Coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has refused to reveal the name of the German Nigerian defender who has committed his international future to Nigeria.

Rohr revealed he is in talks with a German born Nigerian, who could make his debut for the Super Eagles in March when they take on Senegal in a friendly game.
Lot of names have been speculated by the media as players who are currently under watch by the Franco-German coach of Nigeria, who is currently speaking with players of Nigerian descent to pledge their international future to the Super Eagles.
” I won’t tell you his name, but we are hopeful he will be around for the friendly game against Senegal if all goes according to plan”, Rohr said.
” We have very good options in defence but we need all our best legs for the World Cup qualifiers. We will try our best to get the best players for Nigeria regardless of where they are born”.

The Nigerian duo of Kenneth Otigba and Emem Eduok were both on target for Turkish side Kasimpasa in their 6-1 thrashing of Sancaktepe Belediyespor.

Hungarian-Nigerian Otigba scored the second goal for Kasimpasa in the 16th minute before Emem Eduok followed up with the third goal in the 38th minute to put Kasimpasa three goals up.

Further goals from Andre Castro who opened scoring and Mustafa Batuhan Altintas who scored a brace were all on target in the rout which was completed by Adem Buyuk, who incidentally scored an own goal for the visitors to reduce the deficit.

The duo joined the team on loan from various teams with Otigba joining from Hereenven in Holland while Eduok joined Kasimpasa on a season long loan from Tunisian side Esperance.

They have made a combined league appearance of 25 with Otigba turning out 12 times while Eduok who has two league goals has 13 appearances to his name.

Former Nigeria youth international Kingsley Sokari is close to leaving Tunisian side CS Sfaxien for Qatari side Al-Jaish, according to reports reaching the editorial desk of Owngoalnigeria.com.
Sokari is one of the players the Tunisian side can sell to raise money for their business later on in the season, despite the ban placed on them by FIFA.

Sfaxien are presently under a FIFA transfer ban, that stops them from signing players but they are allowed to sell players and Sokari could be the first to be sold.

Reports in Tunisia has it that a move is close to being agreed between his representatives and the Qatari side, who are now thrashing a transfer fee for the 22 year old.

This season the Nigerian has also courted interest from French Ligue 1 side Metz due to his fine performances but it appears like Al-Jaish are the front runners for his signature.

Manager of Arsenal Arsene Wenger has expressed his satisfaction with the progress of 20 year old Nigerian forward Alex Iwobi.

Iwobi was heavily involved in Arsenal’s three second-half goals at Swansea, seeing two efforts deflected in for own goals, then starting the move which led to the fourth for Alexis.

Iwobi made his Premier League debut in the corresponding fixture last season, and the youngster has gone from strength to strength ever since.

“He is more and more comfortable in the team,” the manager said to Arsenal Player after the game. “But I think Alex Iwobi, above all his talent, is a guy who has a fantastic team attitude.

“He is gaining in confidence as well. You could see overall that he develops very well. If he keeps that kind of spirit he has at the moment, he can go much higher up. That’s my wish.”

In what could be one of the strangest links in a while, it seems that Chelsea are sniffing around the possibility of signing Middlesbrough flyer and general all round unpredictable footballer Adam Traore.

The player was a star at youth level for Barcelona and was considered a major coup for Aston Villa when he signed for them at the start of last season. For obvious reasons, the then 19-year-old struggled to make an impact at Villa Park but his blistering pace has clearly caught the eye of the Chelsea boss.

Traore would undoubtedly be nothing more than a squad player for the Blues but Conte is known for getting the best out of players others struggle to nurture and he may see the Boro winger a perfect fit for his current squad as a back up to Victor Moses.

Moses is presently the only right wing back at Chelsea, a situation which could hurt their title aspirations but any deal for Traore won’t be for this season as he has already represented two teams this season in Aston Villa and Middlesbrough, meaning his potential signing could be a back up plan for next season.

Former Liverpool midfielder Jamie Carragher has come under attacks from fans of Chelsea after suggesting that he has a chance of making a move to China if he comes out of retirement if Mikel can get a move there.

The comments were in respond to a post from Bleacher reporter, where the now retired star was reported to have come out of retirement to move, and announced his intentions to Chinese teams.

See tweet and response from Chelsea fans.

Former Nigeria U-20 left back Jamilu Collins has been released by Croatian top division side NK Istra, Owngoalnigeria.com understands.

Collins joined the team on a full transfer from fellow Croatian side HNK Rijeka but despite making 11 appearances in the first stanza of the league, the 22 year old has been declared surplus to requirements at the club.

He has been in Croatia since 2013 when he joined Rijeka from Football Academy Abuja, and so far aside game time while out on loan, he is yet to play for the main team of Rijeka in the Portuguese league.

Istra signed him after a season on loan to second division side Sibenik but prior to that time he has also endured loan spells with Krka in Slovenia and Promorac in Croatia as well.

FC Porto summer signing Musa Yahaya was reportedly sold by English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur due to issues other than his performances on the pitch.

Owngoalnigeria.com gathered that the 19 year old was sold by Spurs to Portimonense of Portugal where he spent the second half of last season on loan, before Portiminense traded him to Porto this summer.

His transfer from Portimonense to FC Porto, which was exclusively reported by Owngoalnigeria.com was made possible after Spurs discovered that his contract with them was leaked to the press.

Spurs had a pre-contract agreement with his nursery team Mutunchi Academy for the Nigeria youth international to join them when he turned 18, but they were shocked to see details of his contract leaked on social media and online website.

The leak breached the confidentiality that was suppose to surround the deal, since Yahaya was under-18, Spurs in turn had to made do by selling him off quickly to recoup their investment in him.

Yahaya who trained with the B team of Spurs severally before he was sold joined Spurs for a fee of around £350,000 but was sold for £250,000 to Portuguese second division side Portimonense.

Portimonense however sold him to FC Porto three months later for a fee in the region of £650,000 according to various reports gathered by Owngoalnigeria.com.

Head coach of Belgian side Gent Hein Vanhaezebrouck has praised the performances of Rabiu Ibrahim in his club winter camping exercise in Spain.

25 year old Ibrahim joined the Belgian side in the summer to fortify the midfield of the team but he made only three appearances in the first half of the season.

Rabiu Ibrahim was booed off the pitch in his first start by fans of the team, but true to his promise during a chat with Owngoalnigeria.com, it appears he is truly set to take the league by storm this year.

” He’s more suited to our style of play now, and he now understands the physical side of the game better. If he maintains this form when the league resumes, he will be like a new signing for us”, Vanhaezebrouck said on Rabiu Ibrahim.

The Nigerian is one of four Nigerians at the club with Moses Simon, William Troost Ekong and Samuel Kalu completing the list.