Fans of Manchester City have reacted via social media to the ongoing rift between manager Pep Guardiola and Dimitri Seluk, agent to star player Yahaya Toure using Nigerian teen forward Kelechi Iheanacho to mock the agent statement that the coach doesn’t like Africans.

The war of words between the manager and the agent escalated to a whole new height today, when the manager revealed that he won’t play Toure unless he apoligise to him on the comment made by his agent.

Seluk replied Pep by saying he doesn’t hold the manager any apologies. His comments sparked debate on twitter with most of the club fans backing the manager.

They used Guardiola treatment of Iheanacho as a case study that the coach of the table toppers indeed trust and loves Africans.

” Seluk you are right, Pep doesn’t like Africans, Iheanacho is Catalan” a fan wrote.

” Iheanacho is on £85K a week, an upgrade approved by Pep. He doesn’t like Africans. Seluk you are right. Iheanacho is Spanish. A Catalan from test conducted by you” Another wrote.

” Toure and his agent are messing with Pep, while Catalan Nigerian Iheanacho is thriving. He is not Nigerian. He is Catalan. Seluk you are right”. Another fan wrote on twitter.

Former Nigeria U-17 left footed ace Femi Joseph Olatubosun says he is eager to play for the senior national team of Angola, as he believes he is more suited to their culture, ways and management style than he is with Nigeria.

The Pepsi Football Academy graduate has found a new home in Angola, where he is happily married with a son and turned out for Caala in the Angolan top league, before moving to Ayia Napa of Cyprus.

The death of his son made him terminate his contract in Cyprus as he needed to return back to Angola, so as to be close with his family. He presently plays for Academica Petroleos do Lobito in the same country he now calls home since 2009.

25 year old Femi strongly believes that he stands a chance of playing for Angola at senior level, despite representing Nigeria at junior level as they are more professional in the management of their football.

” Am not begging to play for Angola. It has been my dream for a while, it almost happened before I left for Cyprus. Now that am back, am eager to turn out for Angola. It is my home” He told Owngoalnigeria.com.

” A call up to the Angolan team will be a dream come true for me. They are very professional in the way they run their football than Nigeria, it’s painful but I have to say it.

” I know to earn a call up to Angola,one has to be at his best but for Nigeria you necessarily don’t have to be good. Sometimes you have to know somebody, who knows the man in charge. It’s that bad”.

Femi was a member of the late Yemi Tella lead Under-17 team of 2007 but injury ruled him out on the World Cup in South Korea, despite impressing for the team during an 8 Nations Tournament held in same country that hosted the World Cup.

John Obi Mikel has taken a swipe back at captain John Terry who revealed during the course of the week, that the Nigerian sleeps a lot among players of the team.

Mikel who responded to Terry by saying he isn’t the sleepy one in the team has now gone a step further by posting a picture of the Chelsea captain sleeping in the team bus on their way to a team function.

The Nigeria captain who is Chelsea’s current second longest serving player behind the captain, posted the picture on his official twitter handle, tagging the Terry in a picture with David Luiz.

He also commented by the picture by saying ” @DavidLuiz_4 And JT says I’m the sleepy one ” next to a thread of the story where Terry referred to him as the sleepy one.

Chelsea could lose long serving Nigeria midfielder John Obi Mikel in the summer, after the 29 year old open admission about his interest in talks with other clubs in January, with his contract set to run out in the summer.

“I have one year left [on my contract],” Mikel told Goal . “When you have a year left as a football player, you have to start planning and start thinking about what’s going to happen at the end of the season. Yes, there are going to be rumours, yes, there are going to be conversations between clubs.

“When you have a year left, in January, you are allowed to talk to other clubs and sign a pre-contract or have an agreement so, yes, I will talk to other clubs because you never know what is going to happen.”

“I’ve been here for a long, long time. I’ve spent 11 years of my life in this football club, it is my home.

“This season is the last at the club if my contract ends. I am quite relaxed about it, the future looks good.”

However Mikel says he would love to remain at Stamford Bridge if the club propose an offer , that is acceptable by him.

am always open to a new conversation, a negotiation [with Chelsea],” he added. “But if there’s none, the future still looks bright. One day you have to move on. I think my memories here, my achievements here, are something that no one will ever take away from me.

Chelsea second longest serving player John Mikel Obi will today play his first competitive game under Italian manager Antonio Conte, when they take on Leicester City in the EFL Cup.

Mikel’s participation at the Rio 2016 Olympics made Chelsea grant him an extended leave but despite returning back to football for Nigeria in an international game against Tanzania. He is yet to suit up for Chelsea in a competitive game.

However he is not new to the playing demands of the Italian as he played in some of Chlesea pre season games under the manager, who is reportedly set to hand him a new role in the team.

As reported by Owngoalnigeria.com, Mikel will tonight play in a more advanced midfield role, same role he plays for Nigeria than the usual deep lying midfield role he has been playing at Chelsea the past 10 seasons.

Leicester City Under-23s drew 2-2 with Southampton in Monday night Premier League 2 clash, with Nigerian teen prospect Olufela Olomola scoring twice while Raul Uche was among the scorers for Leicester City.

While the nationality of Olomola is clear to the eyes due to his name and past history, same can’t be said about Raul Uche who joined Leicester City in the summer from Spanish side Rayo Vallecano.

Uche is a typical Nigerian name The name caused debate among Nigerians about his nationality after his goal yesterday. But the 18 year old is a Spaniard with no links to Nigeria at least for now.

Born in Madrid, the forward who was reportedly a target for a host of teams before joining Leicester City is currently teammate to the deputy captain of the Super Eagles Ahmed Musa.

His nationality will in the coming days become clearer, moreso if he comes out to clear the air about his nationality and connection to the Nigerian name Uche.

Former Nigeria youth international John Owoeri has hit a purple patch in front of goal in the Swedish league after netting his 10th of the season for BK Hacken in their 2-2 draw against IFK Goteborg.

Owerri struck his 10th of the season for Hacken to kickstart a comeback from a two goal deficit to draw 2-2 and move up to 7th on the log standing in the Allsvenskan, Sweden’s top fligt league.

The goal was Owoeri’s 4th in his last three games and his 8th goal in just over a month. The 29 year old has already surpassed his last season tally by four goals with 11 games less.

29 year old Owoeri was at a time on the books of Dutch side Feyernoord but failed to make the grade at the club, and after a spell with Nigeria Premier League side Heartland, he has returned back to Europe.

He has been in Sweden for the last three seasons, starting off at Atvidaberg before moving to Hacken in January after three years with the modest side.

Chelsea U23s suffered a 1-2 loss to their Reading counterparts despite taking a first half lead through highly rated Nigerian teen prospect Ike Ugo.

Ugbo twice came close to giving Chelsea the lead but his efforts were slightly off target before finally burying his effort with a well placed header on the stroke of half time to give Chelsea the lead.

The goal was his second of the season for the U23s after making the step up from the U18s where he was stop scorer last season for the Chelsea lads who won their championship.

His goals were cancelled out by two second half efforts by the host but he almost help Chelsea draw level with an effort few minutes before full time, which was kept out by the Reading goalkepper.

Eligible for Nigeria and England, he has already represented England at youth level with Nigeria yet to make an approach for the teen, who is Chelsea’s leading marksman at youth level.

Former Nigeria Under-17 trainee Jason Akiotu picked up an assist as Crystal Palace U23s power their way to a 3-1 win over their Hull City counterparts in a Premier League 2 clash.

Akiotu who had trials with Leicester City towards the end of last season recently signed professional terms with Crystal Palace, a sign of the fate the club has in his abilities.

Neat and tidy in possession. He put up a very good show which he capped in the 48 minutes with a lovely cross which was turned in by Jonathan Benteke, who had his elder brother Christian Benteke watching from the stands.

18 year old Akiotu trained with the Nigeria Under-17 team of 2015 in Abuja but reportedly left after just one training session before the team departed for the Africa Youth Championship.

The Emmanuel Amuneke lead lads beat all comers at the World Cup proper to lift the tournament in Chile.

Emmanuel Emenike opened his goal account in the Turkish League this season with a goal on the stroke of half time in Fenerbahce 5-1 win over Kasimpasa, in a League game decided on Monday night.

Back at Fenerbahce after two loan spells last season to Al-Ain of Qatar and later West Ham in England, started for the first time under new coach Dick Advocaat who has in the past games preferred Musa Sow to the 29 year old Nigerian.

The goal is his first goal in Turkish football since the 14th of February 2015 when he scored in Fenerbahce 5-0 away win over Gaziantepspor.

He wasn’t the only Nigerian who played in the Monday night game in Turkey, with Nigerian-Hungarian defender Kenneth Otigba on from start to finish for Kasimpasa but was helpless in defence as they slumped to a 1-5 loss at home.

In the same game, Kasimpasa other Nigerian summer signing Samuel Emem Eduok on loan from Esperance was introduced as a substitute in the 46th minute for his second appearance of the season.