Players and officials of the senior national team of Nigeria will later today have a proper session at the gym of their hotel following their inability to complete yesterday’s session.

As reported by this portal, the team were asked to leave the gym of the hotel few minutes into yesterday’s session and they had to complete the work out outside at the beach.

Today they will return to the gym at around 10am for a proper session with 24 players expected to take part following the arrival of ten more players to the camp of the team.

Their first full training session will be later in the evening and all 28 invited players will likely take part as the players have a feel with the new balls sent to them by FIFA for the qualifiers.

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Most people are into sports.

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An increase in mobile sports betting.

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Soft sports betting regulations.

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Conclusion.

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Players and officials of the senior national team of Nigeria were not able to use the gym of their camp at the prestigious Eko Hotel, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.

The players numbering 15 went to the gym to have their first session but no sooner have they started that the management of the hotel led by the general manager ordered them out.

He claimed the gym is meant for visitors and not exclusively for the team. A situation which snow balled into a heated exchange with players and officials of the Nigerian team.

Attempts by the security detail of the Super Eagles to convince the management to allow the players use the gym yielded no result as they ended up canceling what would have been their first session ahead of Friday’s 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Liberia.

In order not to loose out on the session entirely, the team later had a light training at the beach with videos posted on their official social media handle.

As many as fourteen players are currently in the camp of the Super Eagles of Nigeria ahead of their World Cup qualifiers games against Liberia and Cape Verde on the 3rd and 7th of September respectively.

The camp for the games opened in Lagos yesterday with five players namely Kelechi Iheanacho, Wilfred Ndidi, Alex Iwobi, Daniel Akpeyi and Adekunle Adeleke the first set of player to arrive camp.

Earlier on we reported that 11 players were in the camp of the team alongside the technical crew led by coach of the team Gernot Rohr as they aim to start the qualifiers on a sound note.

As at the time of filing in this report, they have been joined by four others to swell the number in camp to 15. More players are expected to be in camp before the end of today with the ones in camp set to have their first session which will be in the gym.

Shehu Abdullahi, Ahmed Musa, Samuel Kalu, Daniel Akpeyi, Adekunle Adeleke, Alex Iwobi, Kelechi Iheanacho, Oghenekaro Etebor, Francis Uzoho, Henry Onyekuru, Chidera Ejuke, Kingsley Michael, Wilfred Ndidi, Kenneth Omeruo, Moses Simon.

Fringe Super Eagles forward Cyriel Dessers has agreed a loan move to Spanish second division side Leganes from Belgium side Genk.

Although he started the season as second choice striker behind club’s leading marksman Paul Onuachu. The arrival of Ike Ugbo means Dessers dropped to the option of third choice striker at the club that he joined last summer after scoring 18 goals in the Dutch Eredivisie for Heracles Almelo.

He hasn’t hit same height like he did in the Netherlands with his fellow Nigerian Onuachu the headline maker at the club after scoring 35 goals last season. The inability of the club to trade off the lanky Nigerian played a huge role in the decision to let Dessers leave on loan.

Dessers who has one cap for Nigeria which came last year when he played for 18 minutes in the 1-1 friendly draw against Tunisia will team up with another Nigerian in Kenneth Omeruo at the Spanish side.

Josh Maja has sealed a return to English football joining English Championship side Nottingham Forest from Ligue 1 side Bordeaux, OwnGoalNigeria.com understands.

Maja spent last season on loan to Fulham in the English Premier League where he scored three goals in 15 appearances as the newly promoted side fail to beat the drop back to where they came from.

He returned to Bordeaux with Fulham not taken up the option of signing him permanently but he was told he is free to leave the club on a permanent deal of an offer which matched his valuation is lodged.

Nottingham Forest sent in a bid of €4.5m and it was accepted by the Ligue 1 side bringing an end to Maja’s three year stay at the club where he found the back of the net 11 times in league games.

The former Sunderland teen prospect made his international debut for Nigeria in 2019 playing one minute of their 2-2 friendly draw against Ukraine.

OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal that Nigeria international defender Chidozie Awaziem is close to agreeing a deal to rejoin French Ligue 1 side Nantes on a loan deal from Boavista of Portugal.

Awaziem spent the 2017/2018 season on loan from Porto with the Ligue 1 side, he only recently concluded a permanent move to Boavista this summer in what was a record transfer for the club.

Boavista are open to letting the 24 year old leave and have already signed Mexer from their sister club in France Bordeaux in preparation for his exit. They however want an outright transfer and not loan.

We understand fellow Ligue 1 side Lorient have also contacted the management of the defender over a deal but he prefers a move to Nantes. Lorient are however still in talks with Boavista.

A decision is expected before the end of the current transfer window with the defender also keen on settling his future before heading to the camp of the senior national team of Nigeria for the start of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers on Friday.

One cap Super Eagles winger Marcus Abraham has joined Portuguese top division side Portimonense from second division side CD Feirense, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.

The 21 year old who started his career in Nigeria with Remo Stars is moving to the top division side after his first season with the first team of CD Feirense following his step up from the U23 of the team.

Last season he scored 11 goals with two assists from 28 games and his form earned him a call up to the senior national team and he subsequently made his debut in the back to back friendly games against Cameroon. He played as a substitute in both games totaling 26 minutes.

A left footed player who is comfortable on either flanks or even in a role behind the striker, he has already travelled to his new base and was yesterday introduced to his new teammates.

As many as eleven players are currently in the camp of the Super Eagles of Nigeria ahead of their World Cup qualifiers games against Liberia and Cape Verde respectively.

The camp for the game opened in Lagos yesterday with five players namely Kelechi Iheanacho, Wilfred Ndidi, Alex Iwobi, Daniel Akpeyi and Adekunle Adeleke the first set of player to arrive camp.

As at the time of filing in this report, they have been joined by six others to swell the number in camp to 11. More players are expected to be in camp before the end of today.

Already the trio of Moses Simon, Jamilu Collins and Terem Moffi are In Abuja at the moment waiting to connect a flight to Lagos later this evening. The team will start full training by tomorrow morning.

Daniel Akpeyi, Adekunle Adeleke, Alex Iwobi, Kelechi Iheanacho, Oghenekaro Etebor, Francis Uzoho, Henry Onyekuru, Chidera Ejuke, Kingsley Michael, Wilfred Ndidi, Kenneth Omeruo.

Hoffenheim of Germany defender Kevin Akpoguma won’t be part of the Super Eagles squad for the upcoming 2022 World Cup qualifiers games per an announcement by his club.

The club announced that the defender has tested positive for Coronavirus hence won’t be joining up with the Nigerian team as he stay behind to quarantine despite the fact that he is displaying no symptoms at the moment.

In the statement , they also confirmed that all though he has taken the full vaccination, it’s still wise for him to follow the regular process of isolating before returning back to full activities.

He was expected to keep his spot as the right full back for the Nigerian team, same role he played over the weekend in the Bundesliga and grabbed an assist for his team in their 2-3 loss to Borussia Dortmund.

Unlike Frank Onyeka of Brentford who was replaced by Adekunle Adeleke after testing positive for coronavirus, early report has it that he won’t be replaced by another player.