The camp of the senior national team of Nigeria is in a state of anxiety as one of the key players in the team Wilfred Ndidi suffered a knee injury in action for Leicester City.

Ndidi started for Leicester City in their Europa Conference League game second leg tie against Rennes but had to be subbed off with what looked like a knee injury.

Reports after the game which Leicester City lost 1-2 but still progressed on a 3-2 aggregate score has it that the Nigerian isn’t badly injured but it is indeed an injury to his knee.

Speaking after the game, coach of Leicester City Brendan Rodgers confirmed that he suffered from a medial ligament injury in his knee.

Per what we gathered online. The time it takes to fully recover from an MCL tear depends on how severe the tear is. A grade 1 (mild) MCL tear usually heals within one to three weeks.

A grade 2 (moderate) MCL tear generally takes four to six weeks to heal with treatment. A grade 3 (severe) MCL tear can take six weeks or more to heal with treatment.

The injury means he is in a race against time to be fit for the Super Eagles first leg World Cup 2022 playoff game against Ghana on the 25th of March, he is also a doubt for the return leg in Nigeria on the 29th.

The camp of the senior national team of Nigeria was thrown into a state of anxiety as one of the key player of the team in Wilfred Ndidi suffered a knee injury in action for Leicester City.

Ndidi started for Leicester City in their Europa Conference League game second leg tie against Rennes but had to be subbed off with what looked like a knee injury.

Reports after the game which Leicester City lost 1-2 but still progressed on a 3-2 aggregate score has it that the Nigerian isn’t badly injured but it is indeed an injury to his knee.

The injury means he is in a race against time to be fit for the Super Eagles first leg World Cup 2022 playoff game against Ghana on the 25th of March, he is also a doubt for the return leg in Nigeria on the 29th.

Legendary Italian forward Alessandro Altobelli has given his views on the debate about who is a better striker between Napoli Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen and Juventus Dusan Vlahovic.

The debate has been on for a while and Altobelli who spent eleven year at Inter Milan (1977-1988) and also spent a year at Juventus (1988-1989) on loan picked Osimhen ahead of Vlahovic. He made the assertion after watching Vlahovic fire blanks as Juventus exit the UCL following a 0-3 loss to Villarreal.

“Osimhen is stronger than Vlahovic . When I criticized the Nigerian, he had only scored 4 goals,” said the Inter legend who during an appearance on Canale 8 via JuventusNews24.

He said Osimhen is currently having his game shaped by coach Luciano Spalleti in a bid to forge him into one of the best strikers in the world.

“Now Spalletti is working hard on him, forging him into one of the best strikers. On Sunday I was able to see his movements, as well as the goals.

“In this moment he is enjoying a great growth, and for me, he is better than Vlahovic”, the 1982 World Cup winner with Italy concluded.

In continuation of their policy of trading at least one of their senior squad member every summer in orde to strengthen the team, Leicester City are open to the idea of allowing Nigerian midfielder Wilfred Ndidi leave the team this summer.

Last summer was the first of which the Foxes didn’t sell a first team player to strengthen the squad as they held on to most of the players who helped them to a historic FA Cup triumph.

However after struggling this season largely due to lack of depth in their sqaud, they are said to be open to the idea of trading some players to raise cash which will be used in rebuilding the squad ahead for next season.

The Daily Mail reports that Leicester are ‘expected to sell at least one of their first-team players’. Youri Tielemans is mentioned as a potential option “likely to depart” due to the limited time remaining on the player’s contract, while it also added that “there is also interest” in Wilfred Ndidi.

Aston Villa were in the new recently with reports of a £50m bid for the Nigerian but manager Rogers while dismissing the report  when put to him a month ago said it will cost much more than that to price the Nigerian away.

“£50m? He’s worth much more than that,” was Rodgers’ rebuttal.

Former coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has reacted to stories making rounds on players imposition on the interim coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Austine Eguavoen.

Eguavoen took over from Rohr following his sacking as coach of the senior national team of Nigeria few weeks before the commencement of the 2019 delayed Africa Cup of Nations, which took place in Cameroon.

Despite Nigeria crashing out in the round of 16, Eguavoen was retained and handed the task of ensuring that Nigeria qualifies for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. They will face Ghana in a two legged playoff for a spot at the tournament.

Ahead of the game Eguavoen called up 32 players and the controversial Inclusion of ex captain Ogenyi Onazi and Eguavoen’s subsequent admission that he included him to pacify some interest led to talks of players imposition.

“Ogenyi Onazi is a good player,” Eguavoen said. “Whether he’s still good and can play at that level we don’t know, but to pacify everybody, to just make sure there’s harmony here I put him on standby”, he said during an interaction with journalist.

Rohr was asked if he faced similar experience as coach of Nigeria and he admitted that there were times when the NFF suggested players to be called up. He however declined to give further details as he won’t like to distract the team ahead of a crucial game.

Rohr said: “It is not the moment to speak about the ‘advice’ I got from them about which players we can invite for the national team, because I want the players to focus and go to the World Cup.

“But they couldn’t influence my decisions”, he told Colin Udoh of ESPN.

Per reports exclusively gathered by OwnGoalNigeria.com editorial team Belgium top division side Genk have agreed a deal in principle with an English Premier League team for the transfer of Nigeria international forward Paul Onuachu.

27 year old Onuachu scored 35 goals last season to finish as top scorer in the league and also won the award for the most valuable player of the championship. He was also voted the best player of African origin.

A move away from the league was largely expected but it didn’t happen largely due to Genk’s valuation but they have since dropped their asking price. Onuachu on his part replaced his old agent and it appears a move is on.

A source who approached the player with a deal from a Serie A side was told by his management team that he is heading to the English Premier League next summer as an agreement is already in place.

” We had an offer for him to consider. So he directed us to his new management team. They told us Genk have reached agreement for his sale to a team in the English Premier League”, he told OwnGoalNigeria.com.

Several reports in the Belgium media tends to also agree with that stand as it is widely reported that Onuachu who has 16 goals this season will leave the team in the summer with fellow Nigerian Cyriel Dessers as his replacement.

Dessers has impressed mightily on loan to Feyenoord but the Dutch side don’t have the €4m required to make the deal permanent and Genk are not willing to compromise on their stand.

Fans of the Black Stars of Ghana have taken a swipe at their counterparts from Nigeria as tension begin to build ahead of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers playoff between both countries.

Nigeria will lock horns with Ghana over two legged for a spot in the 2022 World Cup on the 25th and 29th of March in Kumasi and Abuja respectively. It has led to lot of banter between rival fans.

Fans of the Super Eagles mocked Ghana of shopping for a stadium less than two weeks to the game unlike Nigeria who have the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja ready for the game since it was announced.

As a means to hit back at Nigeria, a Twitter user mocked vice captain of the Super Eagles William Troost Ekong saying he isn’t playing for Watford who are battling to stay in the English Premier League.

“Your captain is a bench warmer in a struggling Watford team. It shows the level of your team these days”, he posted as a reply to a comment from a Nigerian ahead of the game.

True to his words, Ekong hasn’t kicked a ball in anger for Watford since returning from the Africa Cup of Nations with new coach Roy Hodgson preferring other players in his role.

The newly appointed chief coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Emmanuel Amuneke says Sparta Rotterdam goalkepper Maduka Okoye will likely be in goal for Nigeria against Ghana.

Nigeria will take on Ghana in a World Cup qualifiers playoff on the 25th and 29th of March in Kumasi and Abuja respectively for a spot in the 2022 World Cup which will take place in Qatar.

Ahead of the game there have been calls for the technical crew of the Nigerian team to drop Okoye as first choice owing to the error he made at the Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 against Tunisia. It aided Tunisia to a 1-0 win and see Nigeria exit the tournament.

Speaking ahead of the game, Amuneke said Okoye’s role as first choice isn’t an issue for now and they won’t judge him on the premises of one mistake. He cited his run of games in the Dutch Eredivisie as a good enough reason for him to keep his spot.

“I’m not a goalkeeper trainer, but we have someone in that department, which is Alloy Agu,” the former Barcelona winger told Brila.

“Regardless, Maduka Okoye is a good goalkeeper and human being, so we can’t because of one mistake dump (him).