Victor Moses cross to Pedro Rodriguez which was converted by the Spaniard to give Chelsea the lead against Burnley has been taken away from his assist tally for the season.

The flying wingback has been one of the most consistent performers for league leaders Chelsea, with many crediting him as part of the reason why the Blues are favourite to land the Premier League crown.

However another statistics that would have further explained his progression at Chelsea this season has been taken away from him by the dubious goal panel of the English Premier League.

Moses’s ball deflected off a Burnley defender before reaching Pedro, and that deflection has been ruled to be sufficient enough to take the assist away from the Nigerian.

That means he now has one assist in the year 2017 not two as recorded against his name after the 1-1 draw against Burnley last week in the English Premier League.

English Premier League side Hull City have received a timely boost in their battle to beat the drop following the timely return of full back Moses Odubajo who has been out injured since the start of the season.

Odubajo dislocated his kneecap in a pre season friendly game against Grimsby and required surgery including ligament reconstruction on the problem.

He underwent further surgery in October after a training ground incident which left him with a fractured knee on his return after a four months absence.

23 year old Odubajo according to his brother Tom Bolarinwa is scheduled to play some part in Hull City survival battle before the end of the season as his recovery is going on as planned.

The England youth international is a target for the coach of Nigeria Gernot Rohr. who has his name on the list of players with dual nationality who are still eligible to play for Nigeria.

The Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 2014 CHAN Championship Ejike Uzoenyi has joined Premier South Africa League (PSL) Bidvest Wits, Owngoalnigeria.com understands.

Uzoenyi has been at fellow PSL side Mamelodi Sundowns but a combination of injury and poor form restricted him to just 10 appearances in three years.

Contractual issues lead to a break down of his proposed move to SuperSports United last season but this time around, he has moved on a free transfer after mutually terminating his contract with Sundowns.

Few weeks ago he dragged Sundowns to FIFA but later settled with his former employers to free him from his contract, paving the way to join Bidvest Wits.

The 28 year old was a member of the Nigeria squad to the last World Cup in Brazil, and he will be hoping to re-launch his career with the national team following his latest move.

Super Eagles captain and legend John Mikel Obi who spent ten and half years at English Premier League giants Chelsea has advised Kelechi Iheanacho on his future at Manchester City.

Iheanacho has been frozen out of the first team set up at the Manchester City as the 20 year old has failed to make the matchday squad in their last five games in all competitions.

Mikel who is no stranger to battling for shirts with star names says the competition in the Man City team, that has kept Iheanacho out of the team will help him become a better player in the future.

” 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.

Super Eagles defender William Troost-Ekong is not in the revised Europa League squad of Belgian side Gent, Owngoalnigeria.com understands.

The 23 year old defender came through the youth ranks at Gent Europa league round of 16 opponents Tottenham Hotspurs before leaving the club in 2013 to head back to his country of birth the Netherlands and join FC Groningen.

The defender joined Gent in July 2015 from Groningen after impressing out on loan at FC Dordrecht. He was immediately loaned out to Norwegian side FK Haugesund where he established himself as one of the best players in the Norwegian league and earned a place in the Nigerian first-team.

He returned to Gent in January and was delighted when they were drawn against his former side Spurs, as it will afford him the chance to face some of his old pals at his former side. But he won’t get the chance.

It was reported by Het Nieuwsblad this week that Gent had not included him in their Europa League squad and he is not on the official list on the UEFA website.

It seems the Nigerian will not get the chance to prove Tottenham wrong on this occasion.

The dwindling fortunes of Nigeria in age group competitions and female football is giving coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr, a lot to worry about.

Rohr whose main job is to steer the Super Eagles back to the top of Africa Football has so far succeeded in turning around the fortunes of the Super Eagles, with three wins from their first three games under the German.

However, it was not only with the senior side that work needed to be done. Recent results at age-group level had also not been as successful as the past.

“This is something that I wanted to help change,” Rohr said. “I also offered to accompany the local selection, even if I was not in charge of it directly. I also said I would keep an eye out for the national women’s team. These are some of the things I said I wanted to do when I started in August last year.”

Football Federation (FERWAFA) has shortlisted eight coaches from the list of 52 applicants for the Men’s Senior National Team Head Coach Position.

After the pre-selection process held on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at FERWAFA headquarters, the candidates who made it to the shortlist include;

1. Antoine Hey (Germany)
2. Georges Leekens (Belgium)
3. Jose Rui Lopes Aguas (Portugal)
4. Paul Put (Belgium)
5. Peter James Butler (England)
6. Winfried ‘Winni’ Schafer (Germany)
7. Raoul Savoy (Switzerland)
8. Samson Siasia (Nigeria)

The shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
Source: Ferwafa.rw

The rise of Victor Moses as a right wingback at English Premier League leaders Chelsea has generated a response from his teammate on the opposite flank.

Marcos Alonso who mans the left wingback position for Chelsea rates Moses as the surprise of the season, judging by the speed at which he has settled into a new role as a wingback.

While Alonso has played at wing-back before, he told Sky Sports he has been seriously impressed with the way Moses has adapted to a new position.

‘You have to run a lot more because you have to attack like a winger and defend like a full-back’ the Spaniard said.

‘You have to pick the best time to go up and maybe have a rest at some point during the game to be the first to defend when the team is not having full control of the game.’

‘Some days when I see that he is attacking more, I will stay more to cover and sometimes when I push more, he covers at the back,’ Alonso added of his partner.

‘He is doing an amazing job, because I think for me, it is easier that I used to play in this position before but for him it is something new and he is doing a fantastic job there.’

Former Germany and Bayern Munich captain Lothar Matthaus has advised manager of Arsenal Arsene Wenger on how best to use Mesut Ozil and Alex Iwobi against Bayern Munich.

Arsenal will take on Bayern in the UEFA Champions League round of 16, and Matthaus who now writes for the Sun says proper usage of Iwobi and Ozil could help the Gunners shock their host in tomorrow’s encounter.

Matthaus played over 300 games for Bayern Munich in two different spell and also lead Germany to victory as captain at the World Cup in 1990, his view was picked up by Owngoalnigeria.com online editor.

“Arsenal have high quality. You only have to look at Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez and Olivier Giroud to see that, while I also like Alex Iwobi.

“In Munich, I think Arsenal have to leave Giroud on the bench and play Sanchez through the middle.

“Giroud is really just a box player but Munich will play on the front foot and have the ball most of the time.

“That means Arsenal must play on the counter and that is where Sanchez can do a much more vital and valuable job than Giroud.

“He can use his pace, popping up all over the pitch to take advantage of the space Bayern leave, allowing Iwobi and Ozil to get on the ball.”

Coach of the Super Eagles Gernot Rohr has confirmed his happiness with the recent transfer of Musa Mohammed to Bosnian side FK Zeljeznicar Saravejo.

The Super Eagles full back joined the Bosnian side on loan from Turkish side Istanbul Basaksehir, where he failed to make a single league appearance for the team in 18 months.

He was reduced to playing cup games for the team, a situation which Gernot Rohr frown at and subsequently axed the former Nigeria U-17 and 20 captain from his starting line up.

Rohr played Kenneth Omeruo and Wilfred Ndidi ahead of Musa Mohammed despite the fact that they are not natural full backs by trade, and warned Musa to sort out his club form.

However following Musa’s move to Bosnia, and Rohr confirmed his happiness over the move in an interview with NFF.com.

” We understand how the transfer window works, and some players like Musa Mohammed who were not playing at their clubs made moves to team where they are going to get games”, Rohr said.

” We hope Musa get to play games in Bosnia because that will work in our favour as well in the national team”.