Manchester City have been told to ignite the option of a buy back inserted in the deal that took red hot Nigerian forward Kelechi Iheanacho to Leicester City three years ago.

City are facing goal scoring problems this season and they announced that all time top scorer Sergio Kun Aguero will depart the team in the summer.

That announcement means they will be in the market for a striker and their former forward Emmanuel Adebayor believes a deal for Iheanacho to refer to the Etihad will be perfect.

Iheanacho who has scored 14 goals in all competitions this season with seven coming in his last five games has a £50 million buy back clause inserted in his deal when he left City in 2017.

Coach of Leicester City Brendan Rodgers voiced his concerns over the clause in January last year and it appears it could hurt them if they listen to the advice of Adebayor.

“ He is scoring and the attack of City isn’t scoring. He knows the club and the coach but left because of the presence of two forwards preferred by the coach. One is going so bringing him back won’t be bad he won’t be as expensive as the other names that have been mentioned”, Adebayor said.

City will however find in Leicester City a tough customer to negotiate as only recently they handed the Nigerian a new deal which will keep him at the club till 2024.

Coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr says the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick doesn’t interfere with the selection of players for the team.

Rohr was reacting to stories in the Nigerian media where it was speculated that Pinnick has a say in players that get called up to the team who are through to next year Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

Defending the Warri born administrator, Rohr said they have a professional working relationship with well defined roles hence Pinnick doesn’t interfere in his decision to pick players for the team.

He said in the five years he has been with the Super Eagles not for once has Pinnick interfered in his duty as he has outmost confidence in him.

“I’m working with him now for five years, and there is confidence, trust, and also for me, it’s important that he lets me work in my independence.

“I can choose my players, I can make my list, and I appreciate – also his loyalty”, Rohr told Owngoalnigeria.com.

Joshua Oluwayemi is one name that fans of English side Tottenham Hotspur have come to associate with in recent days following his step up to the main team.

The 20 year old has been with the first team for one week now owing to the injury forced absence of Alfie Whiteman. Oluwayemi has also impressed with the U23s in Premier League 2.

His international future is one which has also been discussed as he is eligible for England and Nigeria but he has made it clear that playing for Nigeria is an option he is keen on exploring.

He has already met with Super Eagles legend Kanu Nwankwo and some Nigeria
Football Federation officials and despite representing England at U15 and U16 levels, he won’t be requiring a switch of allegiance process as the level is seen as non competitive.

‘’If Nigeria comes for me, then I’ll go but at the moment I am focusing on England youth, and then Nigeria first”, he said in 2020.

“I have never actually travelled to Nigeria but the thing with London, the community, is like I have been to Nigeria.

“I am surrounded by some Nigerian uncles coming around but I’ve never actually been to Nigeria. Definitely, there are plans to visit Nigeria with my parents.”

“I have had couple of Nigerian people after games. I saw Kanu one time, he was at one of our games, he was talking to my dad, but not really like that.

“Definitely I’ll be looking at Nigeria but my options are open.

French Ligue 1 side Nantes are facing the prospect of suffering relegation at the end of the French Ligue 1 season where they are presently placed 19th on the 20 team table.

Nantes have moved from a fairly successful season last year to struggling this season with as many as three coaches handling team so far but none has arrested the slump.

Faced with the prospect of getting relegated at the end of the season, they have already set the price tag on some players who are going to be hot in demand at the end of the season.

One among them is Nigeria international Moses Simon who was signed on a permanent deal in the summer after impressing on an initial loan spell from Levante.

Simon has scored a total of 14 goals in two seasons at the club and in January they turned down an offer of €9 million for his services from Russian side CSKA Moscow.

At the end of the season they will be however opened to doing business but will demand a fee in the region of €15 million plus add on for them to part way with one of their most important player in the past two seasons.

Werder Bremen right full back Felix Agu has explained why he decided to shun a chance with the senior national team of Nigeria and instead play for the U21 of Germany.

Agu as reported by this portal was approached by coach of the Super Eagles Gernot Rohr while he was still at second division side Vfl Osnabruck and yet to make an appearance for Germany at any level.

Rohr was keen on him after watching him excel in a game but the then 19 year old decided against honoring an invitation by Nigeria when Germany called him up to their U21.

Now 21 years old and making his mark at Weder Bremen with 14 appearances to his name this season in the Bundesliga, Agu who wasn’t picked by Germany for their campaign in the U21 Euros has now explained why he picked Germany ahead of Nigeria.

Question- You could still play for Nigeria despite your appearances for the German U21s . Have you already been in contact with the association and the German national coach Gernot Rohr?

Felix Agu – Yes, there was. But after my first appointment for a national team, i.e. the U21s, I first decided on Germany because I wanted to stay in my familiar environment. It felt better, but it wasn’t a decision against Nigeria.

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Newly appointed coach is Russian side CSKA Moscow Ivica Olic has reacted to Nigerian winger Chidera Ejuke scoring his first goal in six months in their win over Rotor.

Ejuke was signed by the Russian giants in the summer from Dutch side Heerenveen after an impressive debut season but he hasn’t match same height with CSKA Moscow so far.

Olic who replaced Viktor Goncharenko as catch of the team in March revealed he knows all about the wingers struggles in front of goals and has since been working with him on the defect.

Known for his ability to go past his markers with ease, the coach said he is hoping the goal will be one of the many goals he will score before the end of the season.
“I knew his qualities even before I came to PFC CSKA. From the first day he was here, I talked to him a lot. I believe in him, I am sure that he is a good guy, wants to work. If everything goes well, then he still has many matches ahead of him as today.

Manchester City Academy poster boy Tai Sodje has put on hold the opportunity to represent England as he is keen on playing for the senior national team of Nigeria.

Owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively reveal that the decision of the 17 year old is known to the English youth team handlers. Hence their decision to leave him out of their squad lately.

” It’s clear that his desire to play for Nigeria is why he isn’t in the English youth team set up despite his fantastic goal return in the U18 League for Man City. His uncle has said so severally”, a source told Owngoalnigeria.com

Sodje who is the nephew of ex Nigeria internationals the Sodje brothers in Efe and Sam Sodje is tipped for promotion to the first team of Manchester City with the planned departure of Sergio Kun Aguero in the summer.

His performance hasn’t gone unnoticed with coach of the first team Pep Guardiola already having him as part of the players who will join the main team in pre season ahead of the start of next season.

Coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has already made up his mind on the player he thinks will play the number ten role when the World Cup 2022 qualifiers begin.

Reading midfielder Michael Olise who was on standby for the last set of games over passport issues after declaring to play for Nigeria ahead of France is Rohr’s preferred candidate for the position.

Olise has emerged as one of the finest playmaker in the English Championship with ten assists and six goals as Reading continue their push to make the play off positions.

Rohr is hoping the 19 year old would have been issue a Nigerian passport before the first game against Cape Verde in June as he sees him as the perfect fit for the number ten role of the team.

“ It’s as good as done. Olise will play the number ten role once his switch is done. Rohr has already seen enough to make that move with him. That is why in the past few games, Iwobi operated from the wings. It’s Olise’s spot”, a backroom staff of the Super Eagles told Owngoalnigeria.com