Highly respected Israeli agent David Ouziel has confirmed to Owngoalnigeria.com that a total of 10 players were selected after a three day screening exercise in Abuja.

The scout who has transferred six Nigerian players in the last one month was in Abuja for a three days screening exercise which went successful and had players picked.

Ouziel said the 10 selected players will be moved to first division clubs in Israel, while some will move to youth teams.

” We had a very good programme this time around, with teams from Uyo, Calabar , Abuja, Porthacourt, Lagos, Delta, Kaduna and even from Abidjan taking part” Ouziel told Owngoalnigeria.com.

” The level was high, very high a proof of how well Nigeria is blessed, but at the end we settled for 10 players. Three of the players will move straight to senior teams in Europe, while three will move to youth sides.

” The remaining four are going to be kept for future transfer, due to their age which falls within the range of 1999-2001″.

In our final checks on the performance of players of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, we bring to you the performances of Nigerian players from games in Germany, Portugal, Turkey, Slovakia and Belgium.

Leon Balogun ( Mainz 05, Germany)

Balogun was surprisingly missing from the match day squad of his team, as they fell 0-1 to Borussia Monchengladbach. No trace as to the reason why he missed the tie but he has been in and out of the team since returning back from injury after the last international break.

Oghenekaro Etebo ( CD Feirense, Portugal)

Known for his abilities to influence the outcome of games, most at times in favour of his team. The 20 year old couldn’t do much as his team crash to a 4-0 defeat at the hands of giants FC Porto.

Sunday Mba, Austin Amutu, Azubuike Okechukwu ( Yeni Malatyaspor, Turkey)

As many as three Nigerians namely Sunday Mba, Azubuike Okechukwu, and Austin Amutu started for promotion chasing second division Turkish side Yeni Malatyaspor, but the trio watched on as a solitary goal from Atabey Cicek handed visiting Bandirmaspor a 1-0 win. Amutu lasted 80 minutes while Mba and Okechukwu were on for the entire duration of the game.

Moses Simon, Anderson Esiti ( Gent, Belgium)

While Rabiu Ibrahim was once again left on the bench, the Nigerian duo of Moses Simon and Anderson Esiti were both on show for Gent, who were held to a 1-1 draw by Oostende. However they were both substituted at different interval with Moses going off in the 70th minute while Esiti joined him on the bench four minutes later. Former Super Eagles forward Joseph Akpala was an unused substitute for Oostende.

Christopher Udeh, Samuel Kalu, Reuben Gabriel, Uche Nwofor ( Trencin, Slovakia)

The Nigerian quartet were all on show at different interval of Trencin’s 1-1 draw against Spartak Trnava in a league game in Slovakia.

Little known Christopher Udeh rescued Trencin from another defeat with a goal 18 minutes from full time, alongside Reuben Gabriel and Samuel Kalu they lasted the entire duration of the game, while Uche Nwofor was introduced with six minutes left to play.

Nigeria youth international Orji Okonkwo made his third league appearance for Serie A side Bologna as visiting Empoli forced them to a 0-0 draw in front of their fans.

Manager Roberto Donadoni introduced the Nigerian in 82nd minute for Ladislav Krejci as Bologna search for a late goal to snatch all three points. They however had to settle for one point as the game ended 0-0.

18 year old Okonkwo joined Bologna in the summer, and was immediately moved to the Primavera side of the Serie A side, but after a month with team he was promoted to the first team.

He took the Primavera league by storm, scoring five goals in his first four games, a tally which prompted the manager to make him a main stay in the main team, with the injury to Sadiq Umar also playing a part.

So far he has raked up four appearances overall since his debut three weeks ago, and although he is still searching for his first goal, he has impressed in batches as he continues to learn the ropes in the Serie A.

On loan Chelsea defender Kenneth Omeruo was handed a new role by coach Huseyin Kalpar in Alanyaspor 2-0 win over Karabukspor in the Turkish League.

A central defender by trade, the Nigerian who has been ever present for the Turkish side was moved up front by the coach to a defensive midfield role, just in front of the back four.

He showed good composure on the ball, broke up the play of their opponents with ease, but picked up a yellow card in the process as his side won thanks to a brace from Brazilian forward Vagner Love.

Shortly after the game Omeruo took to twitter to express his joy over his performance with a post on his official twitter handle.

” Great win today.. 0-2 away from home against Karabukspor. Great experience playing from the defensive midfield position” He posted.

Fringe Super Eagles star Aminu Umar emerged from the substitute bench to score the winner for Turkish side Osmanlispor, as they secure a 2-1 win over Akhisar Belediye Genclik Ve Spor in the league.

The forward who only recently returned from a minor injury came in for Dzon Delarge in the 72nd minute with scores tied at 1-1 at the Manisa 19 Mayis Stadium.

After seeing his side waste a glorious chance to take the lead via the spot, when Badou Ndiaye missed his spot kick. The Nigerian saved his teammate’s blunder with a match winning strike five minutes from time.

The goal was his second of the season in the league but overall he has scored six times this season, with four coming in the Europa League. Aside his goals he has also picked up five assists this season.

He is reportedly on the wish list of English Premier League strugglers Hull City, but their interest which came while he was with Nigeria at the Olympics in Rio is yet to be matched by a bid.

From being shunned by Jose Mourino and previous Blues managers and loaned out on three separate occasions, Victor Moses is now a focal point for the league leaders.

Such a turnaround culminated in Moses winning the PFA Premier League Player of the Month award for November. The award is voted for by fans and thus always open to manipulation, and more likely to favour players at clubs with the biggest fanbases.

But for Moses to win it ahead of players like Sergio Aguero sums up his dramatic resurgence this season.

At the heart of Moses’ rebirth lies his manager Antonio Conte – and if we can draw any underlying themes from this Premier League season so far, one must surely be that good old fashioned training ground coaching still has its place in modern football.

Rather than go out and spend hundreds of millions on new players, the managers at the top of the table, Conte and Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool in particular, are demonstrating the value of innovative coaching.

Working with what you have rather than throwing the baby out with the bath water.

Moses is a perfect example. Deployed as a right wing-back in Conte’s 3-4-3, this repositioning has allowed the Nigerian to utilise his key strengths – pace, strength, direct running and stamina – whilst offering the team tactical flexibility and greater discipline in defensive situations. The stats show the extent of Moses’ improvement this season. Defensively, he’s making a greater impact than at almost any other point in his career.

In 13 appearances Moses is averaging 0.9 tackles per game – a figure rarely bettered in his last eight league seasons and only once significantly, by the 1.7 tackles per game he averaged while on loan at Stoke in 2014/15.

His defensive awareness is growing. Moses is averaging 1.2 interceptions per game – a career best and more than double his output at West Ham last season (0.5 per game) and treble that at Liverpool in 2013/14 (0.4 per game).

The Nigerian is also making far more clearances per game under Conte, understandably given his more defensive role.

More good news for Chelsea fans is that this greater defensive input hasn’t come at a cost to Moses’ natural attacking instincts.

The Nigerian has already scored three goals – half way to his Premier League career best having played 25 fewer games. One assist also puts him in a reasonable position to better his career high of three assists in a season while at Stoke and Wigan.

An average of 1.2 shots per game means Moses has also increased his efficiency in front of goal. Less shots, more goals.

And he’s seeing more of the ball, too. A 27.2 pass average per game outweighs the number of passes he’s made in any season in the last eight years and is more than double the number of passes he made while at West Ham last season.

Having emerged as a key player at Chelsea thanks to this exceptional – and in a sense surprising – run of form, Moses now faces one major challenge: avoiding injury.

The holiday season has not been kind to the 25-year-old in recent years. Moses missed 14 games in 2014/15 over the Christmas and Easter periods with a thigh problem and eight games over December and March last season due to hamstring complaints.

After Nigeria failed to qualify for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations, if he can overcome these seasonal niggles, the coming months offer the Premier League’s most improved player an opportunity to cement his place in Chelsea’s title challenge, which continues to gain pace.

Highly respected and well known Belgian players agency Pro|F Sports have extended their scope of activities into the Nigerian market.

Stijn Valenberghe who handles the region of Africa on behalf of the company left Nigeria yesterday after a week of screening in Lagos and Kaduna.

Five players were picked out of the over 500 players who took part in the exercise, that lasted four days in Lagos and three in Kaduna.

We gathered that the successful players will be contacted after a review by Stijn in the coming days, to tell them the next step regarding their careers.

Stijn who has been operating in Ivory Coast and Senegal was seen in the company of well known Nigerian intermediary Vincent Alumona, and Kaduna based journalist and part time scout Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman.