English Premier League giants Manchester City are reportedly still interested in the services of 21 year old Nigerian midfielder Bruno Ibeh, who plays for Uruguayan Primera Division side Nacional.

Ibeh who is on a season long loan to second division side Torque was spotted by some scouts from Manchester City, who in turn recommended him to Nacional in January 2015.

Nacional tested him and decided to sign him, and moved him straight to their reserves, but a torn meniscus deny him the chance to be actively involved in the team, who were crowned champions of the Reserve Championship ahead of River Plate.

The scouts from Manchester City who were pivotal in his move to Uruguay are still in contact with Ibeh, who could be offered a trial chance with the team in the nearest future.

Born in Owerri, South Eastern Nigeria, he stands out with an intimidating physique and has very good handling of the ball as well as crisp, neat passes especially in tight spaces.

Former Chelsea left full back Celestine Babayaro says Victor Moses will cause Arsenal trouble on the right when both teams clash this weekend in the English Premier League.

Babayaro made this known during a chat with Owngoalnigeria.com about the upcoming game at Stamford Bridge, where Chelsea will be hoping to avenge the 0-3 hammering they suffered against Arsenal in the reverse tie.

” Arsenal will have problem coping with Victor Moses on the right, if Alex Iwobi is played against him. Iwobi isn’t such a good marker and Moses will thrive against him”, Babayaro told Owngoalnigeria.com.

” Iwobi has added some physical play to his game this season, but Moses will be a different kettle of fish to be up against. He plays with speed, force and skills. I will be shocked if Iwobi is played against him”.

The future of former Nigeria U-17 and 20 midfielder Chidiebere Nwakali at English Premier League side Manchester City is looking bleak with the club not keen on offering fresh terms.

Nwakali’s present contract with the team has 18 months to run, but the 20 year old who spent last season on loan to relegated Norwegian side IK Start has not been offered fresh terms.

Manchester City reportedly tried to ship him out on loan to three German clubs during the just concluded January transfer window, but their offer was rejected.

The midfielder who joined the team alongside Kelechi Iheanacho in 2014 has not have the best of time at the club unlike his Nigeria compatriot, no thanks to injuries and options in his preferred midfield role.

Linked with a return to Norway before the start of their league in March, his next loan move could have an option for the loan side to make his deal permanent.

Portuguese second division side Gil Vicente have received the necessary documents for the registration of Zaidu Sanusi popularly called “Nigerian Gareth Bale”.

Zaidu joined Gil Vicente in April 2016 alongside fellow Nigerian Collins Nonso after a short trial in Kaduna attended by scouts of the Portuguese side.

While Nonso has been progressing nicely in his bid to make the grade at the team, Zaidu has been rocked by series of injuries including a mysterious injury which was linked to a spell cast on him by his former owners in Nigeria.

However we gathered that the pacy winger has now properly recovered from the series of injury setback he has suffered, and his papers for registration were received by the team last week.

Relatively unknown Nigerian shot stopper David Nwokolor, who is reportedly set to be called up to the senior Nigeria national team has a statistic that is worth admiring.

Nwokolor who keeps goal for Bosnian top division side NK Vitez, where he is on loan from top division Croatian side HNK Rijeka has so far earned the tag “Africa Buffon” for his performances.

So have he has made the matchday squad 14 times, and started 12 games in what is his second season as a professional football after spending time on loan at Croatian second division NK Sibenik.

He is presently seven games short of his total appearances last season for Sibenik, midway through the league in Bosnia, and he presently boast of 8 clean sheets.

The 21 year old is set to return back to league action at the end of February, when the league resumes in Serbia for the second phase, and reports has it that he could make his debut for Nigeria in March.

Owngoalnigeria.com has gotten leaks on the financial details of Ezekiel Bassey at Spanish side Barcelona following his loan move to the team from Enyimba FC of Aba.

The terms of his contract contains special bonuses, which are based on appearances for the B team in the third division as well as the first team who are the champions of the La-Liga.

The special bonuses were so inserted to help push further the desire of the 20 year old to work hard and break into the first team from the B team.

We gathered that for every 15 minutes he play with the first team of Barcelona, he is entitled to a special bonus which is five times his wage at his parent owners Enyimba.

Meanwhile for the B team , where he is expected to spend most of his time, he will make 75% of the special bonus he is entitled to every 15 minutes for the first team after 20 appearances.

Hertha Berlin highly rated 19 year old defender Jordan Torunarigha could be in line for a shock call up to the Super Eagles, Owgoalnigeria.com understands.

We gathred that coach of the senior Nigeria team Gernot Rohr received glowing reports about the German born defender, who is comfortable as a left full back or central defender.

Torunarigha is yet to play for the German Bundesliga side but he has sufficiently impressed the technical crew of the team, as he has made the matchday squad of the team on several occassion.

Standing at an impressive height of 189cm, he is the son of former Shooting Stars man Ojokojo Torunarigha, who starred for the Ibadan side in the 80’s.

However Nigeria need to fend off interest from Germany who have already capped the defender at youth level, with the press in Germany going as far as nicknaming him “Berlin Wall”.

Former Super Eagles and Flying Eagles fringe player Gabriel Okechukwu is presently testing with Georgian champions Dinamo Tblisi.

Okechuckwu was released by Ukrainian side Karpaty Lyviv in February after playing just 12 minutes of league action in the first stanza of the league.

The 21 year old failed to tie down a shirt in the one year he spent at the club he joined from local Nigeria side Water FC, during the January transfer window of 2016.

He is well famed in Nigeria after former coach of the Super Eagles late Stephen Keshi handed him the number 10 jersey against Chad in Nigeria’s first AFCON 2017 qualifiers in Kaduna.

Keshi was queried by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for dressing a player who doesn’t play in any level of Nigeria football league, and worst still handed him the number 10 jersey.