep running in circles. There are vacancies right, left, centre. It is ILR that is holding most migrants back.

The major problem about UK immigration, like I have always said, is deliberate and proper segmentation of immigrants; it's only the UK that keeps bundling all immigrants, including the ones termed as illegal, into one bucket. Other western countries have succeeded in defining different categories of immigrants, including the terms of achieving permanent residence under different categories and even timelines in some cases. This helps in controlling the amount and easily filtering those you want to permanently keep. From there, you can know those immigrants who will not be too much burden on your system, and you can then plan adequately for other things, like infrastructure, as you have said. But the UK keeps paying lip service to these things and keeps blabbing that it wants to attract highly skilled immigrants, and still treats them like trash at the end of the day, with all sorts of threats and disrespect, despite all that has been contributed by these hard-working immigrants. Of course, the country will keep running in circles until it is sincere about what it needs and what it doesn't want. You can't be making noise about stopping the boats, but you always end up inflicting emotional pain and uncertainty on those who are law-abiding immigrants.

TheGoodJoe:
Wrong move as far as I am concerned. Osimhen should have signed a short deal on reduced wages in a big club. Yes it is unfair that Europeans that are not as good as him can command big wages but to get himself on a platform to prove his greatness, taking a huge pay cut would have been the best option.

After proving himself on a big stage, he can push for a better deal or even move to cash out in a place like Saudi Arabia. At this time, a big platform is what Osimhen needs, not money.

Which big club is willing to do this? short deal for that matter

Mujtahida:
Hope no be another Brian Idowu be this?

mo gbo mo ya things

I think these guys just want remain in people’s minds that’s all 😂

Gerrard59:
I admire your evangelism!

Truth is: nothing beats being in your dominant land that is functioning and prosperous. Na why I envy Black South Africans. Wetin concern those ones with japa? As the African population rises, which means there will be MORE Black people than some racial groups, there will be further restrictive immigration policies. Gradually, everybody go begin answer their papa name.

Those ones Trump is suppressing despite being thousands of miles away, phew! You need to watch the SA President in one of their parliamentary sessions lamenting how the blacks do not possess ownership of their economy, I wonder what is to envied about people who are not economically free in their own land.

lavida001:
What were they thinking when issuing millions of visas.

These folks don’t want anyone else to share benefit money with them, but they want you to contribute to the system.

That's the reason behind all the noise o! na that benefit o and they must share it by force by fire you can't collect my hard-earned money and bolt away, for where!

Raalsalghul:
Yet you still go about encouraging folks to invest in the country: pouring their only leverage (raw cash) into an environment that's willing to use them and spit them out?

Hopefully you'll tone down on the "rent money is dead money" rhetoric this time.

Oga Lexus, don't want you to leave him in the UK, na. He's only talking out of love, oh!

BankyGee:
Leave them o...

If Osimhen dey perform, them go hide, once season end of if he get one bad game them go comot again, na their modus operandi be that. Not surprised.

I don't even know why they are so fixated on the player. Tomorrow they will say he's proud, another day he has attitude issues, he's in a retirement league, or he's not world-class; that's why he can't get a club, all sorts of nonsense. If he even takes a pay cut as they suggest, they will be back tomorrow to say he's because he's not world class, that's why he accepted a pay cut, mumu people.

Titian22:
In a league beneath his level? Some of you will hype and praise a man into oblivion

While some of you will bash him down to collect a pay cut

yinkeys:
He also has attitude issues, lack of professionalism. You will never find Harry Kane doing such.
He recently wanted to cause commotion on the pitch, calling an opponent to come off the pitch to fight
Osimhen is a very passionate player
I understand what adrenaline can do in high performing situations, but Osimhen don dey do too much
Maybe some managers don’t want to lose control of their dressing room that’s why he’s not the top 3 targets in Europe
I pray he gets a good club before the transfer window ends for Nigeria’s sake
Arsenal already got a more expensive but less experienced Sesko, maybe they are going the route of Newcastle
Just like how Newcastle got Isak from Sociedad early

and he has over 30 goals in a season with lack of professionalism, una funny o

kellycute:
why not take a pay cut in your office?

No mind all these children wey no get much responsibilities 😂

BankyGee:
True sha... Make the called up people sha try win or draw... 😁

Am sure and confident the boys will put up a fight, I'm just happy we are beginning to have more options.

BankyGee:
Unbeaten streak needs to continue, plus World Rankings too plus before Éric Chelle na only one friendly match we don win since 2019.

Then, how do you test new players and formations? Now we are thinking chuks can act as AM, that's what these kinds of games are for, especially when you're still trying to solve the weak points in your team, we better forget this African power house or giant thing and solve more weaknesses in that team. My opinion o! You should make your team stronger than pursuing rankings for now.

mekabuachi:
We no fit win Russia with these people ooh walai 😂


Chelle is daring sha😂... I'll give it to him

na must to win friendlies? this is where to experiment and not in competitive matches

jaxxy:
Buhari's men are not happy

But they dud all stop Tinubu from emerging, I think buhari should be blamed for not becoming the link with Tinubu on behalf of his boys.

Congratulations to mama peace e no easy

But who be that PhD or project supervisor wey go fail Mama Peace?

yinkeys:
Moroccan fans will go nuts if Hakimi doesn’t win
CAF will be forced to give Hakimi
It’s tight but I think Hakimi deserves it
UCL semi final & final goals
3 trophies especially for a defender
Morocco hosts a lot of CAF events these days

Egyptian fans nko Abi they too no get craze? 😂

Salah has become a global brand, if hakimi wins he should do 100 days of thanksgiving cos Salah record breaking season is no fluke o!

Ppogbae:
That Russian scoreline with Zambia worries me. Should Chelle beef up the squad? I trust our boys but I'm not so sure our 'B' squad can pull off the victory. The Russians are playing with a vengeance and will throw everything they have at us.

na ukraine we be? na friendly jare anyhow make we take am like that

MKPUOGALIGA:
No, stop inviting Iwobi. They boy is weak , no creativity, no vision , no ball carrying ability.

He's still got good passes we can't ignore, except he loses form, he's still relevant especially when Chuks become inconsistent

If we have another friendly, let Chukwueze maintain his newfound number 10 position, and let Iwobi move to the wings. Let's see if it clicks; we may be on the verge of something special as long as Chukwueze remains consistent. His goal against Rwanda in Lagos and what we saw yesterday truly is some food for thought.

TheGoodJoe:

I don't think being eager to go to play in Europe is the best choice. If there is a chance to work with Amorim, I will say Osimhen should take it. Amorim plays a refreshing attack system and it favors the striker. That is why Gyokeres is hot cake today. It is how he benefited from Amorim's system.

The only fear is that I foresee Amorim having a disaster season and I don't want Osimhen caught up on it. But, on the other hand, having Osimhen will be a big boost for Amorim and increase his chance over having a favorable season.

and you still want osihmen to take up the opportunity?