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Subzero047:
Marinelli, Nketiah

Though I believe Osimhen's best chance is at Arsenal

Nketieh ko Nkechi ni, I wish arsenal can sell all these useless dead woods

ChrisKels:
How discouraging was that Jide? Like hell, that was rather a challenge. People like Uzoho, Onyekuru, Felagha and co traveled as far as Senegal to play with Aspire, yet someone is scared of moving from Lag to Umuahia?

I understand the point he was trying to pass, but I think the tone was harsh

Triniti:
Why were you looking for tryouts when you know your parents can’t allow you to travel out of your comfort zone? Boy, are you sure you know how to play football? I think you should focus on your education. For you to make it in football here in naija, you will need to travel. I have seen teenagers go as far as Sudan, Ivory Coast, For trial not to talk of naija here

Which kain talk be this? You should encourage him not discourage

Kbs468:
Thank God it's not directly from me though

Sure I know

Joebie:
u are welcome..
and it doubles as my born day. I hope you are having a swell one already?

Happy birthday Oga Joe, wishing you more life

andrewbaba44:
Hmm alright

Happy new year

Same to you bro

Kbs468:
Chelsea fans, Would you still be proud of Your club after reading the below?

Chelsea Team Of The Decade Revealed : Mikel, Moses Outvoted; Babayaro Not Acknowledged


Chelsea have revealed their Team of the Decade that comes to an end today, with three former Nigeria internationals missing out.

Former Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel had been included on an 11-man shortlist along with current Chelsea boss Frank Lampard, N'Golo Kante, Cesc Fabregas, Ramires, Oscar, Jorginho, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Michael Essien, Mateo Kovacic and Nemanja Matic for three midfield positions.

Essien, Kante and Lampard were the three central midfielders selected by Chelsea supporters.

As for the first winger role, current Blues player Victor Moses was outvoted by one of the most talented players to grace the Premier League, Belgium captain Eden Hazard.

Celestine Babayaro, who won three Cups during his time at Chelsea, was surprisingly not nominated for the left-back position.

The three candidates were Ashley Cole, Ryan Bertrand and Marcos Alonso.

Chelsea Team Of The Decade (4-3-3 Formation) : Cech; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Cole; Essien, Kante, Lampard; Willian, Drogba, Hazard

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

Photo Credit : chelseafc.com
https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=34815

Babayaro left Chelsea since 2005 which kain journalism be this

tbaba1234:
Nigeria’s biggest unfulfilled talents of the decade

opera.com

Dec 31, 2019 3:48 AM

By Solace Chukwu


Musa Yahaya

It is perhaps best to let Manu Garba, who coached Nigeria to success at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, tell the story of what might have been for a player he insists was the best player in the UAE.

“During the World Cup, he (Musa Yahaya) was voted as the undisputed player of the tournament. I have the [ballot] in my house,” he told me in an interview in April.

“Unfortunately, they couldn’t give it to him because Kelechi (Iheanacho) was top in the highest goalscorer chart, so they decided to give it to Kelechi.

“I think he first signed for Tottenham and they loaned him out. If he had gone to the right club, I’m sure that boy could have been one of the best players, not just for the club, but all over the world.

“He’s a player that, when he’s on the ball, you can hardly track him down. He’s a good ball carrier, and he finishes very well too. He’s a disciplined chap. So, he’s just unlucky in, maybe, the contract he signed or the place he’s playing now. I understand that, at times, they even play him at right-back in the Porto B team.”

Nura Abdullahi

The story of Nura Abdullahi is a heartbreaking one.

A brilliant, promising right-back who dazzled during the 2016 UEFA Youth League, Nura was also a part of Roma’s title-winning Primavera side that year, and was promoted to the first team in 2017 before being loaned to Serie B side Perugia.

It was here that it began to go south for the then 21-year-old. In March 2018, he underwent a routine cardiological evaluation, and was advised to desist from sporting activity for 30 days, after which further tests would be conducted.

However, further tests brought to light the painful truth: Nura would have to give up football entirely, and thus a highly-rated talent was truncated well short of his prime. A sad outcome for a player who seemed destined for the top, and who had reportedly even caught the eye of Barcelona in the past.

Isaac Success

Searing speed, power, dribbling ability and calmness in front of goal: Isaac Success has it all. Or, at least, he had.

There was a time when it seemed almost a foregone conclusion that the Watford man would lead the line for the Nigeria national team for many years to come. Even though injury ruled him out for the majority of the tournament, he scored twice as Nigeria claimed victory in the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the UAE.

However, since moving to England, it has failed to come together for the former Granada man. In October 2017, it was reported he has been arrested after an unseemly escapade with prostitutes in a London hotel. He has also been manifestly overweight for much of his time with the Hornets, and has as such struggled with injuries despite brief flashes of promise.

He is another who, according to Manu Garba, had all the tools to be a success as a professional. The coach, however, alluded to some possible reasons for his struggles.

“He’s one of the players we knew that, given the right environment and discipline, if he was focused enough not to have any issues with his personal life, I believe he would have been one of the players to have made it. Because he is a ball carrier, very strong, very aggressive and he can shoot too.”

Kelechi Nwakali]

It may seem premature to include Nwakali here, but for a player who has been hailed as the future of the Super Eagles midfield, the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup Golden Ball winner seems to have stayed in one spot for the last four years.

Following his exploits in Chile, where he drove the Golden Eaglets to retain the title they had won two years earlier, he inked a deal with Premier League giants Arsenal. While work permit issues proved a hindrance in the early going, it seemed only a matter of time before he would prove his level out on loan, satisfy the requirements, and blossom into the player everyone had decided he would be.

The reality has been very different: a lack of consistency plagued Nwakali through his loan spells, and he was eventually let go by Arsenal in the summer. The desperate attempts to jumpstart his career via the national U-23 team backfired spectacularly as Nigeria failed to qualify for the 2020 Olympics, and a reported move to Huesca seems murky.

Imoh Ezekiel

There was a time when it seemed the Lagos-born forward would be in the middle of a tug-of-war between Nigeria and Belgium.

His very first season in the Jupiler League made it clear a player of immense potential had been unearthed. He scored 14 times and laid on a further five goals in 22 appearances in the regular season for Standard Liege, before powering them to the Europa League by recording three assists in a 7-0 pounding of Gent in the play-off.

The following season, he backed it up with a combined 18 goal contributions in 29 matches, and was unlucky to be left out of Nigeria’s squad for the 2014 World Cup.

What followed was one of the most difficult to understand transfer decisions: with a number of deals on the table and just shy of 21, Ezekiel opted for a move to Qatari side Al-Arabi.

He only spent six months in the Gulf before returning to Standard Liege, and then Anderlecht on loan. However, all of his momentum seemed to completely dissipate.

He gave a brief glimpse of what might have been, starring at the 2016 Olympics as Nigeria claimed bronze, but never quite hit the heights again. He now turns out for Belgian side Kortrijk.

Our then coach felt Shola Amoebi and Ejike Uzoenyi were better players, come and shout local coach again lemme knack you jazz

andrewbaba44:
Lol

If we have someone that has been a regular for Arsenal for some seasons I know how many people go dey worship am here

He didn’t make the German World Cup swuad from Sampdoria for nothing

You should know what it takes for someone to make the German team from Sampdoria

Yes dude has been bad,but make media take am easy

I think Dan is right, if he's African he won't even see arsenal to start with

ChrisKels:
Whenever I remember this incident, I say to myself, this boy is cursed

How a player in his right senses go dey mark referee bikonu?

He wasn't marking the referee, the referee blew for foul so he was trying to demonstrate that the offence wasn't a foul

charlesemeka85:
He is not good enough so get us a player from ur local league to replace him in the super eagles

I agree, David Mbaoma will do a better job

TheGoodJoe:
It is a thing of preference.

I can get why many prefer Fabinho, better footballer on the ball and with passes. However, personally, I feel the defensive side of the dmf role is more important than creativity. As long as the dmf can make simple passes for the other players in less risky position to create.

Ndidi has my pick because I feel he is more suited for what I think should be the role of a dmf.

100%

For a make shift Saka isn't doing badly at LB

Off topic, Haaland joins Dortmund

Aribo looking impressive so far

Curtisaxel7:
And where is Ikouwem Udoh, [b]that overaged fraudster [/b]that captained Aigbogun's scandalous U-20 team?. I remember people were clamouring for him to be invited to the SE to Marcelo-rize our left back spot for us.

Joebie:
Where is Junior Lokosa?

I think somewhere in Tunisia

TheGoodJoe:
He did not build the team, he took over them in days. Nothing wrong in them losing to a quality Malian side. The Malians had a far better put together team.

Some people did not know that after our loss in the AYC, some players were dropped and that spoilt the coherency of the team. For instance, a player like Emmanuel Aniele.

However, the win against the Irish was memorable and showed the capability of Thijs Libregts.

I think the NFA shouldn't have sacked Disu midtourney, they should have allowed him finish his nonsense. Was the victory over Ireland not via PK? We were even behind before Ikedia came on to run them ragged

TheGoodJoe:
Such a masterpiece. Thank you for this.

By the way, do you remember what was the reason for the departure of Thijs Libregts? I remember his training session in Nigeria 99 after he took over the team (before our game against Ireland with Robbie Keane and Damien Duff) in crisis from Tunde Disu. He took the players from What is football to the reason why they must pass instead of holding the ball. That brief session was so knowledgeable.

Knowledgeable training session that lost woefully to Seidu Keita and gang in enugu

charlesemeka85:
go and asleep my friend. chukwuma unuwa xavi iniesta my foot. so if you be rohr now you will bring him to the national team abi?

lol, that's how they said Nwakali is the second coming of zidane and Rhor should have taken him to Afcon, the less said about him the better

Philosopher1979:
Chukwuka unuwa is a highly rated play maker in the nigerian league. Heis compared to modric and plays for enyimba even though he used to play for mfm. Incidentally mfm is a good team witg young players. There former coach fidelis illechukwu spots talent. Stephen odey who is now in Belgium used to play for mfm fc

I bet you tot Odey was good enough for the eagles when he was with MFM but with the passing of time we've seen that he has a lot of work to do. Let this Unuwa go to a league with better competition, better facilities so we can see what he can do

Kbs468:


For just quoting the post now means you are still far far behind.

Please just read on Brother.

You will enjoy yourself along

lol, I'm even more angry sef, local players ko local rappers ni

charlesemeka85:
do you guys know that 60% of the current super eagles players where all product of various academies and amateur clubs before they left the shores of 9ja to europe? it's only musa,omeruo and shehu (dis one na federal character quota still they make am get invite ) are those who spent time in clubs from the npfl? musa played for a season (if am right) for kano pillars while omeruo didn't play up to a season with kwara united abi sunshine stars before they left for holland and belgium.

Etebo too

charlesemeka85:
the u20 and u23 teams which are suppose to serve as the nursery to the super eagles team were compromised but everyone turned a blind eye to it rather ranting and screaming that rohr should take the useless contract offered to him or he should leave.

the same abundant talents scattered all over nigeria were ignored when amakabo and the u20 coach assembled teams that are rated as the worst the country have come up with in this decade. nonsense!

Imama who has coached in the local league all his life said the local players are difficult to coach but then some people want them to flood our NT

charlesemeka85:
oga that is not suppose to be the duty of a national team coach. his main concern is tinkering the senior team and taking them to a better height. we are not in the 80's or early 90's when we lacked talents playing in top leagues in europe.

it is the duty of the nff and LMC to have a good developmental structure aimed at nurturing talents, coaches and development of the league. even a country like morocco that boast of one of the best leagues in africa rely mainly on their exports in top european leagues.

Belgium squad to the last world cup had only one home based player, I guess Martinez isn't doing enough to develop the Belgian league, maybe he should watch more local league games and bring in players to discard the likes of hazard and Lukaku

tbaba1234:
I agree.

I stopped taking him serious the day he tried justifying Keshi going to a tournament with Gambo Mohammed ahead of Osaze, Martins and Ik uche

safarigirl:
Blast from the past


abeg, who remembers these farmers?

Which of Siasia's players was it famously said of, that he should be selling toothbrush in Lagos hold up, rather than playing football?

May Afflcition not rise a second time.

benched iwobi for aminu

Icon79:
Omo, how many players do we have in Europe during Westerhof's era? Today, that 16 year Amokachie would be playing somewhere, in the backwaters, of Europe. And in addition, the Nigerian league is not as organized/competitive as it was back in the day. Hence, Rohr has no business staying in Nigeria. If we have any unpolished talented, they ought to be discovered by the cadet team coaches - U17, U21, U23 teams. Finally, Rohr has assistant coaches living in Nigeria who can monitor and recommend players for him.

Either way you look at it, the whole new clause craps is BS upon BS. Their only aim is to frustrate Rohr so he'll quit. I think they are getting tired of how Rohr has been calling them out for the unprofessional way they run naija footie. That's exactly why they want him out of the way. These people don't really care about whether naija footie is making progress or not as long as they can keep pilfering their loots.


O pari

you nailed it bro, and I think they want to install Salisu as the coach that's why they brought him back from his suspension and sent him to Rangers as coach

tbaba1234:
Westerhof era is a long time ago. There are no talents in the league. This is what Akpoborie said about a similar idea posed to him.

We are in 2019, football has evolved. Which of our league players today can play at the highest level?? They do not exist. The evidence is in the performances of our best exports.

you can't even be arguing with Joe on this, he doesn't like Rhor so he'll say anything to justify his exit

TheGoodJoe:
If Rohr stays far from Nigeria, he would not find the unpolished gems that could add a lot to the Super Eagles. Heck, the man hardly watches local games and have hardly scouted the home scene.

Westerhof found a 16 years Amokachi after watching a home game, who later became a quality player for club or country.

If Westerhof was based in Europe, he would never have noticed Amokachi and a host of others.

lol, unpolished gems that can't dominate African club competitions

andrewbaba44:
Nwakaeme with a goal ,17 games 5 goals and 4 assists

bang average

tbaba1234:
What is this one saying?

It looks like Pinnick is out to destroy the only national team that is doing well.

I swear