The Super Eagles of Nigeria have reached agreement to play Senegal and later Burkina Faso in London during the next FIFA international window in March.

Eagles will take on Senegal on the 23rd of March before facing Burkina Faso four days later in London with both games schedule to take place at Fulham’s Craven Cottage stadium.

Ghana were supposed to play Nigeria but according to Jairo Pachon, the match agent of the Nigeria Football Federation the match was called off as the Black Stars are without a coach for now.

” We (Nigeria) will play Senegal then Burkina Faso four days later. The proposed tie with Ghana was called off due to their managerial situation, so we moved quickly to replace them with Burkina Faso, Pacho of Eurodata Sports told Owngoalnigeria.com

The games are meant to prepare Nigeria for their upcoming AFCON 2019 qualifiers and World Cup 2018 qualifiers later in the year.

Manager of Manchester City Pep Guardiola has joined captain of the Super Eagles John Obi Mikel in praising the professional attitude of Kelechi Iheanacho.

Iheanacho has been frozen out of the first team set up by manager Pep Guardiola following the emergence of Brazilian forward Gabriel Jesus, but Mikel in a chat revealed Iheanacho’s professionalism will see him regain his spot in the team.

” Iheanacho will become a better player after this phase, he is a strong lad, a very positive minded being and level headed. He will regain his spot in the team, he just have to keep on working hard in training and wait for his chance, when it comes I know he won’t disappoint.

” Every player wants to play and when you are not getting into the matchday squad it can be so discouraging. But I have learnt to always pick the positives from all situation”, Mikel told Owngoalnigeria.com.

Guardiola toed the same line yesterday when speaking about the injury to Jesus named the Nigerian forward among players, who have shown a high level of professionalism despite the fact that they have not been getting games.

A member of England U-20 back room staff has cried out over the plans of Nigeria to snatch Ademola Lookman from England using close family members of the Everton star.

Representatives of the 19 year old have met with officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and Lookman reportedly seems interested in switching allegiance to Nigeria despite representing England at various youth levels.

England are however unhappy that Nigeria has been using all means available to lure the Everton rising star, including close family members who are putting the lad under pressure to accept Nigeria.

” The pressure is telling. Lookman is a young man who should be allowed to focus on his club career but Nigeria are putting him under immense pressure, he is still building his career and the last thing he needs is distractions due to his international future”, he reportedly said to an Everton based media.

However his acceptance to play for Nigeria will be in the open after his meeting with coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr next week, according to reports gathered by Owngoalnigeria.com.

We also gathered that his father is reportedly in supporting of his son representing Nigeria as he is a big fan of the Super Eagles but will let his son decide his international future.

Super Eagles and Granada of Spain midfielder Uche Agbo picked up another booking in the La-Liga despite posting a man of the match performance in Granada’s 4-1 win over Eibar.

Agbo was on for the entire duration of the game, and put in a commendable shift in the midfield in his role as part of the three midfielders in front of the back four.

However just like in previous games, he was booked for foul play with nine minutes left to play in the encounter. A booking which takes his season’s caution to nine.

The 21 year old has picked up a booking in the last five games he has played for Granada including a red card in their 1-1 draw against Osasuna, which saw him suspended for three games.

On loan from English Premier League side Watford for the rest of the season, he appears not to have learnt from his suspension, as he has picked up a booking in all of the three games he has played since his return from suspension.

Super Eagles deputy left full back Kingsley Madu has been converted to a left winger by the coach of his Belgian side Zulte- Waregem, Owngoalnigeria.com understands.

Madu has failed to dislodge regular left back Brian Tomming Hamalainen since his move to the team in the summer, although he has replaced the Dane on several occasion.

Manager Frank Dury who rates the Nigerian highly had to devise a way of accommodating him in his team, hence the decision to push him upfront as a left winger.

The Nigerian scored a sublime goal from the new role in a recent friendly tie against Borussia Monchengladbach, a goal which according to many formed the basis of his nomination for the Club’s Player Of The Month Award.

Since joining the Belgian side from AS Trencin, Madu has made seven league appearances for the high flying team while he has played in all of their four games in the Cup, where he has a goal registered to his name.

Former Super Eagles captain and manager Sunday Oliseh and his new team Fortuna Sittard continued their rise up the table in the Netherlands with a 4-1 win over Utrecht II.

Oliseh took over the reins of the club in January, and has so far helped their aim of trying to avoid the drop to the third division in the Netherlands.

Their lastest win extends their unbeaten run to four games this season, the first time they are putting together such a run since the start of the season.

The win also lifted them to 16th on the log standings, and pulled them further away from the drop zone as they are presently on 27 points, 17 points more than bottom placed Achilles ’29.

Oliseh’s short term contract with the team which is suppose to elapse at the end of the season, will be automatically renewed if they beat the drop.

23 year old Nigerian forward Osayamen Osawe scored his sixth goal of the season for German side Kaiserslautern to help them to a 3-0 win over Sandhausen.

The forward was introduced in the 70th minute, and nine minutes later scored the third and final goal for his side to round up a comfortable victory for Kaiserslautern, which takes them to 11th position on the second division standings in Germany.

Osawe joined Kaiserslautern in the summer after scoring 17 goals in two seasons with third division side Hallescher, he is presently four goals short of his last season tally of 10 goals from 20 games in a tougher league in just few games.

Born in England to Nigerian parents, he had a short spell at English side Blackburn Rovers before trying out at Accrington Stanley, Hyde United and Southport before moving to Germany.

Eligible for both Nigeria and England, the power playing forward is yet to be capped by both nations at any level, no thanks to the slow progress of his career during his teen years.

Super Eagles and Wolverhampton Wanderers shot stopper Carl Ikeme has expressed his happiness at reaching 200 senior appearances for Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday evening in their game against Wigan Athletic.

Ikeme is once again expected to be behind the sticks for Wolves when they face Premier League leaders Chelsea this weekend in the FA Cup, and he believes it will be a tougher tie than their last game, where they sent Liverpool out of the tournament.

“Saturday’s going to be even tougher as they’re flying at the moment,” he said.

“It’s something that we can enjoy. I think it’s a game we can give back to the fans.

“We haven’t been in the Premier League for a number of years and we’ve had a couple of low points during that time as well.

“As players, as staff and as supporters I think it’s game that everyone can just go and enjoy.

“I’m looking forward to seeing Molineux packed. It’s going to be a great atmosphere and a great occasion.

“The bigger the occasion is, the better we seem to play.

“It’s going to be something that everyone’s going to revel in. Nobody’s going to have any fear.

“You’re playing against the best players in the world so it’s going to be something that we’re all going to enjoy and we’re all going to do our best.”

Everton rising star Ademola Lookman is seriously under consideration by coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Gernot Rohr ahead of the Super Eagles friendly tie against Teranga Lions of Senegal in London.

Lookman who has been an instant hit for Everton since his move from Charlton Athletics has already represented England at youth level, but he is still eligible for Nigeria.

The electronic version of UK based tabloid Daily Mirror reports that representatives of the 19 year old met with big wigs of the Nigeria Football Federation last week about his international future.

Coach of the Super Eagles Gernot Rohr reportedly requested for the meeting between the NFF and Lookman, ahead of his meeting with the coveted star next week in England.

Rohr wants to move quickly and has earmarked Lookman for a place in his squad for the next friendly against Senegal next month, which is meant to prepare Nigeria for the AFCON 2019 and World Cup 2018 qualifiers.

One of the numerous players of English Premier League side Chelsea who has been assured of his spot in the team in the nearest future is Kenneth Omeruo.

Omeruo is in his fourth loan spell away from Stamford Bridge, and it is reported that unlike previous seasons where he has hardly been given a look in during pre season, he will get his chance this season.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte assured the Nigeria international that he has a future at the club, and promised him a spot in his squad for their pre season tour at the end of the current season.

We gathered, the promise from Conte was part of the reasons why Omeruo accepted to extend his contract with Chelsea before heading out on loan to Alanyaspor, where he has impressed so far.

Rated as a future captain of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, the 23 year old centre back has so far impressed in three different roles this season, excelling as a full back, a centre back and most recently a defensive midfielder.