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Happy to be back on this trend.

Just heard that Algeria jostling for Michael Olise. Have already scheduled a meeting with him and his representatives at the end of the season.

Let's cap this guy for God's sake. Kai...

Arabiandude:
Some may call it ass licking, but I really feel the SE needs this guy. Imagine a midfield trio of Ndidi, Aribo and See, with Iwobi moving to the left wing, Chukwueze on the right, Iheanacho supporting Osimhen in Attack.
Remove Iheanacho and bring on Sadiq later in the match to pair Osimhen because of his creativity or better still bring on Moffi to pair Osimhen when facing big for nothing african opponents

Or is Eze using Nigeria as bait to indirectly talk to Southgate to play him for England or he ports to Nigeria? Nobody know why he is saying this now but he better make up his mind now before Olise, Lookman, Ejaria and co join the SE otherwise na 2-0 for am. When we seal up our midfield, oyo for am

[b]Crystal Palace Eze Hints At Super Eagles Switch- I Have A Good Relationship With President Of Nigeria FA[b]
Owngoalnigeria

Crystal Palace midfielder Ebere Eze has refuse to rule out a switch to Nigeria in the nearest future despite initially turning down them down for England.

Eze trained with the Super Eagles in 2017 during a training camp in London but two years later when he was officially called up to the senior team he declined and instead picked England.

He was part of the English U21 team that failed to make it past the group stages at the recently concluded European Championship. He is however open to the idea of playing for Nigeria in the future.

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick has twice met with the dribbling ace and now Eze says his relationship with Pinnick is still intact.

“ A lot happened when I made the decision to play for England and my discussion with the president of the Nigeria FA went well. It’s something you never close the door on. I have a very good relationship with Mr Pinnick”, he said when quizzed on if he could yet switch back to Nigeria.

First Oluwashina Okeleji reported that Ovie Ejaria is still awaiting FIFA clearance to join the Super Eagles. Now Lookman.

Pinnick as a FIFA executive member should hasten up all these international switches abeg. Time is going

English Premier League star player keen to represent the Super Eagles ahead of Three Lions Apr 7, 2021 4:40 PM


English Premier League highly rated winger Ademola Lookman is keen to represent the Nigerian national team popularly known as the Super Eagles, ahead of the Three Lions of England, according to the report from BBC correspondent Oluwashina Okeleji via his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday afternoon.

Okeleji revealed that the England-born winger is still expecting the world football governing body popularly known as FIFA to complete the signing of his documents, that has been submitted since last year, in order for him to play for his fatherland.

Lookman who is currently on a season long loan with Scott Parker led Fulham football club has been rated as one of the best wingers in the league, and he is ready to dump the three lions of England for Nigeria Super Eagles.

The dazzler played a crucial role for the England under 20 that won the FIFA under 20 world cup in 2017, and he has made it known that he is expecting FIFA to complete all the necessary actions that need to be taken, in order to allow him to represent the Super Eagles.

Oluwashina Okeleji reported via his verified Twitter handle that Ademola Lookman has made it known that he is ready to play for Nigeria, but all his documents are yet to be signed by FIFA.

"Another player from the England squad to the 2017 U20 World Cup keen to represent Nigeria is Ademola Lookman.

He signed a letter to switch from the Three Lions � to the Super Eagles � in 2020.

Clearance from FIFA is still a WIP."

Ademola Lookman has been superb since joining Fulham FC on a season long loan from German Bundesliga giants RassenBallsport Leipzig FC, and he'll be ready to continue his excellent performance when they play their next game in the league this weekend.

Please update us of the scores

I hope SE did not experience shiplag as they arrived Cotonou. Just thinking aloud ; D; D

ChrisKels:
Are you from Ebonyi? Do you know this wicked Igbo rapper, BlessNnachi?

Welcome back bro ChrisKels. I'm not from Ebonyi. And I don't know BlessNnachi

Eizzy003:
I just heard that Olise walked out on a live Instagram interview when he was asked, if he has truly dump France for Nigeria

Is he ashamed of Nigeria bikonu?

safarigirl:
Aww, look at my Awi Bobo, still looking as fresh as today's cake loaf.

These Enyimba guys are the freshest local players I have seen in the Super Eagles in a long time, I hear they pay them well sha.

Welcome back Safarigirl. This absence na really wa

TheSuperNerd:
Players still expected:

- SeniorMan Kels AKA The Alien Kid (Kelechi Iheanacho).
- Wilf the Midfield Octopus (Wilfred Ndidi)
- The Naija Robben+ (Samuel Chukwueze)
- The Naija Road Runner (Zaidu Sanusi Mage)
- The Superboy (Francis Uzoho)
And
- The Monster Machine (Victor Osimhen).

Thunder fire corona that wanted to deny us of our stars. Welcome guys... Time to disgrace Benin Republic and Lesotho.

Thank you Nerdie for the updates. Always looking up to your camp news and gists. God bless you

Kelechi and Ndidi should be off to Lagos after this win. Benin and Lesotho in pepper soup

codemaniacs:
in life, you celebrate with the people around you not with imaginary character

when ih:eanacho scores he celebrates as if his teammates did not contribute to the goal..

Bros no vex ooo, but you be atheist?

TheSuperNerd:
Like I told someone on twitter sometime ago as regards Tomori, the new rule says a player must have played in not more than 3 official games (excluding WC or Tournament finals) for a nation before he turned 21 to be considered "still eligible" for a switch.
Tomori made his England debut at age 21 yrs 10 months and 29 days. So Tomori was already 21. Although he has just one cap I think.

Also, I think he still fancies with chances with England. Afterall, he is doing it for AC milan which is a bigger club than Fulham will ever be. If Tosin at Fulham can still be harboring hopes of an England call-up then how much more Tomori who is seeing gametime at AC Milan in Serie A.


To answer your other questions on Lookman, Ejaria and Toru. Let me drop this....

These are the list of lads whose overall switch processes are still being held up for now:

- Kingsley Ehizibue (Passport issue)
- Ademola Lookman (Final FIFA Clearance + Passport)
- Nathan Tella (Passport process)
- Ovie Ejaria (Final FIFA Clearance + Passport)
- Jordan Torunarigha (Final FIFA Clearance + Passport)

And now...
- Michael Olise (passport process specifically).


So we wait on these. Hopefully Olise will be first in through the door then the others follow.

There is light at the end of the tunnel. No yawa.

TheSuperNerd:
Yes, My good man. On the Standby list.

Nerdie. I dey provoke for where I dey hia

TheSuperNerd:
Folks, it is confirmed.

Umar Sadiq will be named to the Nigeria Squad. This is coming from sources within Almeria.

Almeria will be in action during the International break so Sadiq will miss two Almeria games against Leganes and Malaga because of International duty.
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What a season Umar Sadiq is having. I personally thought he won't be invited because perhaps Rohr will wanna wait till he makes his La Liga move but it seems Rohr will rather begin integrating the lad now than wait that long.

Congrats to SADIQ. Hardwork pays.

Moffi is also in the squad

JohnBullMySon:
I was also wondering why you weren't mentioning him as well. He and lookman will be our biggest steals. For me, Tosin can go as far as Torun is coming, I don't even want congested centre back options. If that news is to be trusted, then it's nice seeing lookman stick by his decision.

My eyes are on Lookman. Can't wait for him to join SE. Ovie will be good competition for Iwobi. Torun in defense will make us easily forget Tosin. My belle just dey sweet me.

The Nigerian Super Eagle's Calls Up 4 new players to the team
Fayodele Mar 8, 2021 5:54 PM
Super Eagles Coach Gernot Rohr have included some players with dual nationalities in the list for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers versus Benin Republic and Lesotho.

The rundown of welcomed players for the Super Eagles AFCON 2022 qualifiers have been submitted to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) by manager of the team Gernot Rohr.

According to reports, it was discovered that four players have agreed to switch allegiance to join up with the Nigerian's Super Eagles.

Below includes the names of those players;

1. Ademola Lookman

Ademola Lookman is an English professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Fulham, on loan from RB Leipzig of the Bundesliga.

The Fulham Star won't turn back on his decision to swap England for Nigeria.

2. Nathan Tella

Nathan Adewale Temitayo Tella is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Southampton. The Super Eagle's boss had added the name of the young star to the list of players who would take part in the Afcon Qualifiers.

3. Jordan Torunarigha

Jordan Torunarigha is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for Hertha BSC. He is the son of former footballer Ojokojo Torunarigha and the brother of current footballer Junior Torunarigha.

Highly rated Germany youth international defender Jordan Torunarigha has been given the go ahead by FIFA to play for the Super Eagles of Nigeria.

4. Ovie Ejaria

Oviemuno Dominic Ejaria is an English professional footballer who plays as a central or attacking midfielder for Reading in the EFL Championship. The 22-year-old Reading midfielder, who spent six years at Liverpool but only made eight senior appearances for the Premier League champions.

NFF boss Amaju Pinnick confirms FIFA have cleared England- born player Ovie Ejaria to play for Nigeria.

From Opera News

As much as I love Lookman's football qualities, I hate the fact that he is wasteful in front of goal...

andrewbaba44:
Why do you say he should have been a midfielder when he is not bad at the position he plays

Aina is quality. He is better in attacking midfield than in defense.

Rohr Calls Up Four New Players, Three From England, One From Germany For AFCON 2022 Qualifiers
Owngoalnigeria Mar 5, 2021 8:51 AM

The list of invited players for the Super Eagles AFCON 2022 qualifiers have been submitted to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) by coach of the team Gernot Rohr.

Rohr has already decided on the players he will use to prosecute the games against Benin Republic and Lesotho respectively and it will be made public next week.

Owngoalnigeria.com exclusively gathered that the list has four new players with two on standby. Three of the four players were called up from England while one plays in Germany.

We gathered the four players have agreed to switch allegiance to Nigeria and one is placed on standby owing to passport issues which might see him miss the games.

Nigeria need a point from two games to seal a spot at next year Africa Cup of Nations and Rohr is leaving nothing to chance in his quest to lead the team to the tournament in Cameroon.

fabyom:
Aina was something else today! What an amazing player!
Not only did he put Son in his pocket, but he was also dribbling him anyhow! LOl!
How did both Doherty and Davies get signed by Spurs!
Those two were an eyesore today!

Aina is a special player. He should have been a midfielder. How I wish Lookman and Tosin would join him in the SE

What's holding our Super Eagles and Golden Eaglets handlers from releasing their squad list for AFCON qualifiers on 27th and 30th March and U17 AFCON from the 14th? The Benin Republic and U17 Tanzanian teams have released theirs.

chucs:
This Tosin really annoyed me with his statements. Not like he owe me or Nigeria, but if he wanted to push through with playing for the English national team, he would have come out straight and not flirt with playing for Nigeria.

I wish him best of luck with his 3 lion ambition, just that I dont like 2 faced people.

Southgate and the FA really at work here. Hope Lookman does not also change his mind?

PDPGuy:
Nice one
I’m happy the SF get to play at least 5 friendly games before the 2022 AWCON qualifiers begin

Thank God

TheSuperNerd:
-Chidinma Okeke still got that vision that we saw from her at the WC vs Korea where she sent a long pass into Oshoala's path who did the rest and finished brilliantly.

Today, we saw a deja vu of the connection for Oshoala's third goal of the game. Okeke picking out Oshoala with a long pass from deep in the right wing. Oshoala running on to it, controlling, driving it forward and finishing quite simply.



-On Toni Payne, she was so good. I must say it wasn't just for this game. Against Uzbekistan, I also saw her pull off some nice passes into the paths of some of other forwards but we kinda squandered them. She's quickly settling into the side and beginning to show her stuff. A real baller.

Her finishing, her vision and her ball skills are excellent additions to this already dominant Falcons side.



- Monday Gift. A baller for now and the future. Loving her touches. And it's interesting seeing her versatility too. Was upfront and missed a very good chance although she was challenged badly in the process but she took her goal really well. Fine player with both feet. It's little wonder she made Goal's NXGN list of Best top 10 young female ballers from 2020. FC Robo is giving Nigeria another one. From Oshoala to Ajibade and now to Gift.



- Mostly positives from the game and the Guineans were all over the place and being too physical at times. It's a good thing no one got serious injury coz they really fouled our girls. One of the falcons lasses dorning number 15 especially collected quite some fouls from the Guineans one of which got them sent off in the dying mins. Dem wan kill that Babe no be small.


- Guinea was easy opposition but Our falcons should have had more. We missed some chances especially in the second half that should be buried when up against tougher oppositions. We gotta be more ruthless. But again, I will cut them enough slack because this is their first gathering after a long while so it's expected we see some technical blemishes and flaws. This team will get better and Africa will have to do a lot more to stop the Falcons from bagging another AWCON.

Nerdie. Really enjoying your analysis

When is the Nigeria v Equatorial Guinea match?

Fulham Star Could Snub Super Eagles For England Like Saka, Abraham and Agbonlahor
OlamideSundayOyetunji Feb 19, 2021 2:33 PM

Fulham football club fast-rising defender Tosin Adarabioyo is reportedly reconsidering his international future as a player of dual nationalities.

The 23-year-old Manchester City product has advanced in his ambition to represent Nigeria but situation could change due to active playing status with Fulham.

According to owngoalnigeria.com, Tosin Adarabioyo is undecided about playing for either Three Lions of England and the Super Eagles of Nigeria.

For the fact that he has played for England from U-16 to U-19 didn't represent them in competitive games which mean the process of switching allegiance won't be too rigorous.

"He is at the moment in a crucial state of his career where he is getting games in the English Premier League. The focus should be on helping Fulham for now". His representative told owngoalnigeria.com.

"Tosin has Nigeria at heart but it’s one thing at a time and for now it’s Fulham and that’s why he hasn’t responded to the request to switch to Nigeria yet. It’s one step at a time."

Tosin Adarabioyo is one of the most regular player for the struggling Fulham in the English Premier League with Scott Parker rating him so highly, however, he repeatedly turned down Nigeria in favour of playing for England.

Few years ago, the player who can operate as right back or centre back posted some pictures on social media to celebrate Nigeria independence anniversary but many cannot forget how the likes of Gabriel Agbonlahor, Tammy Abraham of Chelsea and Bukayo Saka of Arsenal all settled for their country of birth instead of Nigeria.

[quote author=BascoVanVeli post=99201874]Wow I heard his accent and immediately guessed texas. U can hear the southern hospitality in his voice.[/quote

Nerdie. I love his accent too but I think we have first wait for the 2nd match against Uzbekistan on Saturday before we can assess and judge the technical qualities of this coach. Uzbekistan defeated Equatorial Guinea 5-0

Rohr to Drop Super Eagles Captain, Chukwueze and Two Others From Squad
OlamideSundayOyetunji Feb 18, 2021 4:51 PM

The Nigerian male national team will be back in serious footballing business in the coming weeks as the first FIFA international break will see professional players starring for their various countries.

Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr will execute his first and second assignment when Nigeria will entertain Benin Republic and Lesotho in the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

After the disappointing back to back draw with Sierra Leone in November, the Franco-German manager is expected to change the outlook of the team.

The dramatic and unexpected 4-4 draw with the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium, Benin City led to outcry and condemnation from all quarters and the gaffer is ready to make some changes.

Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa will become the first player to be dropped from the team due to his unemployment state as Gernot Rohr was expecting him to make a move during the January transfer window.

According to the list leaked by owngoalnigeria.com, Samuel Chukwueze was also not penned by the manager due to his inactivity at club level since January courtesy of injury not forgetting Dennis Bonaventure who just completed a loan move to FC Köln from Club Brugge.

Lastly, Heartland goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa has also been excluded from the team that will have Maduka Okoye, Daniel Akpeyi and the returning Francis Uzoho but another goalkeeper from the Nigeria Professional Football League will be given an opportunity.

isan:
Toni Payne dribbled a lot and her final ball is very lacking , oshoala just didnt try today at all

Ngozi Okobi should be careful. Payne is ready to steal her shirt

PDPGuy:
1-0 to SF!

Who scored the goal?