Former coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr is close to making a return to coaching six months after he was sacked as coach of the senior national team of Nigeria.

Rohr was sacked with Nigeria through to the world cup playoff and just three weeks away from the Africa Cup of Nations. The team went to the AFCON and crashed out at the round of 16, their worst performance in over 40 years.

Their woes was compounded with a 1-1 draw against Ghana in Abuja denying them the chance to qualify for the World Cup. Austin Eguavoen, the technical director was in charge on both occasions.

He has been relieved off his job but as Nigeria continue to search for a foreign coach to head the technical crew of the team which has been reconstituted, Rohr is reportedly the front runner to be named as coach of the Eagles of Mali.

According to several reports from Mali, he is expected to be named the coach of the time just in time before the start of the qualifiers for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in June.

Nigeria international full back Ola Aina is closing in on a return to the English Premier League with Crystal Palace reportedly close to reaching an agreement to sign him from Torino.

Torino are open to letting the 25 year old leave the club at the end of the season as his sale will enable them generate funds to strengthen other areas of priority in the team.

Aina has played 19 games in the Serie A this season but with a year left on his deal, Torino are keen on trading him this summer for a fee in the region of 10-12 million euros according to Torino.granata.it.

Two seasons ago he spent the entire season on loan to Fulham but couldn’t save them from beating the drop to the English Premier League. It is believed they are also among teams interested in signing him in the summer.

The former Chelsea youngster is also keen on a return to England, where he hopes to get sufficient game time to help protect his status as a regular in the senior national team of Nigeria.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will begin their AFCON 2023 qualifiers in June without their voiceferous fans following a one match ban on the Moshood Abiola Stadium by FIFA.

FIFA slammed a one match ban on the Abuja stadium following crowd trouble in the aftermath of Nigeria’s 1-1 draw against Ghana, which cost them a spot in the World Cup in Qatar.

Nigeria were also fined 150,000 CHF over same incident. Senegal were also fined same amount for the crowd trouble in their own game during the World Cup playoff although they progresed to the World Cup.

Super Eagles first competitive game after the failure to qualify for the World Cup will be against Sierra Leone in the race to be at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in June. The fine means fans won’t be allowed to witness the game.

In the wake of news linking Nigeria international forward Victor Osimhen with a big money move to English Premier League giants Manchester United, fellow Serie A side AC Milan also have him on their wishlist.

This much was made known by Il Corriere dello Sport (via PianetaMilan) where it was claimed that Investcorp who are in talks over buying AC Milan has the Nigerian in their sight as priority signing.

With talks progressing nicely over their plans to acquire the team from Elliott Management, Osimhen is seen as a prime target as they aim to make a statement of what they intend to do by signing the 23 year old.

However with Napoli only willing to listen to offers in the region of over €100 million. Any likely deal with a direct rival is expected to be made steep as opposed to selling to a team playing in another league.

Osimhen’s agent met with the hierarchy of Napoli with talks centered around a likely exit next summer according to several sources. No offer has been formally lodged per what we gathered.

When Emmanuel Dennis walked through the door at Vicarage Road he came in as a player with a lot of potential but stuck in the potential room due to issues bothering on his attitude and commitment to his craft.

Fast forward to few games to the end of the current English Premier League season, Dennis has moved from one who was seen as a possible flop to one of the break out star of the season in England.

He has ten goals and six assists making it his most productive season ever in front of goal but with Watford almost certain to be relegated. Dennis will no doubt be on the move in the summer.

“If Watford are relegated, Dennis is all but certain to leave for two main reasons. First, he is seen as one of the club’s most saleable assets to offset the drop in revenue that relegation brings — it’s understood the club value him in the region of £20 million to £30 million”, Adam Leventhal of The Athletic wrote.

His departure is most likely possible as Watford has a clause that triggers salary reduction if the team fails to beat the drop and even if they manage to stay up. They might still take up the option of trading the Nigerian if a fee in the region of £20-£30 million is lodged for him.

It will be too much to resist for a player who was seen as a gamble when they decided to pay £3 million to sign him from Club Brugge. With four years left to go on his deal at the club, Watford have a good enough ground to make good money from his transfer if he does move.

According to The Athletic l, Newcastle looked at signing the forward two years ago and his name remains on recruitment lists, but with plenty of options available to Eddie Howe given the Saudi Arabia-based backing of the club, he is understood not to be a priority signing.

West Ham were highlighted by the source close to Dennis as another to be interested, but a senior individual at the London club said they wouldn’t discuss targets. The third Premier League club mentioned have considered Dennis as an option but don’t feel he would be the right fit at this point.

An unnamed team in Spain is also believed to be keen on acquiring the 24 year old with sources close to him also revealing that he will have talks with the Watford hierarchy at the end of the season on his future. He prefers to stay in England though.

Little known Nigerian goalkepper Darlington Osuchukwu has joined English Premier League giants Manchester United per reports from the Spanish media.

Born to Nigerian parents in Spain, his family moved to England few years ago and after a series of trials with teams around England, the owner of his former team in Spain has confirmed his move to Manchester United.

The story is told my Mikel Garriz, president of Gazte Berriak, the club 13 year old Osuchukwu had been playing for in the past few years. He explains that his family and the club both had influence in such a big move for the youngster.

“In August, the parents decided that they were going to live in England, due to work issues. We have a certain relationship with the family because, apart from Darlington, his brother Promise was also with us,” Garriz told Noticias de Navarra.

“It was a family that we helped with things from the club and the father was still in contact with me. We prepared some videos for him to take with him and give him a little outlet. We knew they were seeing things, but this…”he stated.

He said it was during one of their discussion that the boy’s father told him he has joined Manchester United. “He told me that the boy was without a team, trying out for different clubs. Until a month ago he called me and told me: ‘Mikel, Darlington has signed for Manchester United’.”

Explaining the characteristics of the goalkepper he explained that his height among several qualities made him stand out and he believe he can go ahead and be a top goalkepper in the future.

“He’d been in the Navarrese team, and a great goalkeeper. For the years he had, he has always been very tall and physically strong, he’s 13 years old and he’s already 1.80m. An animal is made.”

“We’re super happy. We always saw that he had qualities, Osasuna was interested in him, but then, that United go and sign him, unthinkable.”

French Ligue 1 side Nantes are facing a daunting task in their quest to hold on to their Nigerian winger Moses Simon per his representatives.

Simon’s future has dominated discussions in France after his latest goal in the comeback win against Bordeaux took his goal contributions for the season to 12 goals contribution ( four goals, eight assists).

Links with a move to Newcastle United appeared two months ago but it has since gone calm on that front although there are suggestions that all has been agreed between both teams.

Sources close to Simon say he is very settled in France and will prefer staying but moving to a team that will challenge for top honours and also play in European competition.

Reacting to the news, a staff of his agency said they have gotten enquiries from as many as ten teams since the start of the year and talks have been scheduled with Nantes at the end of the season.

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Feyenoord free scoring striker Cyriel Dessers isn’t thinking of dumping Nigeria for Belgium despite reported interest in him from Belgium owing to his form in the Europa Conference League.

Dessers hit a brace yesterday to help Feyenoord to a 3-2 win over Marseille in the semi final of Europe’s third tier tournament to take his goal count to ten goals in eleven games in the tournament.

Out on loan from Genk, the 27 year old is still eligible to represent Belgium as he only played in a friendly game for Nigeria in 2020. Reports in Belgium has it that his form hasn’t gone unnoticed by the handlers of the Belgium national team but he isn’t open to the idea according to his representative.

” For Dessers, it’s the Super Eagles and nothing else matters. He was sad he missed the Africa Cup of Nations but that hasn’t changed his love and desire to play for Nigeria. The dream is to be a part of the rebuild of the Super Eagles”, his representative told OwnGoalNigeria.com.

” He understands that the country is blessed with several options in attack but he wants a chance to compete. A fair chance is not too much to ask”, he concluded.

Nigeria international agent Victor Osimhen has pitched tent with a new agent for the fourth time in just two years, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.

Osimhen was represented by Jean-Gerard Benoit Czajka from the age of 14 but parted ways with him during negotiations for the record breaking move to Napoli, a little over two years ago.

He pitched tents with William D’Avilla of DW Sports and he made the deal to Napoli happen. They both parted ways a year into his deal at Napoli leaving Osimhen’s in law Osita Okolo as his agent.

Osita reported angered the Napoli forward when he spoke about the need for him to take care of his family. The statement appeared not to have gone down well with the 23 year old.

They ended their working relationship with Roberto Calenda now the new agent and his first major task will be to ensure their is breakthrough in the viral reports of interest in his client from teams in the English Premier League.