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TheLoneCitizen:
He has released his Twitter lap dogs to clean his reputation

😂

TheGoodJoe:
The term is racist. Portuguese and Spaniards need to learn that people are not as tolerating as it is in their countries. Same for South Americans.

Mourinho likely didn't mean it in a racist way but in today's climate, he can't use such term "monkeys".

i disagree 'jumping up and down like monkeys' is an idiomatic expression. And looking at the bench he was referring to, it was just one black player in the gala bench.

Read galatasaray have accused Jose Mourinho of racism after he use the phrase 'jumping up and down like monkeys' to discribe the galatasaray bench after their goalless draw yesterday.
Now one of the first to react to this accusation is our own Victor Osimhen.
My Take: Osimhen should rest on this, he shouldn't be used for Gala and Fener dirty fight.
JM is the last person you will accuse of racism.

Goke7:
when you have folks who think like Carragher voting what do you expect? he's only expressing how the voters' minds work

Makes the point that Balon d'Or Europe's best-kept secret can only be won by Europeans and whomever they choose to award it. Africans don't stand a chance cos the world begins and ends with Europe.

JohnBullMySon:
Europeans have won both the World Cup and Fifa best player more than anyone else. Only South America comes close.

So was it the Euros that made them win it more. Because I don't understand your argument. I asked which of those tournaments can you link to the past world best winners. I'm not asking if Europeans or Asians have won it more.

Starboytwo:
I heard Osimhen to man utd is coming.

Heard deal is 85% done.

JohnBullMySon:
The devil is in the details. You first have to decide what 'major tournament' even means. FIFA does not classify any tournament as major or minor. We are talking about how much impact AFCON vs Euro has on the Balon d'or.

Bro you should answer that question, how much impact does Afcon, Euros, Asia Cup and copa American and Concacaf have on World best not Balon d'or (cos it's an European award).

Samueltemi337:
No one wanted him?
That's not true tho

that part shock me, And who are those that term him a flop. They create somethings from their imagination trying to gaslight everyone.

TheGoodJoe:
Respect people's opinions. You can point out that people should also consider that Gasperini could have played a role in Lookman's improvement without calling people shallow.

Either way, I agree with your point.

i don't agree with his point, Lookman was improving with age and whatever coach he find himself as long as he was getting playing time, we would still see the beast mood. Just like saying Guardiola or former Liverpool coach should be given credit for Debryne or Salah after their no show at Chelsea.

charlesemeka85:
Don’t really know much about Obi’s preference in terms of country to play men’s football for (though currently a Danish youth teamer and highly rated in the country) but for now he is leaning towards his country of birth which is Denmark

He reminds me so much of a young Osimhen in 2015 U17 World Cup

i don't see any resemblance with Osimhen who for me was more aggressive and fast. That guy is a young Onuachu in movement.

joxxy01:
Kai, I like how our African legend are coming out to support lookman.

Gasperini fuk with the wrong African player. The current AFOTY. Them no tell am

Samueltemi337:
How many trophies did they win then?

None! But I wasn't talking about trophy,, the fact is that Atalanta was already on the rise from the time of zapata. They have been qualifying for UEFA tournament since 2020. But Lookman help them to win their first top flight trophy.

Goke7:
A pity they are or were in clubs smaller than them.

But one thing that makes me happy is that they made these smaller clubs become big that folks all over the world want to watch. That itself defines who they truly are. To even think that Atalanta played in the second division 10 years ago and today in the champions league. Common on!

Lookman had a big impact in Atalanta, but Atalanta was already a top 6 club in Italy before Lookman moved there.

opes:
If this is true,shame on the Nigerians siding with the coach. Shmm

You dey mind all this one's forming intellectual unbiased analysis. Empty kumkum

charlesemeka85:
SCORENigeria can exclusively report that Union St.Gilloise striker Promise David, who scored his first UEFA Europa League goal against Ajax Thursday night, has formally applied to change his international allegiance from Nigeria to Canada.

David, a direct replacement for Victor Boniface at Belgian club Union, previously featured for Nigeria in an official U23 qualifier.


“His application to change eligibility has been approved by the NFF,” a top source informed SCORENigeria

‘Tobi’ was born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada and so he is also eligible to play for that country, who are one of the co-hosts for next year’s World Cup along with the USA and Mexico.

The 23-year-old centre-forward has thus far scored 13 goals and made three assists in 27 appearances for Union this season.

This is how it should be, weigh your options and make your decision not when you are 29yrs at the end of your career you're talking about switching. Play one tournament that's all. We don't need machinery but committed players.

charlesemeka85:
SCORENigeria can report that Werder Bremen star Felix Agu is also on long wish list of Super Eagles Eric Chelle.

The 25-year-old Agu was recently endorsed by Super Eagles defender Leon Balogun.

This season, the left back, who could also play at right back and on the left side of midfield, has scored two goals and an assist in 10 Bundesliga appearances for Werder Bremen.


He has already been capped by Germany at U21 levels, that was in 2019 and he will therefore need to formally apply for an eligibility switch.

Eric Chelle has drawn up a list of young players with Nigerian roots, who could freshen the Super Eagles in the near future.

The list includes Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal), George Ilenikhena (AS Monaco), Kazeem Olaigbe (Rennes), Ahmed Abdullahi (Sunderland), Victor Udoh (Southampton) and Samuel Edozie (Anderlecht).

Copied from Scorenigeria.com.ng

This is the type of news we keep hearing whenever a foreign coach is coming on board, at the end of the day nothing,

TheLoneCitizen:
Gasperini lost a good one:

Gasperini When Reteguei missed a penalty vs when Lookman missed a penalty

Subzerooo:
I must say im with Bannedlargejr on this one, The statement by Gasperini was not nice especially for a public forum but Lookman should not allow those around him to gourd him into reckless actions or statements because potential employers are watching his response and employers are always sympathetic to other employers

You guy and this clownish mentality. Everyone is condemning the disrespect from the coach, CAF, NFF, even Atalanta as a club. Nobody is gourding Lookman to take any rash decisions and he has put out a statement and that's it.
Let also make this clarity, Osimhen issue and that of Lookman are not the same. One was disrespected by the club, while the other was the coach and has nothing to do with his club.

BascoVanVeli:
na normal one one. Nothing to see here 🧑🏾‍🦯‍➡️🤣

He needed to compensate Heartland after awarding a dubious pk against them 😂

minfelix:
omo his speech was so so so unnecessary and unprofessional…more like say na Lookman no make dem progress to next stage…lookman was injured in first leg and he watched club brugge flogging his team 2-1, he came back from injury you still bench am(reason well understood), he still sat on the bench watching club brugge flogging his team 3-0 on home soil…baba came on in 35seconds boom tear net…even if he is not the penalty taker, all indications were that the guy is back to his red hot form and should be allowed to take that penalty, wether he will score or not…who no dey lose penalty…very stewpid coach

Exactly the narrative he was trying to push. Even without read Lookman side of the story, I was not taking the rubbish comment from the coach cos it was unnecessary and uncalled for. Lookman was not the reason the team lost but the coach inept decision.

BankyGee:
If Retegui scored against Arsenal, they won't even be playing in the Playoffs in the first place. Retegui also missed the penalty that would have put them in the first place on the Serie A table some weeks ago

He has taken 4 penalties for Atalanta and converted only two, while Lookman has scored all his penalties taken for them except yesterday's (4/5)...

And people are not seeing the bias. He did not even call out the stupid captain that was fighting on the pitch.

BankyGee:
You dey whine Nigerians? During Osimhen's time too, all Napoli's pages were raided with angry reactions and #RespectOsimhen hashtags...

Them no dey do our players anyhow o 😂

we need same hashtag for Lookman cos I'm so annoyed with the whole event.

minfelix:
some of this white coaches are just mean, how can you not rate this lookman of 2023,2024 and 2025..na wa oo

the coach is just stupid trying to push blame. 3goals down already at half time. Even if the match has ended 3all, they had still be out.

BankyGee:
Most Nigerians dey do like rams, just follow the crowd. They can't think outside the box for themselves.

Everybody just dey blame Lookman, now them fit rest.

Thank you, very annoying. Because most are observant they see that even Retegui missed a crucial pk against Arsenal and he wasn't called the worst pk player by his coach. Your team was already 3goals down and this guy score the only goal to give you a fighting chance, instead of applauding him what we see is criticism and some support such anyhow behaviour.

That Atalanta Coach is a very anyhow person, always trying to dim lookman shine, whenever he notice Lookman is about becoming the face of the team he start giving him 50 to 60mins game time. Especially when the team is winning and Lookman is gunning for hattrick.

charlesemeka85:
he will easily displace semi ajayi

Mk pride and bitterness no Dey blind una 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Yea, in my books, I'll bench Ajayi for him

charlesemeka85:
the same Bassey wey Una Dey insult and talk down on whenever he plays for the national team

Nigerians eeeeh 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Abeg be specific with the Una, I've never said anything negative about Bassey, even when he make few errors, I know he will learn from it. For me currently I don't rate any man united or Chelsea defenders above Bassey.

komekn:
When Tosin was at Fulham he was the key player for them in defence and was the must outstanding.

Bassy is not in any way shape or fork better than Tosin.

And Tosin in my opinion is not better than Bassey.

komekn:
He has played over 12 games in the premier league with a squad with top players andvhas had some injuries in the past.

It's m of great , but it's Chelsea filled with top level players. Are any of our current defenders comparable talk less of being better.

Leave sentiments behind emotive preferences don't win games QUALITY PLAYERS DO.

Abeg leave that he was playing at Chelsea talk, we all saw him at Fulham. Ugochukwu was at Chelsea and at then some will say he's better than all our midfielders, but watch him at Southampton now and compare to what we have. Aderabioye is an average defender just like what we have in the SE.

comodo:
This peace wey dey this forum be like u no like am.

😂 😂 😂
I just saw the news on newsflash, I had to look again to be sure of the name I saw there. I was like this guy win player of the month and this place quite like this 😒

Nwakali wins Barnsley player of the month.


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elyte89:
Bad news guys ….d Benin 🇧🇯 vs South Africa 🇿🇦 game will be hosted in South Africa 🇿🇦…so literally deir next 6ix games will played in South Africa 🇿🇦

The caf president is really pushing hard for his country to qualify 🤨🤨🤨



Where’s our men in caf committee,we need to start our own politics or else we re not going to the World Cup

I don't see the possibility of this happening are there no good stadia in the whole of West African or even Central Africa for their games to be move to South Africa.