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This guy is ready to play for Nigeria but we have snubbed him until now.


Adekanye confirms he is '80%' sure he will make a move to Lazio

Diane Poletaeva 5 days ago Corriere dello Sport

Bobby Adekanye is on the brink of signing a deal with the Serie A side.
The winger will join the Laziale for free due to summer contract expiry.
The player confirms he had talks with the director Igli Tare who reassured Bobby has bright future with their club.
Adekanye himself believes he has a lot to learn from players like Immobile and Correa.
Liverpool winger Bobby Adekanye, 20, has come very close to signing a deal with Italian top flight Lazio.

"I have been to Rome, I have spoken with Lazio and they have excellent plans for me. I am interested in the proposal. I spoke with the director Igli Tare, he thinks that I can become a good player and that coming to Lazio could be a good choice for my career.

"I'm following all the matches of Lazio. In Serie A I could enhance my qualities because I like to attack. Immobile is a great player, if I came to Lazio we could have a good tune.

"I could learn a lot from Correa too, he is another very good player. How close I am to Lazio? Eighty percent. I still have to make the final decision with my agent and my family. Soon you will know."

Bobby Adekanye will have a World Class resumé when he arrives at Lazio this summer, some may say he never stayed anywhere long - but the real truth is that his agent & him are smart guys with a good plan and everything so far made sense for them.

— Jan Říha (@HonzaRihaftbl) 23 марта 2019 г.
Earlier Goal correspondent Neil Jones claimed the deal is 'almost complete'.

"Bobby Adekanye's move to Lazio is edging closer," Jones tweeted. "He'll be leaving LFC on a free this summer, and a deal with the Serie A side is almost complete. He has another option on the table but Italy preferred destination."

Bobby Adekanye's move to Lazio is edging closer. He'll be leaving #LFC on a free this summer, and a deal with the Serie A side is almost complete. He has another option on the table but Italy preferred destination.

— Neil Jones (@neiljonesgoal) March 22, 2019
Numerous sources linked the Nigerian-born Dutchman with Lazio in January but the Italian side denied the rumours then. It appears now the transfer is a reality for the hot prospect who has failed to break through to the first team.

He's got ability but he's well off the first team at #LFC and has loads to improve. Needs to go and play, and didn't want to stay without knowing he would get opportunities.

— Neil Jones (@neiljonesgoal) March 22, 2019
Adekanye moved to the Netherlands from Nigeria at the age of four and joined the Ajax academy before leaving for Barcelona. After an impressive loan spell at PSV, he joined the Reds in 2015. While his display at Liverpool's U19s and U23s earned him much praise, Bobby has never come really close to the senior squad.

It should hardly be a surprise given plenty of attacking options Jurgen Klopp has.



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Adekanye wanting to play for Nigeria shouldn't be the only criteria for his call up. I dunno what ur stance on this foreign born issue is,but any FB wanting to play for Nigeria should prove himself at club level first..In in Bobby case he hasn't done enough to deserve a call up even for the u-23 ..
Your pal Komekn himself preached that only the u-17 should be reserved for academy players .

Earthquake3:
The kids can play for the SE nobody is stopping them

But the aim of Cadet coaches is to discover and develop young talents for the first team, Paul Aigbogun has neither discovered nor developed any player, the only thing he did was to scoop those discovered and developed by other people

Many Garba has given us five new talent, Hw many has Paul Aigbogun given!

Who made this beer parlour laws?

if a man discover a young Nigeria player abroad...and have him play for nigeria...is that not talent discovery?

just read what you wrote.... so you will ignore this lads when they re teenagers only to go for them and start drag them with their birth countries when they eventually become pros.... does that make sense?

even Germany with talent abound don't do that. ..
with the space of time...Germany still invite players wit dual nationality with England and Base in the latter country for their cadet teams.... e.g the Nemcha brothers and Bernets.

Humility017:
Who made this beer parlour laws?

if a man discover a young Nigeria player abroad...and have him play for nigeria...is that not talent discovery?

just read what you wrote.... so you will ignore this lads when they re teenagers only to go for them and start drag them with their birth countries when they eventually become pros.... does that make sense?

even Germany with talent abound don't do that. ..
with the space of time...Germany still invite players wit dual nationality with England and Base in the latter country for their cadet teams.... e.g the Nemcha brothers and Bernets.

Seems like you don't know what discovery is

If Paul Aigbogun has done his job their would have been no needs to scamper around looking for FBs to paper over his incompetence

Manu Garba had Akande but he went ahead to scout and produce 5 young attacking players that gave him a run for his money, now we have 5 freshlings including Akande, that's what a good coach is

Humility017:
Who made this beer parlour laws?

if a man discover a young Nigeria player abroad...and have him play for nigeria...is that not talent discovery?

just read what you wrote.... so you will ignore this lads when they re teenagers only to go for them and start drag them with their birth countries when they eventually become pros.... does that make sense?

even Germany with talent abound don't do that. ..
with the space of time...Germany still invite players wit dual nationality with England and Base in the latter country for their cadet teams.... e.g the Nemcha brothers and Bernets.

If you become a cadet coach and fill your squad with academy kids what makes you different from an armchair expert?

I wan slap this guy.

He should leave us alone.


https://www.today.ng/sport/football/chuba-akpom-play-super-eagles-egypt-215835/amp

Earthquake3:
Seems like you don't know what discovery is

If Paul Aigbogun has done his job their would have been no needs to scamper around looking for FBs to paper over his incompetence

Manu Garba had Akande but he went ahead to scout and produce 5 young attacking players that gave him a run for his money, now we have 5 freshlings including Akande, that's what a good coach is

and the listed midfielders Aigbogun listed are not Nigerians?
same way he would have scamper the streets look for players he choosed to do his abroad. ...so what's the fuss?

and pls don't mention Manu Garba.... and who told you those guys being played are all better than Adrian?
there is a huge possibility nigeria cadet team coaches wanna market players.....reason why they bench these foreign born.

Danielnino00:
Adekanye wanting to play for Nigeria shouldn't be the only criteria for his call up. I dunno what ur stance on this foreign born issue is,but any FB wanting to play for Nigeria should prove himself at club level first..In in Bobby case he hasn't done enough to deserve a call up even for the u-23 ..
Your pal Komekn himself preached that only the u-17 should be reserved for academy players .

Where did you see Adekanye should be called to the Senior National team?

Does wanting to play for Nigeria tantamount to only playing for the national team (Super Eagles)?

Read and comprehend before rushing to comment.

Orkpekyandega:
I wan slap this guy.

He should leave us alone.


https://www.today.ng/sport/football/chuba-akpom-play-super-eagles-egypt-215835/amp

Well he's been saying it since sha.

Earthquake3:
If you become a cadet coach and fill your squad with academy kids what makes you different from an armchair expert?

the results in the nearest future....will make me different.

you call this guys academy players but this academy are better managed and with facilities than your NPFL clubs.... so spare the unbalanced comparism

Earthquake3:
Seems like you don't know what discovery is

If Paul Aigbogun has done his job their would have been no needs to scamper around looking for FBs to paper over his incompetence

Manu Garba had Akande but he went ahead to scout and produce 5 young attacking players that gave him a run for his money, now we have 5 freshlings including Akande, that's what a good coach is

please define DISCOVERY

Humility017:
please define DISCOVERY

Go to your dictionary

edi287:
Well he's been saying it since sha.

He should wait for England call up, even if he is 35 years old.

Orkpekyandega:
He should wait for England call up, even if he is 35 years old.

Humility017:
and the listed midfielders Aigbogun listed are not Nigerians?
same way he would have scamper the streets look for players he choosed to do his abroad. ...so what's the fuss?

and pls don't mention Manu Garba.... and who told you those guys being played are all better than Adrian?
there is a huge possibility nigeria cadet team coaches wanna market players.....reason why they bench these foreign born.

Definitely we have some good gems in that field.

Ubani's workrate is monstrous and he has the ability to make a fine striker if he can put his head down to concentrate on hitting the target than shooting with his might. There is a reason why skills mostly prevail over power.

Amoo definitely impressed me with some of his dazzling runs but he needs to learn how to release the ball early and rely more on his off the ball runs to cause his opponents damage.

Tijani. Now that is a midfield maestro in the making and brought his A game against the physical Guineans. Needs to work on releasing the ball and running into position. He does not need to fight too much to excel.

Fawaz was also impressive. Technical and gracious on the ball. Needs to increase his work rate in opening for chances but that comes with the team playing in a more possessive fashion.

Olusegun was also bright, offered us options up front and showed confidence in looking for the goal. However, he needs to work hard to keep himself trim. Looks like a player who might add weight, which in turn will diminish his pace. With good diet and hard work, he can have a long career as a pacy player.

Credits to TheGoodJoe


This is what discovery looks like

Can you name one player Paul Aigbogun discovered?

Earthquake3:
Go to your dictionary

says a young man who could not align the meaning he knew with the scenario that play out with the invitation of those foreign born players.

I never knew you were this intelligent

Humility017:
says a young man who could not align the meaning he knew with the scenario that play out with the invitation of those foreign born players.

I never knew you were this intelligent

Don't take it hard my guy

Oluwatobiloba Adefunyibomi, a center back and member of the 2016 under 17 team that failed to qualify has been promoted to the first team for his club in Greece after just 6 months.

He plays for Asteras Tripolis in the Greek super league. (Greek top flight)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5DTRODUIAAqziY.jpg

Earthquake3:
Definitely we have some good gems in that field.

Ubani's workrate is monstrous and he has the ability to make a fine striker if he can put his head down to concentrate on hitting the target than shooting with his might. There is a reason why skills mostly prevail over power.

Amoo definitely impressed me with some of his dazzling runs but he needs to learn how to release the ball early and rely more on his off the ball runs to cause his opponents damage.

Tijani. Now that is a midfield maestro in the making and brought his A game against the physical Guineans. Needs to work on releasing the ball and running into position. He does not need to fight too much to excel.

Fawaz was also impressive. Technical and gracious on the ball. Needs to increase his work rate in opening for chances but that comes with the team playing in a more possessive fashion.

Olusegun was also bright, offered us options up front and showed confidence in looking for the goal. However, he needs to work hard to keep himself trim. Looks like a player who might add weight, which in turn will diminish his pace. With good diet and hard work, he can have a long career as a pacy player.

This is what discovery looks like



Can you name one player Paul Aigbogun discovered?

and those you listed never lives prior the under 17 cadet world cup. ...

the world is bigger than you think. ...

the challenge you're having is that you're thinking that because we already know of those listed under 20 players existence...they were not discovered.

you see bro.... there are various phase of discovery..

Paul Aigbogun just discovered those listed players for Nigeria...I never knew of some of them existence prior today.....so he discovered them

Humility017:
says a young man who could not align the meaning he knew with the scenario that play out with the invitation of those foreign born players.

I never knew you were this intelligent

If you say inviting playing in academies is akin to discovery then we have discovered quite a lot of players in this thread

Gozzy Iweru
Noah Okafor
Deji Beyrethuer

I have even discovered Bonke Innocent at Malmo

Humility017:
and those you listed never lives prior the under 17 cadet world cup. ...

Manu Garba has discovered quite a lot of talent that lived beyond the U17s

the world is bigger than you think. ...

the challenge you're having is that you're thinking that because we already know of those listed under 20 players existence...they were not discovered.

Discovered by who?

you see bro.... there are various phase of discovery..

Once you're discovered you can be 'undiscovered

Earthquake3:
If you say inviting playing in academies is akin to discovery then we have discovered quite a lot of players in this thread

Gozzy Iweru
Noah Okafor
Deji Beyrethuer

I have even discovered Bonke Innocent at Malmo

so you think we have been playing here?
c'mon I said some of us here are doing great jobs than some of the lazy scouts employed by the NFF..


those players are getting their first national team berth because the coach discovered them and found them to be good enough for the national team....

let him give us a true under 20 players pls

Humility017:
so you think we have been playing here?
c'mon I said some of us here are doing great jobs than some of the lazy scouts employed by the NFF..


those players are getting their first national team berth because the coach discovered them and found them to be good enough for the national team....

let him give us a true under 20 players pls

You can't say you discovered a player who is playing on tv

Pick him from the street play him on tv, that's what discovery is

That is what Manu Garba is doing and Paul Aigbogun is not doing

Earthquake3:
Manu Garba has discovered quite a lot of talent that lived beyond the U17s



Discovered by who?



Once you're discovered you can be 'undiscovered

I can't really argue with you....
it is heading nowhere. ...

where Ubani,Nancho and co not in academics. ...prior they played in the under 17 competition?

those guys in Europe are they not in academies too?
think now. ... abeg think. ...the fact that you knew of them does it mean they've already played for Nigeria?

some discovered them to be good enough and gave them a call up is that not talent scouting?

please let's leave this discussion

Earthquake3:
You can't say you discovered a player who is playing on tv

Pick him from the street play him on tv, that's what discovery is

That is what Manu Garba is doing and Paul Aigbogun is not doing

your way of thinking ehhh

Lol..... so because those guys have an organised league nah.... Aigbogun should leave them and start go from streets to streets in Nigeria because he wanna discover talents. .....

thank God Aigbogun is on track....let me leave you ohh

Humility017:
your way of thinking ehhh

Lol..... so because those guys have an organised league nah.... Aigbogun should leave them and start go from streets to street in Nigeria because he wanna discover talents. .....

thank God Aigbogun is on track....let me leave you ohh

That's what's he's paid for

Maybe you're the one with skewed thinking

Earthquake3:
That's what's he's paid for
Maybe you're the one with skewed thinking

you gave him the job and you typed his employment letter right?
your thinking is just so narrow and parochial.....
anyway let's end the discussion

Thank God for MRI gone are the days when we go to U-17 tourney with Iwanyanwu and 3SC players. read this story about Kanu from Harry Redknapp, the video version is on YouTube. in the video he said Tony Adams told him 'Kanu is 46 why do you want to sign him' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1261087/Spurs-manager-Harry-Redknapp-claims-Portsmouth-star-Kanu-49-King.html

jihday:
Thank God for MRI gone are the days when we go to U-17 tourney with Iwanyanwu and 3SC players. read this story about Kanu from Harry Redknapp, the video version is on YouTube. in the video he said Tony Adams told him 'Kanu is 46 why do you want to sign him' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1261087/Spurs-manager-Harry-Redknapp-claims-Portsmouth-star-Kanu-49-King.html

So if Kanu was 46 then how old is now?

Earthquake3:
You can't say you discovered a player who is playing on tv

Pick him from the street play him on tv, that's what discovery is

That is what Manu Garba is doing and Paul Aigbogun is not doing

You may pick players from the street for U17 and U15.
The U20 is for young PROFESSIONAL players.

Any player 18-20yrs of age that is only still playing street football is not good enough for our U20 team.

tbaba1234:
NFF have also filed a complaint against 2 guinean players said to be over the age limit. CAF will decide in the next 24 hours

I had never raised eye brows about young Players that passed the MRI but when I saw those Guinean players I started asking questions.

tbaba1234:
Aigbogun's midfielders

- Alhassan Yusuf
- Hamdi Akujobi
- Kingsley Michael
- Tom Dele Bashiru
- Nnamdi Ofoborh
- Miracle Nwaorisa

Correct.

Icon4s:
You may pick players from the street for U17 and U15.
The U20 is for young PROFESSIONAL players.

Any player 18-20yrs of age that is only still playing street football is not good enough for our U20 team.

I disagree most talented Nigerian players are still playing on the streets its not like academies are affordable or available, it's mostly for kids with rich parents

People like Jamie Vardy were not discovered until they were 25, I strongly believe that there are millions of kids out there that can compete with if not displace the silver spoon academy kids