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.

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Five players arrived the camp of the senior national team of Nigeria yesterday ahead of their opening round of games in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.

Nigeria will take on Liberia on the 3rd of September and in preparation for the game , the camp of the team welcomed the first batch of players with the rest expected to arrive between today and tomorrow.

Leicester City duo of Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi, Everton midfielder Alex Iwobi and goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi from South African side Kaizer Chiefs are the players based abroad who are in the camp of the team.

Abia Warriors defender Adekunle Adeleke is also in the camp following his late invitation as a replacement for Frank Onyeka who tested positive for coronavirus.

Taiwo Awoniyi was once again the hero for German Bundesliga side Union Berlin scoring what ended as the winner to help them to a 2-1 win over Borussia Monchengladbach.

Awoniyi have scored in all three of their games so far but unlike the his goal earning a point against Bayern Leverkusen and Hoffenheim respectively, this time around it helped them to all three points.

Signed on a club record deal from Liverpool last month, he has so far proven to be a shrewd bargain with five goals in his first six games of the season.

In the Europa Conference League qualifiers, he scored twice in their 4-0 win first leg win over Finnish side KuPS. Bar three of his attempts he has scored with all of his shots on target so far.

Coach of Belgium top division side Genk says there is every chance that Nigerian forward Paul Onuachu could leave the team before the close of the transfer window.

Van den Brom in an interview on TV Limburg said with three to four more days before the close of the transfer window the duo of Onuachu and Jhon Lucumi could yet leave the team.

He however said he is hopeful that the duo will remain at the club but if they eventually leave, the team already have players who who will be their replacement.

“But they are still here. And again, we still have four days. We will wait and see,” he told TV Limburg . “We also know that if they go, we’ll have plenty of alternatives for those guys. But I’m assuming they’re not going.”

Coach of Everton Rafa Benitez has picked out certain aspect that Alex Iwobi should improve in his game if he want to fulfill the potential that saw the club splash big on him two summers ago from Arsenal.

Iwobi has played in all three of Everton’s game in the English Premier League this season with a total of 115 minutes as he played as substitute in all of the games. He clocked 90 minutes in the Carabao Cup and also scored his first goal of the season in their hard fought 2-1 win over Huddersfield.

Linked with a move away from the club at the start of the summer transfer window, he has somehow won the faith of his manager who said after the 2-0 win over Brighton and Hove Albion that there are areas he still need to improve on.

“My job was to try to give him confidence and adjust a couple of things in the way he is playing and his understanding of the game. I am really pleased with him and I think the fans can see a big difference in these three games from last year”, he told the official website of the club.

“He was injured [at Huddersfield] and carried on trying to help the team because we had 10 players. He was a key part in the success and I think the fans will really appreciate his commitment to the club.”

“I know he has incredible in condition and work rate and his physicality is really good. He has to improve in the final third, he knows that.

“It is just to be sure he makes things simple, then he can score goals and give assists. He is doing well and growing in confidence.”