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Papi85:
the kinda news I love hearing

Gimme hint na of other names 😁

Hope say Ugochukwu, Iroegbunam and Onyeka names dey for the list? 😁

solonnachi:
Good job Nerdie. I admire the way you dig out these juicy info. Really appreciate all you do for this thread. This is one of the places I relax myself after losing my loving mum two weeks ago.

solonnachi:
Lesley Ugochukwu and George Ilenikhena will be great assets to the Super Eagles if this news is true

AndSunGorilla:
That Onyeka own fit cause confusion for field if both of them start and coach shout "pass the ball to Onyeka",no be wahala be that?

TheSuperNerd:
Lol... This man sef.

Their first names dey naa.

AndSunGorilla:
Both of them na Francis aka Frank their name be now. The only be say one na Tank, hope say the new one no be jalopy.

AndSunGorilla:
Tough one brother, I pray for strength for you sir

TheSuperNerd:
Wolves seem to be doing all they can to push Tolu Arokodare out the door

mostob:
You must be a newbie.

Papi85:
for sure na, then dem no rate the likes of Bassey and Iwobi at all

Also na then dem been dey recommend this ex Enugu rangers midfielder playing in rizespor to super eagles tagging him the AM mesmerise opponents with sexy penetrative passes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Chai person don see something here

TheSuperNerd:
Nigeria U20 Flying Eagles list for the Wafu B U20 Qualifying Tournament

This list is according to their Jersey Numbers.

Solonnachi, my good man... the list is public now.

AndSunGorilla:
That Onyeka own fit cause confusion for field if both of them start and coach shout "pass the ball to Onyeka",no be wahala be that?

kingphilip:
I am sure if you check the first 1000 pages of this thread you'd see my comment there.

So no, I am not a newbie as you think.

Ppogbae:
Ever since he put hands on that teammate of his , everything went down hill.

To Turkey it is.

jihday:
apart from Clinton is there any serious talent here to look out for?

mostob:
haa then you must have been here during Forg.i.veness vs The.good.joe argument era. 😂😂
Na that one gangangan be arguments. Not this playful banter.

TheSuperNerd:
And TheGoodJoe... I have goodnews and badnews.

Goodnews is Real Madrid is looking to sign Rodri for Mourinho's midfield. Elevation.

Badnews is Real Madrid is looking to sign Rodri for Mourinho's midfield. Loss.

😂😂

NasirIbnLaAhad:
I'll make this post as cryptic as I possibly can.

There's an interesting question I thought of this morning when I woke up. Why did the NFF wait until the boys had landed in Yamoussoukro, and checked into the Trio Corridor Hotel, before releasing the final WAFU B U20 23-man list to the public? Not before camp in Abuja. Not right after the provisional 35 got trimmed weeks earlier. Only once the plane had touched down safely on Ivorian soil. I'd say that awfully convenient, but let's even ignore that one and talk about the other gigantic elephant in the room: Mavlon FC.

The NFF house shill in this thread (I know who he is) polishing this timeline will not tell you about the actual pattern sitting in plain sight.

Wahab Musa, tagged FC Malaga on the official list, but which academy actually produced him? Mavlon.
Imrana Muhammad, tagged Deportivo Alavés, but he was showcased at the Viareggio Cup wearing a Mavlon shirt before Spanish scouts even knew his name.
Rufai Abubakar, tagged NK Istra 1961 today, but this same player was listed as Mavlon FC less than a year ago in the 2025 AFCON U20 squad, same position, same face. That's exactly how the trick works. You'll never see "Mavlon FC" boldly printed on a final NFF release again, because the instant one of their boys lands in Europe, the tag and paper trails and everything else updates itself. So you end up with a clean list and clean conscience, and no follow-up questions.

But mayhaps you think I'm trying to blacklist the academy for no reason, so here's an honest question I want you to ask yourselves if you're keeping up: how many of these Mavlon products have ever actually crossed over into the senior Super Eagles setup? Can you count that on one hand? Or is the entire operation functioning more like a scouting agency that collects goodwill through chairman donations with one hand, while quietly moving promising kids off the books with the other, all while using "youth development" to pull the wool over our eyes. A certain barrister has already shown there's money being thrown around, donation after donation to these squads. The question is what exactly that money is buying. Visibility? Access? Favorable placement? To be clear, I'm not accusing anyone of anything provable in a courtroom. I'm asking why this pattern repeats itself, season after season, age grade tournament after age grade tournament, for the past 6-7 years at the very least, with almost surgical consistency.

My honest prediction for the WAFU B U20: Nigeria might not even secure the AFCON U20 ticket, talk less of the U20 World Cup, and once the postmortem begins, you'll hear plenty of talk about "player availability", you know, anything except the actual conversation about who's really running this pipeline, and who benefits from it.

TheGoodJoe:
If Rodri goes, it is okay. He has served us well and really sacrificed a lot for us. If he goes, I will still fan him anywhere he goes. Great talent.

I never support holding back a player. Also Rodri gets to unite with Bernardo Silva in midfield.

Let us see if we can secure Bouaddi and if Maresca can train him to play the role well. Sooner or later, Rodri will leave.

However, we still wait for the discussion Maresca is to have with Rodri to know what happens next.

TheSuperNerd:
Yeah, I read links of Bouaddi to Man City but I dont think it is advanced just yet. If Rodri leaves then I think going for Bouaddi will be nice for you and pressure wont be much on him as you guys already signed Elliot Anderson.

kingphilip:
That was on super eagles players most of the time and even though it was annoying, it was within what the thread is set up to discuss - The Super Eagles so person no fit vex much.

But at least we've started discussing super eagles now with transfers, u20 and the newbies we're expecting by September/October.

TheGoodJoe:
I don't think Elliot Anderson will play the deep playmaker role. He is likely going to play in a more advanced role. I see him as the appointed one to replace Kevin De Bruyne. So we are likely to see an improved performing Elliot Anderson in Man City.

TheSuperNerd:
Hmm... so you reckon Maresca will push him forward and not play him deep like we saw at Forest and for England? Time will tell. Although I feel he has the tools and skillsets of a Number 8, he's also done pretty solid as a 6.

TheGoodJoe:
I believe that is why we paid so much for Elliot Anderson. His operation in the creative area is very productive. So why keep him running box to box when he can be effective supplying the forward. I am expecting a phenomenal season from Haaland.


Elliot Anderson is one of the Premier League's best progression midfielders.

Chances created: Creates around 1.5–1.7 chances per 90, placing him among the better central midfield creators.
Passes into the final third: 126 in the 2025/26 Premier League season (4th in the league).
Successful passes in the opposition half: 361, 1st in the Premier League.

Anderson excels at progressing the ball into dangerous areas and in a more productive area, I see him providing large volume of assists.

solonnachi:
Thank you very much Sir. Amen. I sincerely appreciate 🙏