Almeria Nigerian striker Sadiq Umar made the headline during the week owing to reports linking him with a move to German giants Bayern Munich in the summer.

The report which emanated from the Spanish press say Bayern will target the beanpole forward if Almeria fails to gain promotion to the Spanish top flight at the end of this season.

With 15 goals and five assists this season, the 24 year old was called up to
the senior team of Nigeria for the first time but couldn’t honor the invitation due to travel restrictions owing to the coronavirus pandemic.
His form hasn’t gone unnoticed and according to one of his representatives reports about interest from Bayern has substance in it with a representative of the team reaching out to his management team.

“ How it leaked to the press is what we don’t know but yes there was contact with Bayern Munich although not directly with the club but a member of their backroom staff who handles transfers”, he told Owngoalnigeria.com.

“ It was more like wanting to know what it will take to sign Sadiq at the end of the season. Such kind of inquiry sometimes means a bid is imminent while it could also mean nothing”, he concluded.

Former Chelsea striker Carlton Cole has showed some sympathy with Tammy Abraham who is in a race against time to make the English team for this summer European Championship.

Abraham has found games hard to come by at Chelsea under new coach Thomas Tuchel and that has put his chance of making the English team in jeopardy.

With six senior caps to his name, the 23 year old famously snubbed Nigeria in 2017 despite a statement by the President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick saying he has committed his future to Nigeria.

Cole who also turned down the chance to play for Nigeria in favour of England in 2004 but six years later accepted an invitation to play for Nigeria in a World Cup qualifiers against South Africa only to be told by FIFA that he is ineligible.

He was declared ineligible because he has played for England at senior level back then, same as Tammy who according to Cole should have considered Nigeria.

“ I think it’s a case of not getting games under a new manager who already has faith In others and the team is doing well. Looking back at his international career maybe he should have played for Nigeria when he had the chance”, Cole said while speaking on the slim chances of the striker making the English team for the Euros.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has rubbished reports that they are behind the delay in the switch of allegiance process of three former England youth internationals to the senior national team of Nigeria.

According to some media reports in Nigeria, the NFF is partly responsible for the delay in the completion of the switch of nationality process of Ademola Lookman, Ovie Ejaria and Ike Ugbo.

All three players have since filed papers with FIFA to enable them represent Nigeria at senior level but after two years, they are still not cleared to play for the senior national team of Nigeria.

NFF on their part said they have little or no influence on the process as it is handled by FIFA, the players representatives and the respective FA of the country they have played for.

“ We have no control over it. It’s not something we can help even in the area of securing passports for some players we couldn’t force through the process. So how can we be behind the delay in having Lookman, Ejaria and Ugbo cleared? It’s laughable”, a chieftain of the NFF told Owngoalnigeria.com.

Head coach Italian Serie A side Crotone Serse Cosmi has expressed his surprise at the none invitation of Simy Nwankwo By Nigeria during the last international break.

Simy last call up for Nigeria came in 2018 after playing a bit part role at the 2018 World Cup in Russia and despite his rich vein of form for Crotone where he has 15 goals this season he still wasn’t called up.

Cosmi while speaking on the form of the 28 year old Nigerian said he find it hard to understand that a player with such a record isn’t a part of his national team set up.

“ That goal count is enough to get you into almost every national team in the world. So it is hard to understand why he is not a part of the Nigerian team. He still keen on playing for Nigeria base on my discussion with him”, the coach said.

“ I told him to channel his disappointment to our quest as a team and he hasn’t stop scoring since then. That way it will be impossible to ignore him any further”, he concluded.

Napoli forward Victor Osimhen has reacted to the transfer fee slammed on Super Eagles debutant Anayo Iwuala by Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) side Enyimba.

Enyimba have Insist on a fee of €1 million as transfer fee for the winger who has impressed mightily since his move to the Aba giants two years ago from Delta Force.

His performance hasn’t gone unnoticed by top teams in Europe especially after his debut for the senior national team of Nigeria in the AFCON 2022 qualifiers games against Sierra Leone and Lesotho respectively.

The fee since exclusively revealed by Owngoalnigeria.com has generated reactions in several quarters and Osimhen who hold the title of the most expensive Nigerian player has backed the fee.

“ Baller”, was his reaction to the fee placed on the winger who he trained with for one week in the camp of the Super Eagles of Nigeria.

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Coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr says several football players who are eligible for other nations want to play for Nigeria.

Nigeria have been active in luring players born abroad since the appointment of Rohr in 2013 with as many as seven players with dual nationality namely Tyronne Ebuehi, Ola Aina, Maduka Okoye, Kevin Akpoguma, Josh Maja, Cyriel Dessers and Joe Aribo making their debut under his reign.

According to Rohr, that number might increased before the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations or during the 2022 World Cup qualifiers with other players showing interest.

“ We get lot of calls from players who want to play for us but we can take all of them because they have to be better than what we have at the moment to be considered. Also in certain areas we have very good options so we are not keen”, Rohr told Owngoalnigeria.com.

The coach however lament the long process it takes to get some players cleared particularly those born in England as was the case with Ola Aina which took two years.

“ We have a situation with Aina that took two years. We wish for it to be a lot faster but we don’t control it especially the players from England. The team has to move on when we have such delays”.

The senior national team of Nigeria moved four places in the latest rankings released by world football governing body FIFA. It means they are now third in Africa.

Ranked 32 in the world, they are only behind Tunisia who are 26th and second highest ranked team in Africa. Senegal still retain their number one spot on the continent with their current position of 22nd in the world.

Back to back Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers win over Benin Republic and Lesotho respectively aided their recent position ahead of the start of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in June.

Super Eagles have now moved ahead of AFCON defending champions Algeria, Morocco and also Egypt who completes the top six in Africa placed 33rd, 34th and 46th respectively in the world.

Ghana, Cameroon, Mali and Ivory Coast completes the top ten in Africa with a global ranking of 49th, 55th, 57th and 59th respectively.

Out of favour Nigeria international forward Simy Nwankwo was last month the best striker in Europe’s top five leagues after scoring 8 goals in five games in the month of March.

His two goals against Napoli over the weekend earned him the title as it saw him move ahead of Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandoski who has seven goals in the period under review.

Simy started the month with a goal against Atalanta before hitting a brace against Torino three days later. He followed that up with another brace against Lazio. He was once again on the scorers sheet against Bologna and ended the period under review with a brace against Napoli.

Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema is third with six goals with Leicester City Kelechi Iheanacho, Villarreal Gerard Moreno and Juventus Cristiano Ronaldo all in five goals each in the month under review.

Barcelona icon Lionel Messi ended the same period with four goals, four less than Simy who is surprisingly scoring goals for fun for a team that is struggling to stay in the Serie A.

With 15 goals this season, the 28 year old will no doubt bag a deal to continue playing in a top league even if Crotone goes down with Genoa rumored to be keen on signing him.

Chelsea forward Tammy Abraham has sent words of encouragement to Crystal Palace midfielder Ebere Eze following the poor performance of the English U21 team at the European Championship.

The English team with Eze who snubbed a chance to be part of the senior national team of Nigeria to play for the U21s of England exited the tournament without winning a single game.

Eze started only one game and it was their final group games and despite scoring one of the goals that handed them a 2-0 lead, he watched on as Croatia rallied back to draw 2-2 and send them packing from the tournament.

Reacting to their exit from the tournament where they were seen as one of the favourites, Eze tagged their exit as a tough one to take but ended up by saying its the will of God that shouldn’t be questioned.

“ Tough one to take but we will all bounce back. Thank you God for this opportunity! Your will, not mine”, he posted in Instagram.

Abraham who also turned down Nigeria for England and suffered almost same disappointment with the U21 at the 2019 Euros was quick to cheer him up “ We go again brother”, he reacted.

Both players still have dreams of representing England at senior level with Abraham capped six times although he hasn’t been a part of their last four squads for games.