Coach of Torino Ivan Juric is looking at retaining the service of Nigeria international Ola Aina following his return from a loan spell in England with Fulham.

Aina was ever present for Fulham who were relegated at the end of last season and despite the club not taking up the option of signing him permanently, Juric sees him as a quality player.

There have been talks about another move for the Nigerian but Juric has shoot down such suggestions insisting that he will remain at the club as he is pleased with his quality.

“Ola Aina can play equally on both sides. He brings a different vision of the world to the group. He has quality, crossing and dribbling; he needs to improve, but there is a player there”, Juric was quoted as saying by Gazzetta dello Sport.

24 year old Aina still has two years to go on his contract with the Italian side following his permanent transfer from Chelsea in 2019 after a successful loan spell.

The deputy technical director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Paul Aigbogun says the international future of emerging Rangers of Scotland left back lies with Nigeria and not England or Italy.

Bassey is eligible for all three countries but he is yet to be capped by any as he only started making his mark last drake at Rangers of Scotland. A team he joined on a free transfer from Leicester City U23.

His rise has led to talks of a possible call up to one of the youth teams of either England or Italy but Aigbogun insist, Nigeria still remains his first option and talks over an invitation started since last year.

“ He was to join up with my U-20 team in 2019 but it didn’t happen. In 2020 he spoke with the coach of the senior national team of Nigeria and even before the start of the season Gernot Rohr mentioned him in an interview”, Aigbogun told OwnGoalNigeria.com.

“ I know his mother very well and she’s a thorough bred Nigerian. Yes talks of playing for England or Italy is expected at this stage of his career but forget it. He wants Nigeria and very soon he will hopefully get his chance”, he concluded.

Per reports exclusively gathered by OwnGoalNigeria.com editorial team, world football governing body FIFA has cleared the duo of ex England youth international Ovie Ejaria and Ike Ugbo to play for Nigeria.

Reading midfielder Ejaria who won the U20 World Cup with England was cleared even before the Super Eagles back to back friendly games against Cameroon but coach of the Nigerian team Gernot Rohr didn’t include him in the squad.

Ugbo another ex England U20 player who is back at Chelsea after a successful time on loan to Cercle Brugge in Belgium and even scored in a 2-1 friendly win over Bournemouth received his clearance last month.

The duo are for now the two players we gathered have been cleared by FIFA with little or no movement on the case of Ademola Lookman which is mainly due to his inability to secure a Nigerian passport till date.

Both players are now free to play for Nigeria if called up by Rohr for the upcoming World Cup 2022 qualifiers which begins in September with a game at home against Liberia.

Former Nigeria international and coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Samson Siasia has sued world football governing body FIFA in an American court.

Siasia recently got his ban from football reduced by the court of arbitration for sports ( CAS) following a conviction that he conspired to fix a game while at the helm as coach of the Nigerian team.

CAS ruled that the Nigerian didn’t fix any game hence can’t be suspended for life from coaching but they still handed him a light sentence of five years for failing to report that he was approached to fix a game.

In the suit filed against FIFA, the former Nantes forward is among other things, seeking compensation for the ‘damage’ done to his reputation by FIFA with their investigation of an alleged bribery case against him.

“Here, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (“FIFA”), the worldwide governing body of soccer, exercised governmental function when FIFA investigated and adjudicated a charge of bribery, a crime, against Samson Siasia (“Siasia”), a United States citizen, which function has traditionally been exclusively the domain of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the United States Department of Justice, (USDOJ) and the Judicial branch of government or the State government.

“After finding Siasia guilty, FIFA then imposed a fine of 50,000 Swiss Francs and lifetime ban from using his professional coaching license that was issued by the U.S. Soccer Federation. As a result, defendant is in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 of the Civil Rights Act, (“Section 1983”) among others, for depriving plaintiff of his constitutional rights under color of state law,”

Hearing for the case will be fixed soon according to sources close to the coach .

Taiwo Awoniyi says he would have earned more money if he took up the option of remaining in England as opposed to his move to German side Union Berlin.

Awoniyi made a permanent move to the German side where he spent last season on loan. A move which came as a shock to many because after five years he was finally granted a work permit.

Many expected him to push for a spot in the Liverpool side or better still accept the option of going on loan to another English side but the 23 year old revealed he insisted on a move to Union Berlin.

According to Awoniyi he want to go to a team where he is sure to play and also develop further instead of staying in England where he would have made more money.

“It was an easy decision, but also a difficult one”, Awoniyi told the Berliner Morgenpost.

German giants Bayern Munich will make a decision on signing of Nigeria U17 midfielder Daniel Francis who is also called “Dada” by close friends and associates.

He has been impressive for the Bayern Munich world squad and most recently wore the captain’s armband as they secure a 6-2 win over Ismaning.

In that game he scored and also provided two assists as part of special training tour organized by the German side with players picked from the 2019 Bayern Munich World Youth Cup in Germany.

The squad started training since the 26th of July and have played series of test games, the last of which will be played on Friday against the U19 of the German champions.

Dada like every other player who is a part of the Bayern Munich world squad will know their fate after the game with the potential of some of them signing temporary deals. Some could however end up elsewhere as they were watched by clubs of other teams.

Enyimba FC of Aba is presently holding transfer talks with Tunisian giants Esperance who are interested in signing Anayo Iwuala.

The Aba giants place a hefty €1 million price tag on the 22 year old winger who has four senior international caps to his name. The price tag according to Enyimba is what is contained in his contract.

A host of teams from Belgium, France, Denmark and Sweden made checks on the possibility of signing Anayo but didn’t in anyway come close to matching Enyimba’s valuation.

Unconfirmed reports has it that Enyimba have agreed to drop the asking price to as a low as $350,000 and talks with the Tunisian giant is progressing nicely as the winger is also pushing for the move.

Although Enyimba fancy selling him to a club in Europe but with no concrete offer coming for him, they will let him leave for Esperance on a deal that includes a sell on clause.

Rangers of Scotland defender Leon Balogun has explained the reason why he is seen as a troublemaker in the camp of the Super Eagles.

Balogun caused a stir last week when he went in hard on the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over non payment of bonuses of the senior national team of Nigeria.

It forced the NFF to release a statement where they explained the reason why they are owing the team and promise to pay up as soon as their financial situation normalizes.

During the course of same interview where Balogun spoke about the issue of unpaid bonuses he also said it’s for the simple fact that he speaks out a lot that many see him as a trouble maker in the team.

“If I feel like something is wrong, I might at one point talk just about it and then they will always like okay this boy is a troublemaker but I’m not a troublemaker because at the end of the day I stand in for my teammates”, he explained.

“I do that with pleasure and if I have to take the fall, I probably did in the past and it’s always also motivated by personal issues not issues but things I feel like I don’t have to deal with this now and any of us should. So there is lot of work to do.