The last has not been heard of the future of Kelechi Nwakali at Spanish second division club Huesca following his late arrival to the team after the Africa Cup of Nations.

Nwakali arrived seven days after Nigeria’s exit from the round of 16 at the tournament and it hasn’t gone down well with the club who have in the main time slam a fine on the midfielder, after refusing his claim that he was sick.

Coach of Huesca Xisco Munoz was asked about the future of Nwakali at the club especially after they failed to move him on to fellow second division side Burgos before the close of the January transfer window.

With six months left to run on his deal, they are suggestions that the club is working on terminating the remaining months of his deal, and coach Munoz said he is in tandem with whatever the club decides as he wants players with values at the club.

“The important thing is that the club solves what it has to solve with Nwakali. It’s a general decision. I want to have people with values. The most important thing is that when people come to El Alcoraz, they see commitment. The group must transmit that”, he said.

English Premier League side Newcastle United have made Nantes and Super Eagles winger Moses Simon their prime target in the summer transfer window, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.

Simon carries a transfer price tag of around £20m pounds which the now rich Newcastle United don’t see as a problem and they are currently locked in talks with Nantes over reaching a deal.

Nantes are open to the idea of letting Simon leave after blocking a January transfer move to Leeds United as they need him to help them finish the season on a high. Leeds United are still keen on signing him in the summer.

It’s now down to both teams but for now Newcastle United offer of £100,000 a week as salary puts them in the driving seat to seal the signing of the 26 year old. The owners of the club have been on his trail for a while.

They tried to sign him for Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia after his first session at Nantes where he was on loan from Levante but Simon decided on signing a permanent deal at Nantes. Same persons are behind the move to sign him in the summer.

The star of Nigeria at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, he has so far scored two goals this session in Ligue 1 with six assists to his name as well from 20 games in all competitions.

World football governing body FIFA has approved the switch to nationality of Leicester City star Ademola Lookman from England to Nigeria.

24 year old Lookman made a total of 31 appearances for England at various youth levels ranging from the U19 to U21 but he has since applied for a switch of nationality.

The forward is now free to play for Nigeria against Ghana in the world cup qualifiers playoff in March. He was included in the Super Eagles squad for the 2021 delayed Africa Cup of Nations but his switch wasn’t completed then.

Lookman will provide more options to coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Austine Eguavoen who will retain his interim position for the playoff in March despite crashing out of the AFCON in the round of 16.

On loan from RB Leipzig of Germany, he has scored five goals in 22 games in all competitions this season with three coming in 14 games in the English Premier League. Leicester City has an option of making the loan deal permanent at the end of the season.

The senior national team of Nigeria have moved up from the position of 5th in Africa to 3rd in the latest ranking done by world football governing body FIFA.

Nigeria in the month under review won four of their three games at the Africa Cup of Nations picking nine points in the group stages of the Africa Cup of Nations, before bowing out in the round of 16.

They lost 0-1 to Tunisia in what many regard as one of the shock of the tournament considering how both teams got to the knock round. Tunisia barely made it as they were one of the four best placed third team.

Globally the Super Eagles are 32nd in the world. A sharp rise from where they were four years ago before the appointment of Gernot Rohr as coach of the team. They were out of the top 50 in the world.

Former coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr is among contenders to be named as new coach of struggling Ligue 1 side Bordeaux.

Bordeaux are currently 19th on the log in Ligue 1 and after the 5-0 thrashing suffered in the hands of Reims, the club decided to part way with their coach Vladimir Petkovic two days ago.

The search for a replacement has started in earnest and Rohr who was sacked as coach of Nigeria is among potential candidates for the job due to his knowledge of the team as a player and former coach.

He managed the team from 1990 to 1996 and till date still holds the club’s glorious achievement of leading them to an European Cup final, where they were beaten by German giants Bayern Munich after losing 1-3 at home and 0-2 away over two legs in the UEFA Cup final in 1996.

Per reports in the French media he is one of the six names pencilled down for consideration as the team is on the look out for an experienced manager who can help their cause to beat the drop to Ligue 2.

Genk of Belgium Nigerian striker Paul Onuachu says it’s not normal that top teams didn’t make attempts to sign him from Genk after his incredible goal haul last season.

Onuachu ended last season with 35 goals finishing as the top scorer in the division and also winning the Ebony Shoe award for the best black player in the Belgium league.

This season he has 13 goals so far, no thanks to injury and fitness issues. He however lament the fact that he is still playing in Belgium as he was hoping his feat should have earned him a deal in a top league.

“The more the end of the summer transfer approached, the more frustrated I became. I was really mad at the club at one point. I don’t think it’s normal that, when you finish such a season in Belgium, no one comes to get me. I don’t know why it just didn’t happen. Covid, Covid, Covid: I hear that a lot. If a club really wants you, then it will get you right?”, the Gazet van Antwerpen quoted the lanky striker as saying.

He said he is back to working hard after the injury he struggled with towards the end of last year, he further cited the injury as why he believe a move away in January didn’t work out despite having a new agent which he trust more than the previous one.

“I can’t change it. I keep working hard and get myself back on track. This time I had less stress than in the summer. Then I wanted it too hard. I knew my hamstring injury was going to make it difficult now, because in the winter clubs want players who are fit and ready to play right away.

“It was not me. My previous agent also just drove my head crazy, putting my expectations too high in the summer. Now I am calmer and my new agent is more honest.”