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Amedino99:
Young, plays in the premier league for a traditional top 4 team already, scored in the premier league. His 3 lions debut was only a matter of time and never in doubt. The last english talent that plays for a top 4 team and we wrestled from England was iwobi. And that was only possible through Okocha and the fact that we gave him his first cap without even minding that he had no prior senior team minutes under his belt. Take out okocha out of the equation and we wont have iwobi right now. We play under unfair circumstances in this player transition climate.

Sad we have funny rules when it comes to Nigerian football space. Nonsense talk like "his time will come" OR "Many are ahead of him. He should be patient" naim dey kee naija footie. And na 90s set tok this nonsense pass.


No be say we sabi pass those that are doing it sef.

17yo, 18yo. Others are breaking the barriers with raw talent, we still dey do pyramid of seniority.

If Ngomoha, Nwaneri and Zadok were in u17 camp, Na bribery and corruption dey go use drop them. If they're lucky to make u17 team and dazzle, they no go gree Eric Chelle to include them directly into senior team.

minfelix:
Like this im even limiting Morocco win to only vs Haiti🤣

Their backline go hearam

I’m seeing teams being welcomed across different states in the US by their fellow countrymen and it’s amazing to watch. Imagine the SE arriving in Houston regarded as American naija city because it has the largest naija populations in the US. We really missed out by not qualifying for this WC sha.
GOD punish NFF.

marriseller:
See question

When you’re done laughing, please answer.

chrisooblog:
Since the Mikel Obi transfer saga don't think we've seen a Nigerian youngster with so much transfer hype, particular to the EPL.

Pray he surpasses our expectations.

Amen o

Moniter0:
Some people for no let us hear word if that Portugal's second goal fired from outside the 18 yard box that the Chilian Goalkeeper let in was conceded by Maduka. But some people that have seen it are doing as if not happened while waiting and lurking around the Internet space for the next time a goalkeeper will make a save from a longshot outside the 18 yard box and rush to post the link here in order to spite maduka


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmxTq0WyB9w?si=iDhMcXbPrXgvneuf

I swear 😂😂😂

he is not even better than Moffi.

Sugarboyy:
Sadiq better than Adam? You well at all?

Joebie:
he is not even better than Moffi.

That guy definitely dey on something before he write that stuff 😂

na weekend night thinz

BankyGee:
That guy definitely dey on something before he write that stuff 😂

charlesemeka85:
💥 BREAKING | Zadok Yohanna to Brighton - DONE DEAL ✔️

Full agreement reached. €28m fixed fee plus €2m in add-ons. Contract until 2031. All done and sealed. Verbal agreement was already reached as excl. revealed.

The 18 y/o talented winger has chosen Brighton despite interest from several other top clubs.

Announcement expected soon. @SkySportDE 🇳🇬

Football na ponzi scheme.

AIK signed Zadok for €750000 in July 2025 and are selling less than a year later for €28m. Very astute business for AIK.

I hope Ikom Allah Football Academy inserted a sell on clause when they sold him to AIK and are benefitting from this deal.

Best of luck and success to our new Super Eagle.

Wahala. 😂🤣

Moniter0:
Some people for no let us hear word if that Portugal's second goal fired from outside the 18 yard box that the Chilian Goalkeeper let in was conceded by Maduka. But some people that have seen it are doing as if not happened while waiting and lurking around the Internet space for the next time a goalkeeper will make a save from a longshot outside the 18 yard box and rush to post the link here in order to spite maduka


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmxTq0WyB9w?si=iDhMcXbPrXgvneuf

You sef dey all over social media waiting to see outside shots that beat goalkeeper so you come and protect Maduka here abi😅😅😂
This particular goal is usual outside shots we see that scores goalkeepers

semid4lyfe:
Football na ponzi scheme.

AIK signed Zadok for €750000 in July 2025 and are selling less than a year later for €28m. Very astute business for AIK.

I hope Ikom Allah Football Academy inserted a sell on clause when they sold him to AIK and are benefitting from this deal.

Best of luck and success to our new Super Eagle.

Widely reported figure was €200,000

opes:
Widely reported figure was €200,000

€200,000 makes it an even bigger margin which only reinforces my point.

FiveFootNinja:
Wahala. 😂🤣

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semid4lyfe:
Football na ponzi scheme.

AIK signed Zadok for €750000 in July 2025 and are selling less than a year later for €28m. Very astute business for AIK.

I hope Ikom Allah Football Academy inserted a sell on clause when they sold him to AIK and are benefitting from this deal.

Best of luck and success to our new Super Eagle.

Under fifa rules there is a fee that must be paid to the academy. It's statutory. Online reports say over a million dollars is going to Ikon Allah academy

Mujtahida:
Under fifa rules there is a fee that must be paid to the academy. It's statutory. Online reports say over a million dollars is going to Ikon Allah academy

The academy owner don cash out massively!

Let's focus more on our academies... It seems like the NFF aren't ready to fix the rot in our grassroot team with their constant recycling of coaches and allowing bribery be the major criteria for selecting players for the team...
How can we be overlooking reputable academies like this Ikon Allah and Beyond limit and be inviting players from Yum Yum FC and Water FC??

Joezinho:
I’m seeing teams being welcomed across different states in the US by their fellow countrymen and it’s amazing to watch. Imagine the SE arriving in Houston regarded as American naija city because it has the largest naija populations in the US. We really missed out by not qualifying for this WC sha.
GOD punish NFF.

It's not NFF's fault. They did their best.

Im inclined to agree with you. Before osimhen returned to the team during the qualifiers all our goals scored during the first 4 matches were by people playing behind the strikers. Iheanacho (2), fdb (1) and onyedika (1). We played 4 matches, drew 3 against zimbabwe, lesotho and SA and lost 1 against benin. a win in any of the first 3 would have gotten a slot at the world cup if only the strikers then knew how to score. A draw against benin would have left us on 18 points with SA. We would have advanced on gd. Nff messed up with the coaching selection but you dont need guardiola to beat lesotho for God's sake.

Truidstarr:
It's not NFF's fault. They did their best.

Truidstarr:
It's not NFF's fault. They did their best.

I would say it’s 60percent nff’s fault …Dey couldn’t play the political side of the game(allowing South Africa to play us on a bad pitch ;coupled with allowing South Africa to host other countries games in our group in their home (ANY NORTH AFRICAN FA WOULD NEVA ALLOW SUCH)


Number 2 …even our so called best pitch (to national stadium)🏟️ doesn’t have a smooth surface playing pitch for our European boys to excel well: we can’t compare the pitch we experienced in Morocco 🇲🇦 last afcon to uyo stadium. This number 2 issue needs to be fixed asap ,or else we might not qualify for the next World Cup ..this stadium issue also affected us in 2022 World Cup qualifiers..I have noticed the wcq result pattern (we hardly win at home due to point raised above)

elyte89:
I would say it’s 60percent nff’s fault …Dey couldn’t play the political side of the game(allowing South Africa to play us on a bad pitch ;coupled with allowing South Africa to host other countries games in our group in their home (ANY NORTH AFRICAN FA WOULD NEVA ALLOW SUCH)


Number 2 …even our so called best pitch (to national stadium)🏟️ doesn’t have a smooth surface playing pitch for our European boys to excel well: we can’t compare the pitch we experienced in Morocco 🇲🇦 last afcon to uyo stadium. This number 2 issue needs to be fixed asap ,or else we might not qualify for the next World Cup ..this stadium issue also affected us in 2022 World Cup qualifiers..I have noticed the wcq result pattern (we hardly win at home due to point raised above)

To be fair, with regards to your second point, we can't entirely blame the NFF...
The NFF doesn't own or control any pitch in Nigeria... They only make use of the ones available..
The real blame should be on the government through the National Sports Commission who have continued to neglect our national stadiums...
It's shameful that we constantly have to depend on a state government owned stadium in Akwa Ibom to bail us out while leaving Federal Government owned stadiums in Abuja and Lagos in bad conditions..


Modified...
The part I'll really blame the NFF on was their appointment of Finidi... Worst still, they allowed him turn the national team to an experiment ground for NPFL players during a crucial world cup qualifier...

Danielnino00:
To be fair, with regards to your second point, we can't entirely blame the NFF...
The NFF doesn't own or control any pitch in Nigeria... They only make use of the ones available..
The real blame should be on the government through the National Sports Commission who have continued to neglect our national stadiums...
It's shameful that we constantly have to depend on a state government owned stadium in Akwa Ibom to bail us out while leaving Federal Government owned stadiums in Abuja and Lagos in bad conditions..


Modified...
The part I'll really blame the NFF on was their appointment of Finidi... Worst still, they allowed him turn the national team to an experiment ground for NPFL players during a crucial world cup qualifier...

From the structure..NSC /NFf work together,Dey re like twins ..Dey need to come together and give us a 2 grade A STANDARD FOOTBALL PITCH with flood lights where we can host qualifiers by 6pm earliest ..I can bet it with u ,dt with a good playing surface under the right weather condition even if finishdi is the coach …I can say authoritatively that we would defeat any average African side at home …our poor home result in wcq since 2022 is our greatest undoing and if this pattern continues we would still struggle to qualify or might not even qualify but of course ,our nff don’t learn ..I av noticed this poor result home games since 2022 World Cup qualifiers.we need to change that pattern by addressing it ,if not we re not going to qualify for the 2030 World Cup even if pep guardiola is our coach

elyte89:
I would say it’s 60percent nff’s fault …Dey couldn’t play the political side of the game(allowing South Africa to play us on a bad pitch ;coupled with allowing South Africa to host other countries games in our group in their home (ANY NORTH AFRICAN FA WOULD NEVA ALLOW SUCH)


Number 2 …even our so called best pitch (to national stadium)🏟️ doesn’t have a smooth surface playing pitch for our European boys to excel well: we can’t compare the pitch we experienced in Morocco 🇲🇦 last afcon to uyo stadium. This number 2 issue needs to be fixed asap ,or else we might not qualify for the next World Cup ..this stadium issue also affected us in 2022 World Cup qualifiers..I have noticed the wcq result pattern (we hardly win at home due to point raised above)

After Piserio left, Eguavoen and the technical committee drew up a shortlist of 3 coaches, Eric Chelle was favored to get the Job. The then sports minister forced the NFF to give it to Finidi after a visit by some 94 Eagles (Amuneke, Oliseh and Amokachi) that one of their set must get the job. Hence the appointment of Finidi who was already part of the system. If NFF had appointed Chelle from the beginning we could have had at least 4 points against South Africa and Benin. Let's not also forget Ekong blunder against Zimbabwe and South Africa.

So full of confidence.

“My teammates in Nigeria call me Riyad Mahrez, they said I dribble & play like Riyad Mahrez not even Lamine Yamal or Olise & Riyad Mahrez is underrated but I love him”

——Zodak Yohanna pic.twitter.com/5EvF910gDy

— D3VID 🐢 (@DurkioWiz_) June 7, 2026

Since the deal has been sealed, is it late for Zadok to join the boys preparing to face Portugal?

ChrisKels:
Since the deal has been sealed, is it late for Zadok to join the boys preparing to face Portugal?

For what reason? Not necessary,it’s just a friendly..let him settle down with his new club ,he can always come around for the September afcon qualifiers

123jamessmith:
We are starting to see the emergence of good wingers, like Zadok, Azeez. The attack is still very lean. If I'm chelle, I will have to consider inviting, taiwo, kelechi, and even Sadiq. They are still better that what we currently have apart from Oshimen.

ragebait?

SymphonyRad:
Imagine a potential attacking trio of Zadok, Osimhen, Lookman/Femi Azeez running at your defence...walahi AFCON will Kickstart a Nigeria with purposeful fury

Some of you have forgotten that Suleiman Sani was signed by RB Leipzig and that it was this summer deal closed earlier (in the winter).

Our options once the season starts are Lookman/Sani/SiMoses and Chuks/Azeez/Zadok

elyte89:
For what reason? Not necessary,it’s just a friendly..let him settle down with his new club ,he can always come around for the September afcon qualifiers

You are right.

To be fair there wont be much setlling down since most of the players are out for end of season holiday and world cup duties. Nothing much will happen until brighton starts preseason. Why not play this match if he can secure a visa to wherever they are playing the match. Its still two days away.

elyte89:
For what reason? Not necessary,it’s just a friendly..let him settle down with his new club ,he can always come around for the September afcon qualifiers

Make he come carry injury enter Brighton abi?
I beg make guy relax, enjoy this off period before serious work starts in august

Amedino99:
To be fair there wont be much setlling down since most of the players are out for end of season holiday and world cup duties. Nothing much will happen until brighton starts preseason. Why not play this match if he can secure a visa to wherever they are playing the match. Its still two days away.

Amedino99:
To be fair there wont be much setlling down since most of the players are out for end of season holiday and world cup duties. Nothing much will happen until brighton starts preseason. Why not play this match if he can secure a visa to wherever they are playing the match. Its still two days away.

Settling down doesn’t only have to do with the club , what about d environment and all …abegi his presence dere or not won’t really change anything ,he’s not Messi or CR7 …the guys dere will do d job to their best ability.