Fast rising Nigerian teen forward Ebere Eze is slowly earning a reputation for himself as one of the best teenager at the youth set up of English Championship side QPR.

Still working his way up the ladder at the club after only arriving from Millwall this summer on a one year deal. He has taken to life on the pitch quite well and QPR could have a battle on their hand to hang on to him after his deal expire by next summer.

Eze who has scored for the Under-23s of QPR in their last two games, further proved his credentials with three well taken strike to help them beat Crystal Palace 4-1.

18 year old Eze took the match ball home, with two goals in the second half, including a 30- yard screamer into the top right hand corner of Crystal Palace net.

At QPR, he isn’t the only Nigerian on the books of the club with Romeo Akintola also turning heads following his promotion to the U-23s after a stellar campaign for the U-18s last season,

Not many have heard about the brain behind the success of the now famous Football Academy Abuja. The Nigerian Academy that has transfered over 18 players abroad in just four years.

Owngoalnigeria.com in it’s quest to unearth the secret behind the success of the academy, was told by one of the staff at the club about a certain Ahmed Lawal Dankoli, popularly referred to as “Black Mourinho” .

Black Mourinho like he loves to be called, started working with the Academy as coach in 2012 and has since gone on to better himself with refresher courses in Europe, notably Croatia and Russia.

He cuts across as a gentle, soft spoken coach but tough on the pitch especially when his instructions are not properly carried out by the players under his tutelage.

The former footballer, who had his career cut short due to an injury has used his carrot and stick approach to horne over 18 raw footballers, picked from the streets to international stardom.

Presently he boast of over 18 players abroad with Dream Team VI ace Sadiq Umar and his Roma childhood friend Nura Abdullahi top of his discoveries. Inter Milan latest teen sensation Theophilus Awua ranks among his latest.

Bonaventure Dennis, who stars for Zorya in Ukraine, Theophilus Solomon and Jamilu Collins of Istra, Aliyu Okechukwu of Split in Croatia lead the duo of Gerard Diyoke and Odion Ajayi.

Only recently Suleiman Mohammed of Spezia who has been linked with a move to Spanish giants Real Madrid joined David Okereke, another of Lawal’s protege at the Serie B side.

The list doesn’t end there as the quartet of Nigeria U-17 World Cup winners Abdullahi Alfa (Ventspills), Dele Alampasu (CD Feirense), Orji Okonkwo (Bologna) and Kingsley Michael who is also close to joining Bologna.

His secret still remains, the ability to spot talented players and groom them into international material with his unending work ethics, patience and commitment to the welfare of the teen under his tutelage.

Enugu Rangers have received a timely boost to their squad in their bid to win the Nigeria Professional League title, following the resumption of Nigeria Olympic goalkepper Emmanuel Daniel.

Kaduna born Daniel will rejoin the Nigeria League leaders, who are gunning for their first title in over 30 years,left Kaduna for Enugu today to rejoin the league title chasers.

The goalkepper who kept in all but one of Nigeria’s game at the Olympics where they pick bronze has been away for some months, due to commitments with the Nigeria Under-23s.

Daniel who was invited to Super Eagles before their clash against Tanzania, but failed to make the match day squad for the game will challenge Ghanaian import Nana Bonsu for the position of first choice shot stopper.

However Bonsu will most likely retain his spot for this weekend game but with six games to go before the end of the Nigeria League, his return will still give a boost to their league title aspirations.

FC Porto sixth Nigerian acquisition Samuel Chukwueze has resumed training with the Portuguese side at the prestigious Centro De Treinos e Formacao Desportiva PortoGaia.

The left footed ace who was one of the stars for Nigeria during the last Under-17 World Youth Championship, which Nigeria won in Chile has progressed to the U-20s, who failed to qualify for next year Africa Youth Championship.

Chukwueze was one of the bright spots in the team and despite their inability to qualify, the 17 year old covered himself in gold with his performances in the three qualifiers they played.

He was close to joining Arsenal alongside Kelechi Nwakali, but the move broke down following disagreement over transfer fee between the Gunners and his nursery team Diamond Academy.

His career path in Portugal will be the same as FC Porto loanee Chidera Ezeh, who spent time with the U-18s of the Portuguese side before making a loan move to Portimonense before the start of this season.

Chelsea winger Victor Moses was among the players, defenders of the Super Eagles of Nigeria were scared of tackling during training before their 1-0 win over Tanzania last weekend, according to a defender of the team.

The dribbling skills of the 25 year old Chelsea man, made him a feared force among defenders who were always praying for him to be on their side during training games.

Moses played for over 70 minutes in the dead rubber AFCON 2017 tie against Tanzania and was by far one of the most dangerous players on the pitch for Nigeria, although he was guilty of wasting so many chances.

” We never wanted to be asked to mark him in training, his dribbling could make the coach drop you, he was that good” Chidozie Awaziem of FC Porto told Owngoalnigeria.com.

” He could dribble everybody in your team, with his quick feet and runs. We use to say to ourselves before and during trainings that we don’t want to be up against him”.

Owngoalnigeria.com understands that Chelsea loanee Kenneth Omeruo, is currently not one of the players new coach of the Super Eagles Gernot Rohr is keen on having for the World Cup 2018 qualifiers which starts in October.

We gathered Kano Pillars Ace Jamiu Alimi is highly rated by the German coach, who appears to have settled for the central defense partnership of William Troost Ekong and Leon Balogun as his first choice pairing.

Our source said, Rohr watched Alimi during the Nigeria Professional Football League AllStars tour to Spain and was also impressed by what he saw off the former Shooting Stars man in Uyo during training.

” He was very satisfied with the performance of Balogun and Ekong during the game. But in training he commended Alimi very much. I must confess he has made it known that every player must fight to earn a shirt, be you local or foreign base”, a source close to the coach said.

” Back to your question about the chances of Omeruo in the team, he still has a chance but must first of all displaced Alimi, who is, if the truth must be told, ahead of him in the pecking order for now”.

Omeruo recently left Chelsea for newly promoted Turkish side Alanyaspor where he will be on loan for the third consecutive season. He has been one of the main defensive mainstay of the Super Eagles since breaking into the team in 2013.

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has expressed his displeasure over the condition of the turf at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, where the Super Eagles defeated Tanzania 1-0.

” The stadium is wonderful. It was full for the game. The people love the team$ and they support them but the pitch is not so good. We tried to play well on a bad pitch. But when we want to play good football I think we must have good pitch. I think there are too many games and training being done on the pitch” He said.

Rohr was also unhappy with the floodlight issues that made the team end their Tuesday training session earlier than planned, and also stopped their friendly game with Akwa United with 20 minutes left to play.

Rounding up on the pitch issues he asked the management of the stadium to be more professional in their conduct, if they want the Eagles to continue playing their games in Uyo.

” We had to stop the friendly game with Akwa United after 70 minutes. I think the management of the stadium will have to be more professional if they want to have Nigerian team come to play here”.

Danish SuperLiga side Lyngby has announced the signing of 27 year old Nigerian forward Kim Ojo on a one year deal on a free transfer from Belgian side OH Leuven.

His signing marks the end of the activities of the club in the transfer window according to manager of Lyngby David Nielsen.

” Kim Ojo gives us more options in the way we want to play upfront, he is very good in the air and also in keeping the ball at his feet. He will fit nicely into the wat we want to play football” He said.

” We are lucky to have an attacker like Ojo. It is so because he has not played regular football for sometime now. He is till 3-4 weeks away from top form, but there’s enough time for him to get back to shape”.

Ojo has in the past,played in Norway, Romania and Belgium, with is most prolific stint coming during his time with Brann of Norway in 2011, when he scored 15 goals.

Former captain of the Nigeria Under-23s Erhun Obanor will today depart the shores of Nigeria for Germany to resume his professional career with Greuther Furth, according to reports exclusively gathered by Owngoalnigeria.com.

Signed by the second divison German side two months ago, but the full back who was at a time rated as one of the best teen prospect in Nigeria couldn’t resume with the team due to issues bothering on work permit.

However, he has received his papers and will leave Lagos by 20:40 GMT for Istanbul via Turkish airlines. He is expected to arrive Istanbul at around 5:20GMT the next day before connecting a flight to Nuremburg by 10:05 same day.

The former MFM and Abia Warriors defender will defend the colours of promotion chasing Greuther Furth in jersey number 26, although he is not likely to make his debut when they take on Fortuna Dusseldorf this weekend.

Greuther Furth have won two of their first three games of the new season, and presently place 4th on the log after three rounds of games.

Israeli Champions Hapoel Beer-Sheva have added relatively unknown Nigerian defender Emmanuel Ushie to their ranks, bringing to three the number of Nigerians at the club.

Ushie joins the Nigerian duo of John Ogu and Anthony Nwakaeme at the Europa League campaigners, but the defender will have to work his way to the main team starting from the youth team.

The talented defender was signed on a one year deal with the option of another four years based on performances and career progress according to reports exclusively gathered by Owngoalnigeria.com.

Scouted in Abuja by respected Israeli scout David Ouziel, who has helped in the transfer of many Nigerian players to Isreal. He was recommended to the scout by top Abuja coach China Osuji.

Osuji well know for his abilities to spot talents groomed the defender, who will represent Hapoel Beer-Sheva, who are in group K of the Europa League with Inter Milan, Sparta Praha and Southampton.