Nigerian teen sensation Kelechi Iheanacho has won the CNN Goal of the week award for his wonder strike, that helped Nigeria beat Tanzania 1-0 in a dead rubber AFCON 2017 qualifiers tie.

The organisers took into consideration, all the goals scored during the recently concluded international break and, the 19 year old well hit effort from the edge of Tanzania box was selected as the winner.

He was annouced as the winner on the twitter handle of the prestigious news network, ahead of every other goal scored during the break which lasted for two weeks.

Iheanacho’s goal went viral on the internet with most people praising the technique behind the volley which separated Nigeria from Tanzania and, help new manager Gernot Rohr start his tenure on a winning note.

On Saturday when Manchester City take on Manchester United in the Manchester derby, he could be in for a start following the suspension of star forward Sergio Kun Aguero.

Kelechi Nwakali had his first training session with the main team of Arsenal yesterday, despite being loaned out to Dutch side MVV Maastricht.

Pictures of how the training session went has been picked up by Owngoalnigeria.com editorial staff, courtesy Getty Images and it shows how well he adapted to training alongside some stars he could only see on television few months ago.

In one of the pictures, the talented teen who was handed kit number 95 for the session was seen holding of his marker Nacho Monreal, and it appears like he was expecting a pass or had just laid one for England international Theo Walcott.

Also a picture of the teen having a chat with Nigeria international Alex Iwobi who just returned from a thigh injury was also sighted by our staff, with Nigeria target Chuba Akpom not standing far off from the duo.

The 18 year old voted the Most Valuable Player (MVP) at the last Under-17 World Cup in Chile won’t arrive in Holland until next week, according to a post on his twitter handle.

Former Nigeria international and coach of JS Hercules of Finland Daniel Amokachi has likened Ikorodu United Dutch coach Theo de Jong to legendary Dutch men Rinus Michel and Johan Cruyff.

Amokachi made the comparison on his official twitter handle when one of his followers tried to play down his comment on the coaching abilities of the Dutch man, shortly after he lead troubled Ikorodu United to a 1-0 win away at Heartland FC of Owerri.

” Mr. Theo de Jong. He is a legend. People don’t understand what a guru we have working in Nigeria” He posted.

A follower of the former Everton forward nicknamed the Bull in his playing days responded to his post, by replying that the praises by Amokachi was solely because the coach was able to beat Heartland.

His response to the reply was a straight post clearly stating that his praises is way beyond the victory over Heartland before liking him to Dutch coaching legends, Johan Cruyff and Rinus Michels.

” Heartland has very little to do with it. He’s one of those who invented modern game. Ever heard of Johan Cruyff, Rinus Michels?

Esperance of Tunisia have joined rivals CSS Sfaxien in the battle for the top scorer in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Godwin Obaje of Wikki Tourist.

Obaje extended his top scorer lead with his 18th of the season in his team 1-2 loss to Enyimba in a rescheduled game, which has put their title aspirations in doubt.

However the 19 year old who has remained consistent all through the season has done enough to suggest he won’t remain with the Bauchi based team next season.

The younger brother to former Black Leopards of South Africa forward Joshua Obaje told Owngoalnigeria.com in a chat last month, that he is aware of interest from Sfaxien and two teams from Israel.

” Esperance of Tunisia contacted us through an agent just like Sfaxien, but the decision is entirely up to the lad, the interest is not a problem he has helped himself that much” An official of Wikki Tourist told Owngoalnigeria.com.

All efforts to contact the soft spoken forward on the interest of Esperance proved abortive as his three mobile numbers were switched off, as at the time of going to press.

The cash donation made to the Nigeria Men’s Football Olympic team is yet to be shared to players of the team by the captain John Obi Mikel, owing to issues beyond the control of the Chelsea star.

Players of the bronze medal winning Nigeria Men’s Olympic football team were giving the sum of $120,000, as gift for their performance at the Olympic by Japanese Surgeon Dr. Katsuya Takasu

Players of the team who spoke to Owngoalnigeria.com on the condition of anonymity said, the cheque presented by the donor Dr. Takasu is yet to be cleared by Mikel.

” Skippo (Mikel) is yet to clear the cheque, hence we are yet to receive alert but it’s fine even though we are anxious to hear from him” a player of the team told Owngoalnigeria.com.

We also gathered from a member of the Technical crew that they too are yet to hear from coach Samson Siasia, who was given the sum of $200,000 to share among his crew.

FIFA have reportedly told Serbia that they cannot cap prolific Nigerian striker Friday Eze, who was two seasons ago voted the best player and also won the top scorer award in the Serbian league following a stellar campaign for modest side Mladost Lucani.

Serbia made attempt to cap the 23 year old but FIFA newly revised law on nationality switch for players stopped them from having him in their team.

” The idea was mooted to me in 2015 but I wasn’t qualified then. I was asked to play two more seasons in Serbia to make up for it, but for my career sake I had to move” Eze told Owngoalnigeria.com.

The Kaduna born forward presently plays for Saudi Arabia side Al Quadisiya on loan from relegated Qatari side Al-Fujairah, the team he joined last summer but couldn’t rescue them from relegation despite scoring 14 goals.

In Saudi Arabia, he has scored once in two games, which has now taken his tally to 30 goals in 18 months, but he still believe a national team call up from Nigeria is a distant reality.

” No chance for now, I won’t lie to myself about it, but in life you never say never. Anyday I am called up, I am ready to give my all for my fatherland”.

Head coach of the Nigeria senior national team Gernot Rohr will in the coming days travel to Turkey, where he is expected to watch some Nigerian players at close quarters.

Owngoalnigeria.com gathered that top on his priority is Nigerian born former Hungry youth international Kenneth Otigba who recently joined Kasimpasa on loan from Dutch side Heerenveen.

He isn’t the only Nigerian on the books of the Turkish side, as Emem Eduok also joined the team this summer from Tunisian side Esperance.

Otigba, 24, has long made known his desire to switch allegiance to Nigeria, throwing away a golden chance to represent Hungary at the last European Championship while he await his first call up to the senior Nigeria team.

Also we gathered, he will while in Turkey watch the quartet of Chelsea loanee Kenneth Omeruo who plays for Alanyaspor while Osmanlispor duo of Aminu Umar and Raheem Lawal will also be watched by the German.

Fans of the Super Eagles could yet see Obafemi Martins in the shirt of the Super Eagles once again, as according to reports gathered by Owngoalnigeria.com, he is one of the names submitted to the new coach of the team Gernot Rohr.

31 year old Martins last played for the Super Eagles of Nigeria on the 17th of November 2015 in a Russia 2018 World Cup qualifiers tie against Swaziland and could be set to feature in it again under Rohr.

Rohr has full knowledge of the forward, who presently plays in China for Shanghai Shenhua during his times at German side Wolfsburg where he spent a season before moving to Russia to join Rubin Kazan.

The former Inter-Milan and Newcastle United forward has scored 8 goals in 15 games for the Chinese side in Joined in February, but according to a source close to Rohr playing in China hasn’t ended his chances of playing for Nigeria.

” When Rohr said Nigeria need all their best available players, it includes Martins and co. What has playing in China done to his chances?, nothing at all, as we have people playing for a national team as competitive as Brazil playing in China” He said.

Widely travelled Martins who has stints in Spain and the MLS has scored 10 goals from 28 games for the senior national team of Nigeria since making his debut in 2004.

Manchester City teen forward Kelechi Iheanacho will make history if he gets among the goal scorers when Manchester United host bitter rivals Manchester City in the tie famously dubbed the Manchester Derby.

Already he has set a record of been the first Nigeria International to play in the tie, but the 19 year old who could start in the game in the absence of star forward Sergio Kun Aguero will go into the history books, if he finds the back of the net.

No Nigerian has ever scored in the derby game which has seen goals from 21 different nationals. A goal for the man whose wonder strike earned Nigeria a lone 1-0 win over Tanzania last weekend in a dead rubber AFCON 2017 tie will go into the record books as the first Nigerian to have scored in the tie.

Also on Saturday evening, Serbia international Aleksandar Kolarov, Chilean shot stopper Claudio Bravo and Swede superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic could all make history as well with a goal.

Gent of Belgium new signing Rabiu Ibrahim says watching former Super Eagles captain Austin Okocha helped him learn a lot about dribbling, which has helped him become the footballer that he is now.

25 year old Rabiu Ibrahim provoked memories with the Nigerian legend when he burst onto the scene in 2007 at the Under-17 World Cup in Korea, for the all conquering late coach Yemi Tella tutored side.

However, a move to Sporting Lisbon and subsequently PSV failed to give his career the necessary push he so needed at the early stage, and even a two year stint at Celtic, wasn’t productive as well.

He recovered and was close to realising his potential at fellow Scottish side Kilmarnock, when an on pitch slump in the second half of the season ended his rise.

A year later he went to AS Trencin of Slovakia, where he rediscovered and relaunched his career in two seasons with the Slovak champions, that earned him a move to Gent of Belgium this summer.

His arrival at Gent has once again brought up the issue about how similar he is to the former PSG, Fenerbahce and Bolton Wanderers star. However he is of a different opinion as he praised the former Super Eagles captain for his career rise.

” I watched Okocha a lot as a young boy growing up, I learnt a lot from him on how to dribble. My ability to pass the ball while looking at another direction is a skill I learnt from the master” He said to Owngoalnigeria.com.

” There’s more to my game now, I have added goals and assist as well, as much as I love the fun side of giving fans value for their money and time, goals can also be fun you know”.