playing for their country of birth will be their top choice but what happens when making it to the senior team of these countries seems difficult?
many who waited in the past for possible call ups all regretted it when their were either capped and dumped nor over looked. players like agbolanhor,patrick awomoyela,onuoha,the late ehiogu,carlton cole etc all regretted turning out for england and germany and would have been significant figures in the international scene is they played for nigeria. these aforementioned individuals are currently advising the younger generation to consider playing for nigeria is the opportunity arises.

Earthquake1:


I am a realist,Nigeria don't pay well,they don't have the best facilities or medical staff or even scouts

They don't have good pitches and being a Nigerian won't improve your CV

Playing for Nigeria is not a sacrifice many of these are willing to take

charlesemeka85:
havent playing for nigeria pan out well for those who took the part? oga nawaoooo!

Imagine as a player you have a Nigerian father and an Azerbaijan mother

Which country would you opt to play for?I know the answer

The players we get are the dregs of the dregs,any self believing young player would opt for a better country

Adegbenro and Ifeanyi Mathew scored.

Uzoho keeping clean sheet so far

Getting word that Victor Osimhen will be recalled to the national team against South Africa and Uganda.

komekn:


Some of the youth players in Liverpool U23 are on £15k a week some even more.

This is a big club with ambition to win champion league with world class players. Opportunity for Solanke will always be limited.

He is stuck in the politics of football and he really needs to go on loan. He also didn't cost much so he is not a priority for Liverpool.

Danny Ings was in a similar position buy he has left Liverpool and scored three goals from six games for Southampton.

Solanke was never a waste man he simply is in a big team with limited opportunity. Outside of the top 6/7 teams in the EPL he would be playing fairly regularly.

You always find a way to twist matters just to suit ur narrative, don't u?

When Klopp signed Solanke last season, he had every intention of making him a first team player. Sturridge and Ings injury coupled with Origi's desire for more playing time paved way for Solanke to be the second choice striker last season but he blew it. 1 goal in 27 games!
He no longer even makes the bench this season . .

Earthquake1:


Imagine as a player you have a Nigerian father and an Azerbaijan mother

Which country would you opt to play for?I know the answer

The players we get are the dregs of the dregs,any self believing young player would opt for a better country

I don't even know how to respond to this. Play for Azerbaijan?

I have a good friend born to a Nigerian Father and a Saudi mother, well boxed up family to be precise yet he serves in the Army.

Point of the story; not everyone views things through a straw like you do

Uzoho with a brave save on the line

maidaboi:
Samuel Adegbenro Starts Back From Injury

and He Scores

tbaba1234:
Adegbenro and Ifeanyi Mathew scored.

Uzoho keeping clean sheet so far

Wow, Adegbenro just recovering from injury and he's already scoring? Commendable.

I've seen him play in the Champions League, he's a decent player who shouldn't be playing in a better league than the Norwegian league.

Odunayaw:
Omo, these our boys are serious & desperate!!

You said it just right. The hunger is clear and unmistakable.

Francis Uzoho with another clean sheet and match rating of 7.3 by Sofascore

isan:
hehehe come and see academy players they are all above 30

NO fear of GOD at all....

Earthquake1:


I am a realist,Nigeria don't pay well,they don't have the best facilities or medical staff or even scouts

They don't have good pitches and being a Nigerian won't improve your CV

Playing for Nigeria is a sacrifice many of these guys are not willing to take

The undiluted truth.

If I were in their shoes and I had to choose between Nigeria and England/Holland/france/spain etc.. I'll choose the Europeans without blinking an eyelid

So, nobody could detect that I was just joking around with that Ross Barkley comment?

Y'all must really be sober about the guy... Anyway, he's not a fresh baby boy, I cannot regret the loss of player wey no be fresh baby boy

Now, if asampete like Loftus-Cheek was eligible for Nigeria, I would have burnt down NFF glass house for losing him to England

Danielnino00:


Ope oo..
Could Sadiq become the third "waste man"to make Southgate eat the humble pie within the space of three days?

Literally the forgotten man was given a life line essentially his last chance.

It seems I'll be eating steaming hot appple pie not humble pie where Sadiq is concerned.

Sadiq had a woeful first debut rated third worst player in the Rangers team. He also got a yellow card for diving as well his game today was shambolic.

I have said this several times why does he keep falling down at the slightest of physical contention. As if he has flat feet and lacks balance.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46009949

Tam McManus says Umar Sadiq will not play for Rangers again.

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2018/10/28/tam-mcmanus-says-umar-sadiq-will-not-play-for-rangers-again/

For the record l have called Isaac Success a WASTEMAN no one else for now.

Danielnino00:



You always find a way to twist matters just to suit ur narrative, don't u?

When Klopp signed Solanke last season, he had every intention of making him a first team player. Sturridge and Ings injury coupled with Origi's desire for more playing time paved way for Solanke to be the second choice striker last season but he blew it. 1 goal in 27 games!
He no longer even makes the bench this season . .

You are comically deceptive.

Dis you speak to Klopp and he confirmed the bolded to you ❓ Or did you speak to the Michael or Alex yo confirm your view at Liverpool.

I can assure you Liverpool want to win the EPL and maybe the Champions league as well. Those big ambitions will require World class proven and tested players and a lot of millions of pounds.

Solanke is none of those things and he cost peanuts, he is untested and unproven. Just a very cheap player with a lot of potential.

I'd he doesn't play he will not improve and if he can't improve he will not play so it's a catch 22. Big clubs have little patience.

There is nothing twisted just the plain undiluted reality of how things are at top clubs in the EPL. Your lack of knowledge shows you know very little.

charlesemeka85:
playing for their country of birth will be their top choice but what happens when making it to the senior team of these countries seems difficult?
many who waited in the past for possible call ups all regretted it when their were either capped and dumped nor over looked. players like agbolanhor,patrick awomoyela,onuoha,the late ehiogu,carlton cole etc all regretted turning out for england and germany and would have been significant figures in the international scene is they played for nigeria. these aforementioned individuals are currently advising the younger generation to consider playing for nigeria is the opportunity arises.

You are undoubtedly quite correct.

However, the conduct of the NFF has not presented a viable trust worthy clearly better option.

Consider the way the NFF in recent times treated Sone Aluko, Hope Akpan, Dominic Iorfa, Maja, Eze, Ademola, etc

The NFF is actually no better, but in the name of Love of the Fatherland accept to play. It's the same way we love our country irrespective of all the negatives.

ChrisKels:


I do not hate u, but if U believe I do, bro it doesn't pull no strand of hair off my body.

About the so called question, man we know ur intentions. Ur target was to ridicule the boy to make ur preferred players look good. U have been here bleating all day because of Nwakali, saying at 21, any player still in the youth team is a fluke, u forgot Nwakali was neither 21 nor in a youth team, u also forgot Iorfa at 22 abi 23 sef still plays for wolves youth team.

Firstly don't presume you know what I am thinking or what my intentions are. That's not wisdom.

Dominic Iorfa has been playing first team football since he was 17 he has played near 120 games in the Championship. He was winning MOTM awards when he played in the championship with Omeruo playing for Middlesbrough, who never got one.

He was invited to the train with the English senior football team, that's how highly rated he was.

Since Mendes super agent essentially took control of the club. The club has been the subject of an FA investigation on account of conflict of interest. Wolves is a project and they have a Portuguese manager and more Portuguese players than Porto and Benfica.

Most of the English players have been frozen out and very unceremoniously dropped for Portuguese replacement.

Dominic Iorfa has not lost quality he is in very unique and unprecedented situation in English football. He is in the way of the new Mendes business model for Wolves.

He is not an a academy player just denied opportunity at the club.

x

safarigirl:
So, nobody could detect that I was just joking around with that Ross Barkley comment?

Y'all must really be sober about the guy... Anyway, he's not a fresh baby boy, I cannot regret the loss of player wey no be fresh baby boy

Now, if asampete like Loftus-Cheek was eligible for Nigeria, I would have burnt down NFF glass house for losing him to England

I detected, and I had a good laugh over my tasteless tea

Odunayaw:
I detected, and I had a good laugh over my tasteless tea

apologies for your tasteless tea. See, if we had more sweet boys like Loftus-Cheek in our national team, there would be enough sugar for your tea

IMO, it is a case of “what if I had chosen to play for Nigeria?” . Playing for Nigeria doesn’t guarantee anything either.

charlesemeka85:
playing for their country of birth will be their top choice but what happens when making it to the senior team of these countries seems difficult?
many who waited in the past for possible call ups all regretted it when their were either capped and dumped nor over looked. players like agbolanhor,patrick awomoyela,onuoha,the late ehiogu,carlton cole etc all regretted turning out for england and germany and would have been significant figures in the international scene is they played for nigeria. these aforementioned individuals are currently advising the younger generation to consider playing for nigeria is the opportunity arises.

Ifeanyi Mathew's goal

Terrific goal


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-ic8zvo2i8

Odey's goal


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxzKXtObO5k

Mikel's goal


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkloat-sR10

tbaba1234:
Odey's goal


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxzKXtObO5k

that Ashimeru sef, are you sure he's not a Nigerian

jihday:
that Ashimeru sef, are you sure he's not a Nigerian

Ghanaian

safarigirl:
So, nobody could detect that I was just joking around with that Ross Barkley comment?

Y'all must really be sober about the guy... Anyway, he's not a fresh baby boy, I cannot regret the loss of player wey no be fresh baby boy

Now, if asampete like Loftus-Cheek was eligible for Nigeria, I would have burnt down NFF glass house for losing him to England

I had to look at the moniker that wrote it again and again. And thought that something was wrong somewhere.

I was now waiting for someone to come and quote u saying "your eyes don clear now"? Lol.

charlesemeka85:
22 year old Danish born midfielder who is eligible for Nigeria Philip Anyabwu Billing has emerged as a prime target for the senior national team of Nigeria, Owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively report.

Billing has already represented Denmark at at U19 and 21 level but he is yet to be capped at senior level leaving the Huddersfield midfield ace eligible for Nigeria and coach Gernot Rohr has indicated his interest in luring him.

Already his recently appointed scout Tunde Adelakun has been mandated to hold talks with the left footed central midfielder who has been a revelation for Huddersfield this season in the English Premier League.

Although Everton ace Ademola Lookman looks the surest bet to switch allegiance from England to Nigeria in the coming days, Billing has welcomed the talks base on initial contacts made with him.

The plan is to convince him to join the squad after the last round of qualifiers for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations with Nigeria a win away from qualifying ahead of their upcoming games against South Africa and later Seychelles.

All about Tunde Adelakun lots of questions particularly where integrity is concerned.

http://saharareporterssport.com/business-of-trading-players-in-super-eagles-part-2-danger-of-adelakunrohr-romance-by-francis-achi/

http://owngoalnigeria.com/2018/10/12/super-eagles-coach-gernot-rohr-appoints-tunde-adelakun-as-super-eagles-scout-2/

komekn:


You are comically deceptive.

Dis you speak to Klopp and he confirmed the bolded to you ❓ Or did you speak to the Michael or Alex yo confirm your view at Liverpool.

I can assure you Liverpool want to win the EPL and maybe the Champions league as well. Those big ambitions will require World class proven and tested players and a lot of millions of pounds.

Solanke is none of those things and he cost peanuts, he is untested and unproven. Just a very cheap player with a lot of potential.

I'd he doesn't play he will not improve and if he can't improve he will not play so it's a catch 22. Big clubs have little patience.

There is nothing twisted just the plain undiluted reality of how things are at top clubs in the EPL. Your lack of knowledge shows you know very little.

Solanke was made a first team player last season. he started many games...He simply couldn't live up to the hype. He is a real waste man.

I don't need to speak to Klopp or anybody at Liverpool to know that..Being a long time Liverpool fan is enough . But then,since u live in the UK and have meet every single footballer, manager and club owner there u might help us confirm it.

Danielnino00:


Solanke was made a first team player last season. he started many games...He simply couldn't live up to the hype. He is a real waste man.

I don't need to speak to Klopp or anybody at Liverpool to know that..Being a long time Liverpool fan is enough . But then,since u live in the UK and have meet every single footballer, manager and club owner there u might help us confirm it.

There are about 4/5 players who are youth players registered for the first team.

Being registered doesn't really make you a first team player, maybe on paper and officially but that's about it.

Dominic Iorfa is a registered first team player for Wolves, but he is essentially not in the first team.

Once again you lack knowledge and understanding.

Unfortunately being long life fan is not enough to know what is the real situation is. You need to talk to those In the know within the club.

Otherwise you are just using your imagination and lack of knowledge. You are essentially in the dark, blind but think you can see. Sorry to say.

komekn:


There are about 4/5 players who are youth players registered for the first team.

Being registered doesn't really make you a first team player, maybe on paper and officially but that's about it.

Dominic Iorfa is a registered first team player for Wolves, but he is essentially not in the first team.

Once again you lack knowledge and understanding.

Unfortunately being long life fan is not enough to know what is the real situation is. You need to talk to those In the know within the club.

Otherwise you are just using your imagination and lack of knowledge. You are essentially in the dark, blind but think you can see. Sorry to say.

A player that played 27 games for Liverpool last season and was second choice striker isn't a first team player?

Well done Mr Knowledgeable.... I know why u are putting in so much effort to defend Solanke's mediocrity... But if it were Success, Osimhen or Iheanacho you won't be saying such..