Contrary to reports that Manchester City teen star Kelechi Iheanacho is Nigeria’s second highest earning player, Owngoalnigeria.com can reveal that the forward isn’t earning as high as the figure earlier reported.

We had reported that the 19 year old is on a wage of £85,000 a week but according to Totalsportek, Andy Michael the Nigerian is earning £10,000 a week but it can reach up to £85,000 a week with performance bonuses included.

According to Andy, the bonuses includes goals scored, games played in,points picked by the team in home and away games, first team appearance and even substitute appearance has it’s own bonus.

The flexibility of his bonus has made it easy for him to earn £85,000 a week but his basic take home pay is £10,000 a week.

Meanwhile we also gathered that Arsenal Alex Iwobi is Nigeria highest paid teenager, as the 20 year old trousers £30,000 a week at the Gunners following his new deal.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria are set to take on Zambia without key central defender Leon Balogun who pulled out injured early during Mainz 05 clash against Bayern Leverkusen.

Regarded as the back bone of the newly assembled defence of new coach Gernot Rohr, his absence will no doubt create a huge vacuum in the Nigerian defence.

Balogun went off injured in the 9th minute with what looked like a suspected hamstring injury which will keep the dependable defender out for at least two weeks.

He is one of the leaders in the Nigeria defence, initially filling in at right back before being converted to a centre back where he distinguished himself in Nigeria’s last game against Tanzania.

Nigeria will on October 9 begin their campaign to be at the 2018 World Cup in Russia with a tie against Zambia in Ndola, in a group that also has Cameroun and Algeria.

Super Eagles invitee Musa Muhammed is still waiting for his league debut for Turkish side Istanbul Basaksehir one year after joining the team.

Since joining the team last summer he has only played four games all coming in cup games, one of which he was red carded, but within that same time he has played three times for Nigeria.

The former Nigeria U-17 and 20 captain was once again snubbed by manager Abdullah Avci in his match day squad for the game against Osmanlispor. As a matter of fact he is yet to be involved in any match day squad for the team in all competition since the start of this season, where they have played 7 games.

Unconfirmed reports has it that the 19 year old has been demoted to the B team of the Turkish side and isn’t even training with the main team, who are presently top of the table in Turkey.

His constant invitation to the senior national team at the expense of other players who are regular at their club side is currently one of the trending topics in Nigeria, with respected Turkish journalist Adnan Adem questioning the criteria used in selecting players in Nigeria.

Coach of English Premier League side Watford Walter Mazzari says the club helped 20 year old Nigerian forward Isacc Success to earn his first call up to the Nigeria senior national team.

A star for Nigeria at U-17 level, the Nigerian was handed his first call up to the Nigeria senior national team by new coach Gernot Rohr, ahead of Nigeria’s first World Cup qualifiers against Zambia in October.

Success a big money buy by Watford from Spanish La-Liga side Granada has been mostly used as a substitute by Mazzari but the coach reckons he has high hopes for the powerful forward.

The Hornets head coach said: “We’re very pleased for him. We think we helped for him to get a call-up from the national team.

He’s a very young player and if he follows our mentality at this club we think he’s going to have a very good future with this team and for his national team.”

Manager of Arsenal Arsene Wenger says Alex Iwobi has qualities which requires proper knowledge of football before someone can appreciate his talents.

Wenger said the 20 year old Nigerian is not the type of player to impress a manager from the get go, but he something in him, which struck him when he first saw him.

“[I knew] when I took him in training a few times,” said Wenger.
“He is not the kind of player who impresses you at first. But when you look a bit deeper he is quick at connecting with other players. Quick analysis.
“Football is perception, decision-making and acting. The perception especially struck me. The perception he has of the game and the speed of his decision-making struck me.
“When you look at him at first there is nothing special there. But after when you look he is always connecting with others at a very high level and a very high pace. That’s why I think he is improving.
“He has still a lot of work to do but he has something that is very important at the top level. Speed and an understanding of the game.”