The father of a member of the English winning team at the 2017 U20 World Cup says his son has already completed the regulation process of switching his senior international future to Nigeria.

David Ejaria, the father of Reading FC midfielder Ovie Ejaria said his son has never hidden his desire to play for Nigeria and that was why he attended the Nigeria U17 trials in 2013, when he was 15 years old.

“My son has never hiding his love to play for Nigeria national team and the dreams he has always nurse as a kid.”

He said his son was on the verge of a call up to a senior national team of Nigeria under former coach Gernot Rohr but the process of switching his nationality wasn’t done on time. He confirmed it has been sorter now.

” It’s done and dusted now and if he is called up, he will definitely honour the call. At the moment he is back to his best for Reading in the Championship after an Injury lay off. I believe he will achieve his dream this season”, he concluded.

As many as 25 players have been called up to the squad of the senior national team of Nigeria ahead of the November 9 friendly game against Costa Rica in San Jose, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.

The game which will take place at the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica will be prosecuted mostly by players selected from teams in the Nigeria Professional Football League, as well as others based abroad who will be available for the game.

We gathered the team will be handled by coach of the home based team and also the U23 Salisu Yusuf. Already he has sent out invitation to players who have already had visa interviews with the Costa Rica embassy. Some players based abroad have also had their interviews.

Players selected for the game are totally different from the ones who will play in the friendly game against Portugal, as it will be prosecuted by mainly foreign based players selected by coach of the main team Jose Peseiro.

The team will depart Nigeria on the 6th of November for the game. We were told by sources in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) that the invited foreign based players will meet the team upon their arrival in San Jose.

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The captain of the senior national team of France Hugo Lloris has picked a former Nigeria international defender as the most talented African player he ever played with.

Lloris made this known in a video posted by Supersport saying even though he has played with a lot of African players, the one who stood out was his then teammate at Nice Onyekachi Apam.

Their part crossed at the start of their careers but while Lloris developed into a world class goalkeeper and even won the world cup with France, injuries meant Apam’s career never reached the expected heights. He however left a lasting impression on the Tottenham Hotspur defender.

“I’ve played with many African players and it’s difficult to pick but I remember the one I first played with maybe you don’t know he is Onyekachi Apam. He’s a Nigerian and I played with him at Nice”, he said in the video.

” He was very talented. I remember the first game he played. It was against Marseille and he played at left back. After the game people keeps asking who is this player? Because they couldn’t beat him one on one. But unfortunately he had bad injuries and couldn’t follow with rhythm of the game. He was very talented”, he rounded up saying.

A total of 150 teams have been given the chance to be a part of the inaugural edition of the Moses Simon Unity Cup, which will begin on Friday in Benue State.

The tournament is part of the promises made by Super Eagles winger Moses Simon when he visited the governor of his hometown state Samuel Ortom during his last visit to Nigeria. He also met with the wife of the governor Dame Eunice Ortom.

According to the winger, the idea is to discover talents who will be handed a chance at the fast growing football academy Simoiben Football Academy in Kaduna, which is funded by the wife of the Nantes winger although it is owned by his wife.

Selected players will engaged Simoiben Football Academy in a test game at the end of the tournament. All 150 teams will get a ball each for participating at the tournament while the first three teams will get other gifts items which includes jerseys, bibs and more.

It will all begin on Friday Obagaji before the train will move to Apah and other zones. The final will be played in December with the governor and his wife expected to grace the occasion planned for the Aper Aku stadium in Makurdi.

The five Nigerian players currently on the books of English Championship side Watford are facing contrasting situation at the club following the appointment of Slaven Bilic as the new coach of the team.

While William Troost Ekong has reclaimed his spot in the starting lineup and even scored a goal in the 4-0 derby win over Luton, Maduka Okoye has also not lost his spot as second choice goalkeeper to Austrian shot stopper Daniel Bachmann.

Joseph Hungbo another Nigerian at the club enjoyed lot of first team involvement before the appointment of Bilic, but he has since been returned back to the U21s. Same as Tom Dele-Bashiru who is working his way back to full fitness after an injury in pre season.

Samuel Kalu played two straight games as a substitute under Bilic, his first two appearances this season after being frozen out by the previous coach. He is however yet to stamped his feet in the team as he has been demoted to the U23s after making a cameo appearance against Luton.

All three players were part of Watford’s Under-21 side as they beat QPR B 4-2 last night at Hanwell Town’s Poswerday Stadium.

The coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro has penciled down three players of Nigerian descent plying their trade in England as part of the squad of players called up for the upcoming friendly game against Portugal.

Owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively reveal that Peseiro has already sent out preliminary invitation to players selected for the game, with a view of trimming it down to a sizeable number of 23 before camping resumes for the game, which will take place on the 17th of November.

We can confirm that Crystal Palace recently promoted goakeeper Owen Goodman, whose mother is close to the newly elected NFF president Ibrahim Musa Gusau made the shortlist. Already he has a Nigerian passport and he doesn’t need a clearance to play in the game.

Also Middlesbrough forward Chuba Akpom has been handed his first call up, five years after he trained with the senior national team of Nigeria in London when they held a training camp. Already he has gotten the all clear from FiFA since three years ago but wasn’t given a look in until now.

This season, the former England U21 forward who passed through the youth ranks at Arsenal and made some appearances for the first team has found the back of the net four times in nine games. He initially snubbed the choice of playing for Nigeria but he has since made a U-turn on that decision.

Another name in the mix is the captain of Blackpool Marvin Ekpiteta per what we gathered, the 27 year old who trained with the Nigeria U20 team of 2013 has been rock solid for the Championship new boys with two man of the match awards from 15 games.

The above mentioned three players are part of a pool of 32 players handed preliminary invitation. However it remains to be seen if they will be in the final list of 23 called up for the game.

English Premier League side Chelsea booked their place in the knock out round of the UEFA Champions League by defeating hard fighting Austrian side RB Salzburg 2-1.

Chelsea struck first through Matteo Kovacic but RB Salzburg ensured they go into the break leveled at 1-1 when Chibuike Adamu stab home a cross much to the excitement of the fans at the Red Bull Arena.

That joy was however not sustained till the end as Kai Haverts scored what ended as the decisive goal of the game to hand Chelsea a 2-1 win and also a spot in th knock rounds, but a Nigerian made his mark in the game.

Born in Kano state Nigeria to parents who are from the eastern parts of Nigeria, Chibuike Adamu cuts across as an unknown name within discussions around Nigerian football. He is however well known in Austria.

His parents migrated to Austria and he has since been granted citizenship and he has represented his new country from U18 right up to the senior national team. Nigeria however made attempts to have him switch allegiance in 2019.

The then coach of the U20 team of Nigeria Paul Aigbogun spoke with his representatives about having him represent Nigeria at the U20 World Cup that year, but he was told in clear terms that the then 17 year old is focused on making the grades with Austria.