Coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has made contact with Bologna of Italy midfielder Kingsley Michael to be a part of the Super Eagles squad for the World Cup qualifiers.

Rohr is looking for cover for the Super Eagles second World Cup qualifiers game against Cape Verde is Praia as about nine players from the United Kingdom won’t be available for the game.

Michael has been on the radar of the coach for a while and with options limited by the restrictions in several countries due to the coronavirus pandemic, he has been contacted to be a part of the squad.

As reported by this portal earlier today, Rohr was undecided over calling the former Nigeria U17 , U20 and U23 midfielder of Alhassan Yusuf of Belgium side Antwerp.

OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal that he has been contacted officially by a representative of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to be a part of the enlarged squad.

Players of the senior national team of Nigeria have unanimously pick Rangers of Scotland defender Leon Balogun to lead a selected group of players who will hold talks with the NFF over their unpaid bonuses.

We gathered the players resolve to have Balogun as their spokesman with captain of the the team Ahmed Musa and his deputy William Ekong also part of the talks.

The team have not been paid any bonus since receiving payment for the AFCON 2019 third place win over Tunisia last year. The NFF admitted that they are owing the players after Balogun voiced out his frustration in an interview.

However despite openly admitting they are yet to contact the players on how they intend to clear the backlogs. The players want it resolved before the start of the World Cup qualifiers on the 3rd of September against Liberia.

Malmo of Sweden defensive midfielder Innocent Bonke has been called up to the senior national team of Nigeria for the first time , OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.

Coach of the Nigerian team Gernot Rohr has also added Goztepe midfielder Obinna Nwobodo to the list of invited players, following the decision by English Premier League teams not to travel to regions termed as red zone in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

The duo were contacted last night with Bonke taking the spot of Wilfred Ndidi in defensive midfield while Nwobodo Will replace Joe Aribo. A replacement for Oghenekaro Etebo is yet to be decided on.

For now it’s between the duo of Bologna’s Kingsley Michael and Alhassan Yusuf of Belgium side Antwerp, although some sources close to the coach revealed both players could be called up.

Meanwhile as first reported by this portal Henry Onyekuru has been handed a recall and he will take the spot of Everton man Alex Iwobi.

We gathered they will be part of the enlarged Super Eagles team as first reported by this portal. The aim of calling them up is for the away game against Cape Verde in Praia.

The English based players are all expected to however prosecute the home game against Liberia on the 3rd of September before flying back to their base.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has sent a letter of invitation to out of favor winger Henry Onyekuru and four others to be a part of the Super Eagles squad for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.

Coach Gernot Rohr submitted his list of players to the NFF and it was to be released yesterday but the coronavirus protocols in the United Kingdom means as many as seven players won’t be able to make the away trip to Cape Verde.

Cape Verde is on the UK red list and visitors arriving from the country will need to quarantine for ten days before getting permission to go on with their normal lives.

It means regular players like Leon Balogun, Joe Aribo, Frank Onyeka, Wilfred Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho, Oghenekaro Etebo and Alex Iwobi won’t be able to honour the away tie.

However they are free to play in the home game on the 3rd of September against Liberia, but it has forced the NFF into making contacts with players from countries where travellers from Cape Verde won’t require quarantine upon return.

It means extra players will now be called up to make up for their expected departure after the first game as Nigeria aim to start the qualifiers on a high targeting two wins from their first two games.

OwnGoalNigeria.com exclusively gathered that team secretary of the Super Eagles Dayo Enebi will make contacts with clubs over releasing their players considering the invitation is late.

The head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has not been paid his wages by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for seven months, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.

Rohr who accepted to take a pay cut by dropping his wages by $6,000, now earns around $49,000 a month but since the start of the year he hasn’t been paid.

The coach also agreed to collect his salary in Nigerian currency, but he has so far been unable to convert it into dollars for his use in Germany. The bank refuse to convert it for him using the exchange rate of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

His last resort is to use the “Black Market” in exchanging to dollars but that will see him lose 40% of his salary considering the fact that the deal was signed using the exchange rate of the CBN.

We gathered he has written several letters to the bank and also contacted the NFF but it has so far not yielded any positive response. The players of the Super Eagles are also heading into the start of the qualifiers for the World Cup with two years of unpaid bonuses.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) says the list of players who will prosecute the upcoming 2022 World Cup qualifiers game against Liberia and Cape Verde respectively.

Ahead of the games which will begin with the game against Liberia on the 3rd of September before the second game against Cape Verde, the list of invited players.

Although the invited players have been contacted, the football loving populace of Nigeria is yet to be made aware of the players who will prosecute both games .

The spokesman of the NFF Ademola Olajire said the list of players will be made public once coach Gernot Rohr gives the go ahead for it to be made public.

Victor Osimhen has received a two match ban for his reaction to the red card he received in Napoli’s 2-0 win over Venezia in their first Serie A game of the season over the weekend.

The Nigerian was shown a straight red card in the 23rd minute for an alleged punch on Venezia defender Daan Heymans during a tussle for space in the box with Napoli about to take a corner kick.

In the referees’s report after the game it was described as an incident of “voluntarily striking an opposition player with a slap to the face while the ball was at a distance”. He was also fined €5,000.

The suspension means he will miss Napoli’s upcoming games against Genoa and Juventus. His absence will no doubt affect the chances of Napoli starting the season on a high under new coach Luciano Spalleti.

Spalleti backed the decision to send the striker off and warmed him to be mindful of his conduct next time.

Coach is the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr says FC Porto left back Zaidu Sanusi will leave the club before the end of the summer transfer window.

Zaidu has been relegated to the role of fourth choice left back at the Portuguese side just a year after joining them from modest side Santa Clara.

Last season the Nigerian started as a regular but lost his spot before the end of the season. He started the first game of the season but since making a substitute appearance where his error almost cost his team if not for the intervention of VAR, he hasn’t gotten to play.

The club recently signed Brazilian left back Wendell from Bayern Leverkusen and last weekend in the 1-1 draw against Maritimo, Zaidu wasn’t listed in the match day squad.

Reacting to the predicament of the defender who is now first choice for Nigeria, Rohr told Elegbete TV and Radio that he will leave the team to another top team where he is going to get games to aid his development.

Deputy Vice President of Europe Football governing body UEFA has added his voice to the discussion on the sending off of Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen In Napoli’s 2-0 win over Venezia in the Serie A.

The Nigerian was shown a straight red card in the 23rd minute for an alleged punch on Venezia defender Daan Heymans during a tussle for space in the box with Napoli about to take a corner kick.

As expected the red card incident has generated reaction with many faulting the Nigerian for his role in the incident however some insist the sending off was harsh.

Reacting to the issue, Zbigniew Boniek said in an interview with an Italian radio station that the Nigerian need to behave properly in the middle of provocation and hoped that he has learnt a lesson from the red card.

“The expulsion of Osimhen? They are hundreds of a second, reactions, counter reactions that can happen. But we must make the players understand that such behaviors must be avoided. He is always very heated, he is quick and fast. But he must have learnt from this episode”, he told Radio Kiss Kiss.

The coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has increased the number of players in his squad for the upcoming 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Liberia and Cape Verde respectively.

Rohr initially listed 25 players for both games but sent out invitation to 35 players with ten on standby , he has now increased the number of players in the squad to 30.

We gathered the idea is borne out of necessity as there are doubts surrounding the availability of five players in the list of players who are based in England with the UK protocol on coronavirus casting a cloud over their presence.

Five players in Oghenekaro Etebo, William Ekong , Kelechi Iheanacho, Wilfred Ndidi and Frank Onyeka will be forced to quarantine for ten days if they honour the away trip to Cape Verde as it is listed in the UK red zone.

Same fate might also affect the duo of Leon Balogun and Joe Aribo who are based in Scotland but for now their is no muck concern over them like the ones in England.