Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has secured the senior international future of two players who are eligible to represent England, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.

Chelle has been active in recruiting players with dual nationality for the senior national team of Nigeria, as part of the second phase of his rebuilding process of the team.

Following their failure to qualify for the World Cup, the coach intends to use the upcoming friendly games to try new players, starting with the Unity Cup in May and the high profile friendly games against Poland and Portugal respectively.

Ahead of the games, he has successfully convinced the English Championship duo of David Ozoh and Femi Azeez to pledge their future, and be a part of his team.

Born in the Spanish city of Valencia, 20 year old Ozoh is on loan to Derby County from Crystal Palace and represented England five times at U18 level, but not in any competitive game or tournament.

He will however still require a letter of clearance like it was with Wrexham goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo when he pledged his future to Nigeria. It’s only if that is gotten that he can be included in the squad for either of the aforementioned assignments.

24 year old Millwall winger Femi Azeez is a more straightforward process as he hasn’t represented England at any level. Like we exclusively reported he has been on the radar of Chelle since the start of the year.

Azeez was named in the English Championship team of the season, with reports saying he is a target of a host of teams in the English Premier League.

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An eye witness has narrated how former Super Eagles forward Michael Eneramo died during a kickabout in Kaduna in the early hours of this morning, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.

The forward had a distinguished football career playing for teams like Esperance of Tunisia, Turkish sides Besiktas, Sivasspor and Istanbul Basaksehir among others.

He quit football in 2018, but usual keeps fit at a primary school pitch located in a region called Ungwan Yelwa in Kaduna, which is close to where he lives.

In the early hours of this morning, he was well and completed the first 45 minutes but slumped five minutes into the second half of the kickabout, and died before they got to the hospital.

” That’s where he usually trains to keep fit and he also runs a football academy. We all thought he was injured when he fell down. After a while we found out that he wasn’t breathing properly and he was resuscitated and rushed to the hospital. He died just at the entrance of the hospital”, an eye witness narrated.

Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has poured cold water on reports of holding talks with Newcastle United forward William Osula switching his international allegiance to Nigeria, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively report.

Danish media Tipsbladet report that the forward who was last selected for the Danish national team in March, but did not make his debut is in talks with Nigeria.

They said a member of the backroom staff of Eric Chelle contacted the 22 year old, at a time when he can’t be cap tied by Denmark after they failed to qualify for the World Cup.

Although Osula has eight goals in 15 matches for the Danish U21 – but he has never made his debut for the senior team , and it was reported that Nigeria will take advantage of that.

” It’s not true in any way. Chelle saw the report just like every other person. Maybe the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) are on it but Chelle is in the dark about any move for Osula”, a source close to the coach revealed.

He however said Udinese defender Kingsley Ehizibue, who was denied the chance of playing for Nigeria in 2017 due to immigration issues with the Dutch authorities.

The source say the 30 year old has sorted the issue and is hopeful of getting a look in for the Unity Cup or the high profile friendly games against Poland and Portugal respectively.

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Ahead of Sunday’s big clash in Türkiye, Fenerbahçe have reportedly asked the Turkish Football Federation to prevent Victor Osimhen from playing, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.

He played in that game with his arm wrapped in a protective cast, which Fenerbahce say will pose a danger to their players during the course of their clash on Sunday.

Fenerbahçe’s medical staff are preparing a report to determine which materials are permitted under IFAB regulations. It will be submitted to the league body in the hope that they get a favourable response.

They are currently four points behind Gala ahead of the weekend game after 30 rounds of games.

Osimhen marked his return from the broken arm that has kept him out for 35 days by playing the final 12 minutes of their 0-2 loss to Genclerbirligi in the Turkish Cup.

Former Nigeria international striker Michael Eneramo died in the early hours of this morning during a routine training in Kaduna, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.

The forward had a distinguished football career playing for teams like Esperance of Tunisia, Turkish sides Besiktas, Sivasspor and Istanbul Basaksehir among others.

He quit football in 2018, but usual keeps fit at a primary school pitch located in a region called Ungwan Yelwa in Kaduna, which is close to where he lives.

In the early hours of this morning, he was well and completed the first 45 minutes but slumped five minutes into the second half of the kickabout, and died before they got to the hospital.

Eneramo is fondly remembered for turning down overtures to play for Tunisia, and made his debut against them which he marked with a goal in the qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup. It was the first of his ten caps for Nigeria at senior level, he scored three goals in total.

Nigeria international midfielder Alhassan Yusuf has been rated as the best midfielder in the ongoing Major League Soccer in the United States of America (USA), OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.

After nine rounds of games in which his team New England Revolution have played a game less, the 25 year old has played in all of the games so far with two goals to his name.

However it’s his overall play that has caught the attention of all in the league with his coach Marko Mitrović picking him as his most influential player in the season so far.

Yesterday he dropped another top class performance to power his team to a 2-1 win away to Atlanta United, and during the game one of the commentators referred to him as the best midfielder in the league at the moment.

He will be hoping he has done enough to earn a spot in the Super Eagles team for either the Unity Cup or the high profile friendly games against Poland and Portugal respectively.

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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has officially opened talks with Newcastle United forward William Osula to play for Nigeria, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.

Born to parents of Nigerian descent in Denmark, Nigeria were granted the permission to speak with him by his parents, after consultation with his representatives.

Danish media Tipsbladet report that the forward who was last selected for the Danish national team in March, but did not make his debut is in talks with Nigeria.

They said a member of the backroom staff of Eric Chelle contacted the 22 year old, at a time when he can’t be cap tied by Denmark after they failed to qualify for the World Cup.

Although Osula has eight in 15 matches for the Danish U21 – he has never made his debut for Brian Riemer’s team, and Nigeria will take advantage of that.

Osula was named by Riemer in his March squad for the fateful World Cup qualifiers against North Macedonia and the Czech Republic, but didn’t get to play in any of the games.

In his last four Premier League games, the physically imposing striker has scored three goals, including the match-winning goal against Manchester United and Saturday’s goal against Bournemouth.

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Victor Osimhen had an unhappy return action for Galatasaray as they slumped to a 0-2 defeat to Genclerbirligi to crash out of the Turkish Cup in the quarter final, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.

Osimhen returned to the team for the first time in 35 days after fracturing his arm in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League round of 16 game against Liverpool.

His return was supposed to lift them past Genclerbirligi but that wasn’t the case as the league leaders exited the tournament in the quarter final.

He played the final 12 minutes of the game with his team trailing 0-1. They conceded the second goal five minutes from full time making it an unhappy return for their top striker.

However it still good news for the team because it means he will be available for the top of the table derby game against Fenerbahce on Sunday. Galatasaray are four points ahead of them in second place.

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David Ozoh has been handed the spot that will soon be available at Crystal Palace with the departure of Nigeria international Uche Chrisantus certain after failing to impress during his loan spell, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.

Christiantus joined the team on loan from Getafe with an obligation to sign him permanently at the end of the loan deal, but certain conditions has to be met for the deal to go through.

He failed to meet the clauses in the deal, hence won’t be handed an extended stay at the club, who have already set the wheel in motion for his replacement ahead of the summer transfer window.

Ozoh who is on loan to Derby County has made the progress that was envisaged when he was loaned out to the English Championship side, and he will begin pre season with them.

The 20 year old is a target of coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle, who has already opened talks with his representative over a switch of nationality.

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The first choice goalkeeper of the senior national team of Nigeria Stanley Nwabali won’t be in the squad for the upcoming Unity Cup friendly tournament in England, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.

Nwabali has been without a club since leaving South Africa side Chippa United by mutual consent in January. He is yet to be engaged and just like it was in the four team invitational tournament in Turkey he won’t be included in the team.

Head coach of the Nigerian team Eric Chelle is said to be disappointed with the decision of the 29 year old to terminate his contract, without any clear cut plan for his next move.

Chelle will once again snubbed him in his list with a goalkeeper from the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) set to be picked for the tournament, as part of the three goalkeepers for the tournament in May.

The goalkeeper who has been their first choice at their last two international tournaments will also not be a part of the team for the high profile friendly games against Poland and Portugal respectively.

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