Bnei Yehuda are ahead of two other Israeli side in the race to sign Maccabi Haifa of Israel summer acquisition Ubong Ekpai, Owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
FEYENOORD CONFIRM TRIALS FOR TWO NIGERIA U-17s HOPEFULS
Per a statement on their official website Dutch side Feyenoord has confirmed that Nigerian duo of John Ejeh of Fosla College and Kelvin Amadi of Excel will have trials with the club in the coming months.
U-17 SCREENING: AGENT IN TRAINING GROUND CONFRONTATION WITH COACHES
A disgruntled football player agent (names withheld) openly confronted coaches of the Nigeria U-17s after one of his players was dropped by the coach in continuation of the team’s screening exercise at the FIFA Goal project in Abuja.
CHELSEA CELEBRATES JOHN MIKEL OBI 10 YEARS STAY AT STAMFORD BRIDGE
Chelsea Football Club have posted a video on their official website to celebrate the 10 years stay of the captain of the Super Eagles of Nigeria John Obi Mikel with the club.
MAN CITY OMITS NWAKALI FROM PRE SEASON TRAINING TOUR
Chidiebere Nwakali, elder brother to Arsenal latest signing Kelechi Nwakali won’t be joining Manchester City in their pre season tour this summer as oppose to previous times.
EXCLUSIVE: PAUL LE GUEN TO BRING ASSISTANT YVES COLLEU WITH HIM TO NIGERIA
Super Eagles coach designate Paul Le Guen will bring trusted long time assistant Yves Colleu with him when he takes over the coaching duties of the Nigeria senior national team.
Le Guen is highly favoured to be named as coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria in two weeks time ahead of Serbia’s Goran Stefanovic just in time before the start of the group qualifiers for Russia 2018 World Cup.
However just like his immediate predecessors who were appointed alongside their favourite assistants he is set to come with a long time ally in Yves Colleu as his first assistant leaving the NFF with the option of employing an indigenous coach as second assistant.
Yves Colleu is a former French footballer who has been assistant manager to Paul Le Guen since 1998 and will reportedly take up his usual role behind the french man just like he did during their time together at Rennes,Lyon,Rangers,Paris Saint-Germain, Cameroon and most recently with Oman.
*Rasheed Michael
TRIALIST KEHINDE AYINDE BRACE FIRES FLYING EAGLES TO VICTORY OVER AMAKSON ACADEMY
Nigeria U-20 trainee Kehinde Ayinde has done a lot to his chances of breaking into the team after scoring a brace in their 4-1 win over Amakson Academy.
EXCLUSIVE: VETERAN SPORTS JOURNALIST, FIVE EX INTERNATIONALS INCLUDED IN KESHI’S BURIAL COMMITTEE
According to reports sourced by Owngoalnigeria.com veteran sports journalist Mitchel Obi and five ex internationals have been named in the burial committee for last Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi.
SPORTS MINISTER UNHAPPY WITH SIASIA OVER CHOICE OF PLAYERS FOR RIO 2016
The Nigeria Minister for Sports, Solomon Dalung has frowned at the choice of players made by head coach of the Nigeria U-23s Samson Siasia for Nigeria’s campaign at the male football event of the Rio 2016 Olympics.
FG DISTANCE SELF FROM NFF PLANS TO HIRE FOREIGN COACH FOR SUPER EAGLES
The Federal Goverment of Nigeria has said that it cannot afford hiring a coach for the Super Eagles and has urged the Nigeria Football Federation to stick to indigenous coaches due to paucity of funds.
