Per reports gathered by OwnGoalNigeria.com editorial team Francis Uzoho is prime to join the camp of the senior national team of Nigeria in the United States of America, where they are are currently camped for two high profile friendly games.

Uzoho wasn’t originally in the list of players invited with the trio of Maduka Okoye, Adewale Adeyinka and Olorunleke Ojo picked as the three goalkeppers for the games against Mexico and Ecuador respectively.

Okoye later pulled out of the squad citing a shoulder injury and Israel based goalkepper Adebayo Adeleye was handed a call up as his replacement but he is currently battling to secure a visa to the United States of America.

It has opened the door for Uzoho, who we exclusively gathered wanted a break from the team after his howler gifted Ghana the goal that helped them deny Nigeria a chance at the World Cup in Qatar.

He appears to have had a change of mind and he is expected to team up with the team in the United States of America by tomorrow sources told this portal.

The camp of the senior national team of Nigeria officially opened today ahead of their upcoming friendly games against Mexico and Ecuador respectively in the United States of America.

Newly appointed chief coach of the team Jose Peseiro arrived the camp of the team yesterday alongside his two assistants and he was later joined by the delegation from Nigeria which had eight players and some of his assistants.

As reported yesterday, the eight players who flew from Nigeria picked from teams in the Nigeria Professional Football League are goalkeppers Adewale Adeyinka and Olorunleke Ojo. Forward Victor Mbaoma and Ishaq Rafiu.

Others are Buhari Ibrahim, Bello Babatunde, Chiamaka Madu and Faisal Sani. They were joined by eight foreign based players upon arrival in their camp in the United States of America per an announcement on the social media platforms of the team.

Moses Simon, Ola Aina, William Troost Ekong, Alex Iwobi and Semi Ajayi are the first set of foreign based players to arrive the camp of the team and they will be a part of first training session under Peseiro later today.

England international defender Fikayo Tomori says his decision to shun an international career with Nigeria in favour of England still remains the toughest of his career.

Three years ago, Tomori turned down the chance to represent Nigeria at senior level in favour of England. He hasn’t quite hit the expected height with the Three Lions but he is back in the squad after helping AC Milan to the Serie A title.

Speaking on his return, Tomori who was eligible for Nigeria, Canada and England before settling for the latter said Nigeria made the most push to have him commit his future to them.

” I was at a stage where I played for Canada at youth level then later England. At senior level Nigeria had this thing with me due to my parents. I follow the senior national team of Nigeria a lot as a kid and as expected my parents saw it as a dream if I play for Nigeria”, he said via quotes sourced from Milan based podcast Forza Milan.

” If I say it is one of the difficult decision of my career, then it’s not a lie. It still remains one of the hardest decision of my career”, he concluded.

The newly appointed coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro has confirmed his appointment as the coach of the team ahead of their upcoming friendly games in the United States of America.

Peseiro was announced as coach last week and he will have his first task when the team take on Mexico and Ecuador respectively in two high profile games in the United States of America.

The games will serve as part of preparations for the Portuguese coach ahead of the start of qualifiers for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations with Nigeria to play Sierra Leone on the 9th of June.

Speaking ahead of his resumption, Peseiro took to Twitter to voice his delight at getting the Super Eagles job with a vow to return the team he called one of the greatest football countries in the world back to the number one spot in African football.

“Pride! It is with great pride and joy that I am the coach of one of the greatest football nations in the world.  Commanding the Super Eagles starts with knowing how to respect history, value it and be inspired by its roots.

“Over 200 million Nigerians, from all states and ethnicities, want the same thing: success. We will work with great ambition, so that in the end we can finally call Nigeria the “four-time African champions”, he posted on his official Twitter handle.

Legendary Dutch striker Robin van Persie has warned coach of Roma Jose Mourinho that Nigeria international striker Cyriel Dessers will ruin his dream of winning the Europa Conference League.

Dessers is the top scorer in the tournament with ten goals in 12 games for Feyenoord where he is on loan from Belgium side Genk. Today they will be up against Roma coached by Jose Mourinho in the final.

Van Persie who also played for Feyenoord at the start of his career before moving to Arsenal and subsequently Manchester United reckon the Nigerian striker will be too much for the defence of Roma to cope with.

He said although he has met with Mourinho and he is still close to the Portuguese coach he feels Feyenoord particularly with the form of Dessers will likely win tonight’s final at the Air Albania stadium in Albania.

” Mourinho and I share a very good relationship. I have met him couple of times but on this Feyenoord will edge it. Dessers has been difficult to stop so far. He is probably the one who will ruin the dream of Mourinho”, he told the Dutch media.

The newly appointed coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro has confirmed his appointment as the coach of the team ahead of their upcoming friendly games in the United States of America.

Peseiro was announced as coach last week and he will have his first task when the team take on Mexico and Ecuador respectively in two high profile games in the United States of America.

The games will serve as part of preparations for the Portuguese coach ahead of the start of qualifiers for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations with Nigeria to play Sierra Leone on the 9th of June.

Speaking ahead of his resumption, Peseiro took to Twitter to voice his delight at getting the Super Eagles job with a vow to return the team he called one of the greatest football countries in the world back to the number one spot in African football.

“Pride! It is with great pride and joy that I am the coach of one of the greatest football nations in the world.  Commanding the Super Eagles starts with knowing how to respect history, value it and be inspired by its roots.

“Over 200 million Nigerians, from all states and ethnicities, want the same thing: success. We will work with great ambition, so that in the end we can finally call Nigeria the “four-time African champions”, he posted on his official Twitter handle.

As many as eight players from the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) have been included in the senior national team of Nigeria squad for the upcoming friendly games against Mexico and Ecuador respectively.

The players departed for the United States of America yesterday in the company of other local assistants of new coach Jose Peseiro who will join the team in the United States of America alongside his two assistants.

Goalkepping duo of Ojo Olorunleke and Adewale Adeyinka of Enyimba and Akwa United respectively were joined by Enyimba’s Victor Mbaoma, Rivers United duo of Ishaq Kayode Rafiu and Chiamaka Madu. Bello Babatunde of Akwa United, Buhari Ibrahim and Faisal Sani from Katsina United complete the players picked from the league.

They will be joined by other foreign based players with Peseiro expected to be without as many as six players originally on the list of players he called up for the games, which is meant to give him an idea of how the team will shape up against Sierra Leone in the AFCON 2023 qualifiers.

Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Jamie O’Hara has sparked a debate in England after comparing Nigeria international defender Calvin Bassey to Liverpool’s Virgil Van Dijk.

O’Hara in the studio with fellow pundit Jason Cundy during the course of Rangers Europa League defeat at the hands of German side Eintracht Frankfurt. The duo were full of praise for the 21 year old Nigerian.

Cundy’s description of Bassey’s performance made O’Hara to likened it to Van Dijk’s performances for Liverpool which is usually made up of calmness on the ball, good passing range and high success rate when it comes to making tackles.

“Can we just talk about Calvin Bassey for a second because he caught you and our eye,” Cundy said on the radio.

“He looked sensational tonight, absolutely sensational.”I thought he was the best player on the pitch, he was immense.”

O’Hara piped in simply with: “Like Van Dijk!”

That comment sparked a conversation among fans of the senior national team of England with most of them saying Bassey should have waited for his time with the senior national team of England instead of committing to Nigeria.

The Rangers defender was eligible for Italy where he was born and England where he was raised but decided to play for Nigeria at senior level, that decision is now facing scrutiny from a section of the fans of the national team of England.

“He shouldn’t have been in a hurry. He looks very much a future England international if he hasn’t commited to Nigeria”, Percy Jackson wrote on Twitter.

” Bassey better than Marc Guehi who is an English international. One waited while Bassey picked Nigeria too early. That’s a mistake”, Jacob Andrew also wrote on Twitter.