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Chrismario:
According to reports, he want UK citizenship

nonsense...I think illiteracy played a part there...currently the German passport is the most powerful in the world...
it gives same privilege a British passport gives and even more...and wit less requirements.

kellycute:
Leicester city need to fire Shakespeare asap. They all running like headless chicken. No tactic.

nacho made the wrong move....
Monaco or Germany would have been best for him....
his dad ..just one of those guiding him wrongly...so unfortunate

Icon79:
Yes. His brace on Saturday were both tap ins. In fact, I wouldn't even give the second goal to him because the ball was almost inside the net before he made any contacts.


O pari

and as weird as it may sound...we need that tap-ins in the SE....
it's like you never aware of his goals last season in the English championship...
all those goals were not tap ins...

moreover it is never easy to score such goals...it tells more of excellent positioning and body movement...
he is one striker that I fancy and I will love to see in the colours of SE....
his height and leg movement I like....

Icon4s:
Which ever o.

I tell you.....
we are suffering this much reason because our under 17 and 20 flopped...had it been we qualified and played in this year's mundial under 17&20 world cup...
hopefully stars 'ld have been discovered...
and likely drafted into the super eagles...
hopefully the next one...we meet up...

Icon4s:
May be Fashanu thought the likes of Yakubu, Martins, Osaze and ike Uche are still in the Super Eagles.

which ever illustrations fashanu choose to draw up just to cunning that boy play for Nigeria...I am wit him....

Icon4s:
You don't know Ike Uche or you are just being sarcastic.

Lol....

safarigirl:
I think we have heard enough from Fashanu.

Those in Tammy's position are in their thirties? No be striker e be?

Ighalo
Kelechi
Kayode
Nwakaeme
Dessers
Bonaventure
Osimhen

Which of them are in their thirties?

Dear relax...you don't just like this Tammy guy...at all..
I understand the dude messed up...but I believe he is being childish....let's press till the end...I see him like another dele alli

Nigeria
Ex England International Who Opt For England Ahead Of Nigeria Warns Tammy Abraham
Nigeria

Former England international John Fashanu has sounded a note of warning to on loan Chelsea forward Tammy Abraham to be careful when making a decision on his international future.
The England U21 international who is of Nigerian descent is mulling over a switch of allegiance from England to Nigeria at international level, with Nigeria offering him the chance to fight for a spot in their World Cup 2018 squad.
Fashanu who was in similar circumstances in the 80’s and early 90’s but opt for England, where he ended up with just three caps says it will be wise for him to switch allegiance to Nigeria than wait for a call up to the senior national team of England.
” A lot of has been said on this issue but as someone who has been in similar situation in the past, my advice to him is to switch to Nigeria. It’s clear they want him the more, at the stage it’s crucial to opt for the team that wants you the more”, Fashanu told Owngoalnigeria.com.

” He is talented and we all know it, but when you look at the English team, there are lot of youngsters ahead of him unlike in Nigeria, where those in his position are in their 30’s. Look at Victor Moses, Alex Iwobi and Ola Aina they are going to the World Cup..
” Shola Amoebi made the late switch to Nigeria and played at the World Cup, he could have played in more than one if he had made the switch earlier. Tammy Abraham should be wise and I expect his parents to guide him on this”.
Ade Emmanuel

Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori has refused to rule out the possibility of representing the Super Eagles in the near future, and the same applies to another member of the victorious England U20 World Cup-winning squad, Tottenham Hotspur's Josh Onomah.
Tammy Abraham was seriously considering turning out for the Nigerian national team, only for the Nigerian Federation to make him pull the plug on his plans after they went to announce they were on the brink of securing his services, which infuriated the authorities in England.
''It's still the same thing for Tammy Abraham, England have eyes on him as there's talk he could be recalled from his loan spell at Swansea City,'' a top source told
allnigeriasoccer.com .
''He doesn't have a chance with England when they have Rashford, Defoe, Kane. It will be hard work for him except England cap-tie him to get Nigeria out of the way and they have no competitive games before the World Cup.''
He added : ''Fikayo is open to playing for anybody, he was born in Canada. He won't be too difficult to convince, anybody that comes first he'll play.
''Josh Onomah too does not have a problem. He has been approached but these things should be done in secret.''
Victor Moses, Alex Iwobi and Ola Aina, who all featured for the Super Eagles against Zambia, had caps for England youth teams before they applied for a change of association.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
Photo Credit : twitter.com/


http://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=25042

this guy have started again... he just wanna take advantage of us.. wicked messi

elyte89:
Boss,am only imitating our unofficial scout here who love to mention any name dey come across, d ajaguns,onomah josh,Aiyenugba and co's
Ever since Mikel Agu messed,I dont take dem serious again,dey shouted Mikel Agu's name b4 his invitation like say no o,d guy na one Ronaldinho,shio,yeye ppu



National team is not a tea party,if u dont av anything extraordinary to give asyde what dis present crop of players are doing,deres no point extending invitation to such players.
I dont mind if rohr retains those called up against Cameroon and Zambia, den maybe give a chance to any new left back,good central back/midfielder, and an out-out striker(dts if any),if not,am only expecting a 27-man pre-lim team list to b pruned down to final 23man list for strong cohesion and maintain b present team brotherhood.

We dont want d usual 60man list 2months b4 worldc cup like what our predecessors av done,dts counter productive.
Like d Yoruba's will say,E ma ko iru mo shapa.

you're spot on...
though these English young blood need to be looked into...
anyone that accept our advances...should je capped...immediately at least to save for the future

Icon79:
And we're talking about two TAP-INS. The NFF should just forget that guy. He had his chance and simply decided to pitch his tent with the 3 Lions. God luck to him. I have totally lost interest in him .... unless he transforms into Leo Messi or Gabriel Jesus tomorrow.

....moving on.


O pari

are you talking of Tammy Abraham...?

daveP:
Uche is very good at this; gets new form once naija qualifies to attract call up, selection. Smart guy! I miss him though.

he should look the other way....
Dennis and yinka are still there....they've not been looked at yet...even dessers.

Mickael2:
Mikel Agu scores.

Interesting Ekong is the ball player in a 3man backline and he hasn't been bad

bro .do you mean same mikel agu that plays for the SE?

had it been he has not been tested and tried now....whistleblowers here...won't let us rest...though i am sometimes inclusive...

glad he has been tested...we know what he can offer....
reason why I see that call for ike uche as fluke...he needs to be consistent...to draw attention let alone get super eagles call up...

#nice one from mikel though...

komekn:
Obagoal and Ighalo

unfortunately the first won't be going to the world cup...
ighalo already took the slot for the oldies upfront....
someone like dessers,nacho nwakeme should he play well against Algeria, and Tammy if he switch...though unlikely...

alot can still happen though...but your beloved obagoal won't make that list...

Mickael2:
I bet you are one funny man, probably laughing at yourself right now.


If you were serious, then you exemplify all that is wrong with Nigeria if you somehow think that Ik Uche is not atleast 3times better than Nacho as a top 9 in top form

who is ike uche please?

mind you...you talking of a striker who has netted 7 times in less than 12 games for the SE....

your sentiments won't allow you say the truth....even enemies of nacho know his worth and how lethal he can be infront of goals....

please tell me of someone else...like Dennis, dessers, Tammy and not one player I will have to Google to know who he is

forgiveness:
So, if Sadiq scores more goals than Onyekuru, Kelechi Iheanacho, Kayode Olanrewaju, Osimhen and Tammy Abraham, he is not eligible for the 2018 World cup, ba?

What is the criteria for invitation to the national team?

thank God you say if....
which is conditional...of course I know It is only an illusion...

Mickael2:
quick question, Ik Uche in top form, Martins in top form, Ighalo in his present form and Nacho in his present form, which two strikers would you rather take to the world cup?

ighalo and nacho.....

goldfish80:
Why? Because he wants the Nff to implement a grassroot project to discover talents?
I tire for una sometimes.

he keep saying talents abound in the league....same league I watch on tv
he talks wayside sometimes....

I remember how he kicked against the employment of rohr....citing his failures before he even get to start the job...

Humility017:
Football
Stop begging Nigeria-born foreign players to play for Eagles, Onigbinde tells NFF
By Alex Monye
16 October 2017 | 4:10 am

Former Super Eagles coach, Chief Adegboye Onigbinde has called on the Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF) to stop pleading with Nigerian -born foreign players across Europe to play for the national team , saying such trend could hamper the nation’s football development efforts.
Onigbinde described as a big shame the recent trend in which a nation that has produced former winners of the prestigious African footballer of the Year award like late Rashidi Yekini, Victor Ikpeba, Emmanuel Amuneke and Kanu Nwankwo are wooing foreign players of Nigerian descent to play for the Super Eagles .
The FIFA technical adviser advised the NFF to create a programme to discover talents from the Nigerian league system and the grassroots, saying if a technical team was constituted to watch every league game in all centers every season, national team coaches would have a pool of talents to choose from while preparing their teams .
The former member of the NFF technical committee advised Nigerian coaches to update their knowledge of the game to meet the current standard of their counterparts in Europe, adding that if Nigeria did not produce good coaches, there is no way they would churn out quality talents.
“I find it embarrassing that Nigeria is begging Europe-born players to play for the Super Eagles. If in the past the country produced quality players, I see no reason it cannot happen now. The problem is that the NFF doesn’ t have a developmental plan. This is why they focus on getting other players.
“If a technical team were sent to all league venues to watch players and pick the best and send it to a particular data base in their Abuja office , such players will be monitored from time to time and Nigerian coaches at the end of the day would have a pool of players to pick from .
“Anybody that says Nigeria no longer has talented footballers is not being fair. There are quality players everywhere in the league, under the bridge and the grassroots, but there is no adequate mechanism put in place to search for them.
“It took me some minutes to pick Vincent Enyeama as my number one goalkeeper for Super Eagles after watching him in a game. I had never met him before I made that decision,” he said.
Onigbinde also advised the NFF to ensure the Super Eagles prepare well to make an appreciable impact in Russia.

https://m.guardian.ng/sport/stop-begging-nigeria-born-foreign-players-to-play-for-eagles-onigbinde-tells-nff/

somebody should please tell this man to mind his business

elyte89:
Oh,ikechukwu uche should b in the team going to world cup o

I don't understand you guys...so because he scored a brace..he should be heading to the world cup...

you guys think the world cup is a wild party....I understand if some of us were in rohr shoes....we don't mind take not less than 45 players to the world cup.....

Football
Stop begging Nigeria-born foreign players to play for Eagles, Onigbinde tells NFF
By Alex Monye
16 October 2017 | 4:10 am

Former Super Eagles coach, Chief Adegboye Onigbinde has called on the Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF) to stop pleading with Nigerian -born foreign players across Europe to play for the national team , saying such trend could hamper the nation’s football development efforts.
Onigbinde described as a big shame the recent trend in which a nation that has produced former winners of the prestigious African footballer of the Year award like late Rashidi Yekini, Victor Ikpeba, Emmanuel Amuneke and Kanu Nwankwo are wooing foreign players of Nigerian descent to play for the Super Eagles .
The FIFA technical adviser advised the NFF to create a programme to discover talents from the Nigerian league system and the grassroots, saying if a technical team was constituted to watch every league game in all centers every season, national team coaches would have a pool of talents to choose from while preparing their teams .
The former member of the NFF technical committee advised Nigerian coaches to update their knowledge of the game to meet the current standard of their counterparts in Europe, adding that if Nigeria did not produce good coaches, there is no way they would churn out quality talents.
“I find it embarrassing that Nigeria is begging Europe-born players to play for the Super Eagles. If in the past the country produced quality players, I see no reason it cannot happen now. The problem is that the NFF doesn’ t have a developmental plan. This is why they focus on getting other players.
“If a technical team were sent to all league venues to watch players and pick the best and send it to a particular data base in their Abuja office , such players will be monitored from time to time and Nigerian coaches at the end of the day would have a pool of players to pick from .
“Anybody that says Nigeria no longer has talented footballers is not being fair. There are quality players everywhere in the league, under the bridge and the grassroots, but there is no adequate mechanism put in place to search for them.
“It took me some minutes to pick Vincent Enyeama as my number one goalkeeper for Super Eagles after watching him in a game. I had never met him before I made that decision,” he said.
Onigbinde also advised the NFF to ensure the Super Eagles prepare well to make an appreciable impact in Russia.

https://m.guardian.ng/sport/stop-begging-nigeria-born-foreign-players-to-play-for-eagles-onigbinde-tells-nff/

MhizzAJ:
Oluwasaeon your attention is needed here

from your dp....which of the lady are you?

moreso, I saw your comments on premarital sex the other day...

Nigeria Top Headlines
Highly Rated Tottenham Hotspur Prospect Opt For Nigeria Ahead Of England

Nigeria have once again beaten England to the services of another player with Tottenham Hotspur highly rated 17 year old Moroyin Omolabi committing his international future to Nigeria ahead of the land of his birth.
According to the father of the defensive midfielder who is also comfortable in central defence his son dreams of representing Nigeria at the World Cup, and that could come as early as the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
” My kids are three in Number, Moroyin has two other brothers Ifeoluwa and Tomiwa and despite being born in England these kids love Nigeria. We hail from Abeokuta but I grew up in Lagos before I moved to England some 30 years ago.
” My son told me he will be the anchor position leading Nigeria to the 2022 World Cup.. Dad just watch out for me he said”, Omolabi senior told Gongnews.net.
Tipped for quick promotion to the first team of Tottenham Hotspur his decison to opt for Nigeria will no doubt hurt the English FA who are already fuming after losing ex youth internationals Alex Iwobi, Victor Moses and recently Ola Aina to Nigeria.
http://owngoalnigeria.com/2017/10/15/highly-rated-tottenham-hotspur-prospect-opt-for-nigeria-ahead-of-england/

I believe...it is high time they look into the pay structure of some of this foreign companies especially those in the telecom sector.....
the pay not encouraging despite the huge sum they make....moreover the workers work their ass out....

tbaba1234:
Torunarigha is getting familiar with the bench in recent weeks. Once the german dream begins to fade, his ex international dad will then change his mind.

Like Iorfa like Ojokojo

don't mind him...good for him and his father

Nigeria
Super-Sub Samuel Kalu Fire Brace For Gent, Moses Simon Claim Assist, Esiti Subbed Off
Belgium top division side Gent had their Nigerian forward Samuel Kalu to thank after he rose from the bench to score both goals which gave them a 2-0 win over Waasland Beveren in a First Division A game in Belgium.
Kalu was introduced in the 66th minutes with scores levelled at 0-0 and the 20 year old settled into the game nicely, slotting home his first of the game in nine minutes after his introduction.
Five minutes from full time he completed his brace which wrapped all three points for his team, thanks to his fellow Nigerian Moses Simon whose strong effort was parried onto the path of Kalu to score.
The brace took the goal tally of Kalu to three in seven games, same amount of goals he scored last season from 16 games following his signing in the January transfer window.
In the same game out of favour Super Eagles midfielder Anderson Esiti was on for 70 minutes before he was substituted in the game where he picked up a booking in the 50th minute.

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Nigeria Leon Balogun Not Getting Games At Mainz 05 After Refusing To Sign Contract Extension

The curious case of one of the best defenders in Africa Leon Balogun not getting games at Bundesliga side Mainz 05 has provoked an explanation from German Journalist Roland Mark.
Balogun was once again left on the bench yesterday when Mainz 05 defeated Hamburg 3-2 in league game, meaning so far he has only played three league games out of the 8 games played so far.
He has played only in games against Bayern Leverkusen, Bayern Munich and Hoffenheim with a total of 270 minutes under his belt since the start of the season in Germany, same game time he has had for Nigeria in one months of World Cup 2018 Qualifiers.
” It is connected with his contract. The club are already planning for life without him, which could be next season with his contract set to run out this next summer, when he will be away at the World Cup with the senior national team of Nigeria “, Mark told Owngoalnigeria.com.

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” It’s no secret that he is one of the best defender in Africa at the moment judging by his performances for Nigeria during the World Cup 2018 Qualifiers, yet he has refused to sign an extension at the club.
” I don’t know if the club offered him an extension but I know he hasn’t signed one yet. Hopefully he will move to a club befitting of his status next season after the World Cup “, Mark concluded.
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Nigeria Kingsley Michael Show Class In Debut Game For Bologna, Orji Okonkwo Hit Brace
Nigeria youth international Kingsley Michael made his debut for Italian Serie A side Bologna starring for the U19 in their 5-1 thrashing of their Chievo counterparts in a Primavera 1 game .

Michael was handed a start in the game following the success of his work permit application, and the midfielder known as Kaka Trigger by friends and family proved his worth.
He bagged an assist in the same game where his childhood friend and Nigeria youth international pal Orji Okonkwo fired a brace in front of the President of the Serie A side.
Okonkwo who is already a first team member was by far one of the best players of the U19 last season and scored his first senior goal before the international break.
Kingsley on his part will be hoping to emulate the success of Okonkwo who progressed from the youth team to the first team and made his Serie A bow after just three months at the club.

Rohr Reacts To Abraham's Decision To Play For England Instead Of Nigeria
Published: October 15, 2017


Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr is not worried over Tammy Abraham's decision to snub a potential call-up to the Nigerian national team after recently pledging allegiance again to his country of birth, England.
Nigeria Football Federation supremo Amaju Pinnick claimed to have held positive talks with the Chelsea loanee and his camp last month, only for the striker to rubbish reports that a switch to Nigeria was on the cards.
''Rohr is not losing sleep over Tammy Abraham’s decision to play for England instead of Nigeria,'' Eagles spokesman Toyin Ibitoye was quoted as saying by scorenigeria.com.ng.
''Things might change in the future, but the man is not worried over Tammy’s decision and won’t be losing sleep over him.
''The coach is focused on looking for players who are ready to play for Nigeria out of their own volition.
''He said he is looking for players who are ready to give him 200 percent when they play for the national team.''
Abraham netted his third and fourth goals in the Premier League as Swansea City beat Huddersfield Town 2-0 on Saturday.
Igho Kingsley
Photo Credit : swanseacity.com

TheGoodJoe:
So we should find excuses to shun the best way. If Westerhof could camp and Siasia could, then I will not buy money as an issue.

Keep in mind Rohr carried out a screening exercise. Let us do things the right way. Seeking transfer is not a guarantee of getting the right club, role or treatment.

That we do not have control of. What we can control is selecting the right players in each role, negligent of bias.

please teach me...how to post news and images rightly here

Germany U20 World Cup star Jordan Torunarigha is finding game time hard to come by in the German Bundesliga this season, with the defender watching proceedings from the bench as Hertha Berlin lost 2-0 to Schalke 04 on Saturday.
Although Torunarigha has played mainly as a left-sided central defender in the current campaign, the 20-year-old is thought to be the mysterious left back national team Gernot Rohr has beamed his searchlight on as cover for the much-maligned Elderson Echiejile ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
According to the reliable Scouts In Attendance , a representative from Barcelona was spotted in the stands during the meeting between Hertha Berlin and Schalke 04, which finished 2-0 in favour of the visitors.
Jordan Torunarigha has yet to be promoted by the German Federation to their U21 squad, but he is one of the most important members of the U20 team, captaining the side against the Netherlands during the last international break.
Born in Chemnitz, Torunarigha has caps for Germany at U16, U18, U19 and U20 level.
The 20-year-old operated as a left back in Hertha Berlin's controversial 1-0 loss to östersund in the Europa League on September 28.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel