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mostob:
So NFF has secretly relieved Ladan Bosso as the U20 coach and appointed one Aliyu as thr new head coach. This country na cruise.

The Aliyu is the El Kanemi coach that led them to Fed Cup final and their Continental outing.

Not a breath of fresh air but at least we can breathe

andrewbaba44:
Ademola lookman nominated for ballon d or

Lmao ,there is no way he won’t win apoty

I can’t wait abeg

That's what we are talking about!

Lesson to innit boys

For our mind nw, we all dey wait when Galatasaray go play their next league game..

So happy for lookman , it's sure he's winning APOTY now .... Couple of seasons in Europe then a very big cash out in Saudi Arabia

Ademola lookman nominated for balon d or... It's a naija thing now woooooowwww😩🥺
In the other news ronwen williams made I to the list too... Win for Africa

Very soon alot of foreign borns would love to play for Nigeria... No cap

Philosopher1979:
Victor Osimhen may be the best African player in the history of the italian league. See this

1. First African to be highest goal scoter in series a
2. His goal to minute ratio is only bettered by cristiano ronaldo and ronsldo da Lima
3. Highest scoring Africsn in thr history of serie a
4. Most expensive Africsn player

I don't know if he is the best but we have to put thus un perspective when rating him.
The guy deserves some respect.
I mean it takes c tonsldo to defeat his games to goal ratio. That is something else

You are taking over hype to another level 🎚️

What about George Weah 🙈

andrewbaba44:
Ademola lookman nominated for ballon d or

Lmao ,there is no way he won’t win apoty

I can’t wait abeg

Na this kind news Dey sweet person, hope no one will tell us he’s not world class tomorrow, awon waec external examiners 😜

Goke7:
Na this kind news Dey sweet person, hope no one will tell us he’s not world class tomorrow, awon waec external examiners 😜

You can say he is not world class ,but you can’t call him an average player ,Never

Congrats Ademola Lookman 2024 and only African Ballon d'Or player nominee

Here's the full recap of the 2024 Men's Ballon d'Or nominees!#ballondor pic.twitter.com/B9AG4nrc0N

— Ballon d'Or (@ballondor) September 4, 2024

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He broke George Weah's record of highest African goal scorer and he did it without playing for the big three AC and Inter Milan plus Juventus

komekn:
You are taking over hype to another level 🎚️

What about George Weah 🙈

AndSunGorilla:
And add Omeruo, Onuachu, Musa, Ekong (when in Turkey). In fact Emenike played his best games when he was in Turkey.

MODIFIED
I get your angle fully now, all the other names I put up there are inconsequential. Osayi and Dele are the koko here.

glad you understood it although it's futile as 'they' are well known for changing mouth in days that end in y.

Crucial Talks: Paul Onuachu might be going Turkish club Göztepe S.K on Loan 🇳🇬

- Trabzonspor wants him back but Goztepe deal more better. They’re still pushing
- Southampton wants him to stay but no assurance of first team football
- He wants to play
- Any Deal to happen in 2days

andrewbaba44:
You can say he is not world class ,but you can’t call him an average player ,Never

He did it for both club and country, that’s extraordinary and exceptional.

komekn:
You are taking over hype to another level 🎚️

What about George Weah 🙈

He dwarfed Weah in serie A. No just go there.

chrisooblog:
He broke George Weah's record of highest African goal scorer and he did it without playing for the big three AC and Inter Milan plus Juventus

Na u get time to Dey explain when evidence full ground. Explain till tomorrow Cynics don’t give a damn

TheSuperNerd:
The Osimhen welcome video at Galatasary is tops. That's how you make an entrance as the best of the best.

Top video from GALA. Osimhen will cook in the Europa.

Let's go! 🦸‍♂️

Team Gala!

komekn:
You are taking over hype to another level 🎚️

What about George Weah 🙈

Someone that has outscored George Weah with a mile gap that'll take years to break by another African player again. Dey play.

Maka shake table small abeg. Joy wan over wound me these two days...

BTW I'm still looking for Brahim Diaz on the list abi, them go still release 31–60? 👀

Everybody do the calms, Victor Osimhen dey come ✈️🦸🏾‍♂️👑

femianski:
Lookman got nominated for the ballon dor

this is huge for Mola. So happy for him. How I wish all these individual recognition and accolade are more beautified with an Afcon trophy which CIV denied him

More to come just matter of time!!

BankyGee:
Everybody do the calms, Victor Osimhen dey come ✈️🦸🏾‍♂️👑

do the calms no be small 🤣

BankyGee:
Maka shake table small abeg. Joy wan over wound me these two days...

BTW I'm still looking for Brahim Diaz on the list abi, them go still release 31–60? 👀

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

comodo:
He dwarfed Weah in serie A. No just go there.

Etoo too 🤣🤣🤣

mostob:
So NFF has secretly relieved Ladan Bosso as the U20 coach and appointed one Aliyu as thr new head coach. This country na cruise.

what do you mean by secretly? It was publicly announced

charlesemeka85:
do the calms no be small 🤣

😹😹

Joezinho:
Continuing…….

I am not gonna speak about kvaradona’s contribution to napoli’s title winning season because if I do, you lots will scream, ”you’re mocking your own”..”..This is so low, man..”

But we all know who carried who.

To be continued…..

You were not speaking about Kvara's contribution to Napoli's title winning campaign.. you downright talked down on Osimhen's contribution... I could go through your profile and pull out screenshots, but that would completely be unnecessary..

Like it or not, Osimhen is ours.. its only right that we support him...

BascoVanVeli:
I agree with u on the release clause. I feel Victor was trying to be too loyal to Napoli. But at the same time even without a clause Napoli would never let him go for peanuts.

There were two contract extensions.

The one of last season that upped his wages to ~€10M a year and inserted the €100M+ release clause into his contract. It also extended his contract from end of summer 2025 until summer 2026.

The 2nd one reduced his release clause to €75M and increased his contract from summer 2026 to summer 2027.

Usually, when players agree on a new wage/deal terms, they extend the contract as well.

He messed up by signing that initial contract extension. That is where, as you correctly put it, he was being too loyal to Napoli. He should have stuck to his current contract then that was due to expire in summer 2025. If he did, he could leave next summer on a free unless Napoli sold him for a decent price.

My thing is this, Napoli have a history of overvaluing players that prevent them from moving. Look at what happened with Koulibaly.

Kim-Min Jae left because he had a reasonable release clause in his contract (less than €50M). Release clauses rarely ever benefit the player, it’s mainly for the club. Only time it may benefit a player is if the release clause is reasonably priced.

Haaland’s release clause was €60M. High enough that not just any club can afford it, but not so high that it may impact the player’s future compensation.

People forget the equation for acquiring a player is transfer fees+wages. If a club doesn’t have to shell out €60M on transfer fees, the player can ask for a portion of that fee as a salary or signing bonus (like Mbappe).

Ademola's path to the African player of the year award looks sure now with that nomination. Two Nigerians winning it back to back is wonderful news for Nigerian football image.

If only our useless NFF weren't the cog in the wheel of our progress... imagine having a superb generation of players yet world cup isn't looking certain! Smh.

Back to back African footballer of the year and another Golden generation. Some millionaire just needs to risk it by funding a world class coach. We cannot waste another Golden generation

Bannedlargejr:
Back to back African footballer of the year and another Golden generation. Some millionaire just needs to risk it by funding a world class coach. We cannot waste another Golden generation

Walahi, it will be a travesty if this generation of players (arguably the most talented we've had since the 94 set) fail to qualify for two consecutive world cups, majority of our players are already in their prime 20's...NFF might as well be disbanded.

But the next generation are looking exciting:

Chrisantus Uche
Onyedika
Fisayo
Hamzat Ojediran
Victor Orakpo
Gift Orban
Vince Osuji
Akinsanmiro
Boniface etc

Iwobi, Ademola, Ola Aina, Osimhen, Ndidi, Simon Moses and Onyeka are already in their prime and need a world cup tournament.

mrwilliams9:
There were two contract extensions.

The one of last season that upped his wages to ~€10M a year and inserted the €100M+ release clause into his contract. It also extended his contract from end of summer 2025 until summer 2026.

The 2nd one reduced his release clause to €75M and increased his contract from summer 2026 to summer 2027.

Usually, when players agree on a new wage/deal terms, they extend the contract as well.

He messed up by signing that initial contract extension. That is where, as you correctly put it, he was being too loyal to Napoli. He should have stuck to his current contract then that was due to expire in summer 2025. If he did, he could leave next summer on a free unless Napoli sold him for a decent price.

My thing is this, Napoli have a history of overvaluing players that prevent them from moving. Look at what happened with Koulibaly.

Kim-Min Jae left because he had a reasonable release clause in his contract (less than €50M). Release clauses rarely ever benefit the player, it’s mainly for the club. Only time it may benefit a player is if the release clause is reasonably priced.

Haaland’s release clause was €60M. High enough that not just any club can afford it, but not so high that it may impact the player’s future compensation.

People forget the equation for acquiring a player is transfer fees+wages. If a club doesn’t have to shell out €60M on transfer fees, the player can ask for a portion of that fee as a salary or signing bonus (like Mbappe).

It’s easier said than done, if he didn’t prove to seen as loyal, many folks here would have bashed the player saying how ungrateful he is to the club. Too much analysis is paralysis and life is never straightforward most times you just live one day per time and hope that tomorrow is better. One major victory the player has achieved is to prevent humiliation from a club he helped to win a title by being confined to the bench and we just need to appreciate that.

All these talk about the Turkish league as if it’s in another continent outside Europe is what I don’t get, I bet you if this player had ended up in Saudi we will be hearing how finished he is as a player by naysayers. It’s high time we all move on and wish VO all the best in his career ahead. My focus now is what he can still deliver for our national team before he gets much older. Period