Bayern Munich teen star Jamal Musiala has explained the reason behind his decision to pick Germany ahead of England at senior international level.

The 17 year old was born to a German mother and a British-Nigerian father making him eligible for all three countries. He ended up representing Germany and England at different youth levels.

He even captained the English U17 team in a friendly game against Germany in 2019 and represented the U19s during the last international break. He will however represent Germany henceforth starting from next month international window.

Explaining his decision, the 17 year old who will sign a long term professional deal with Bayern Munich when he turns 18 on Friday didn’t make mention of Nigeria despite meeting with the coach of the Nigerian team last year.

Gernot Rohr approached the midfielder and offered him the chance of playing for Nigeria after Bayern Munich UEFA Champions League final win over PSG but he didn’t acknowledge the West African nation as an option in an interview with The Athletics.

“I’ve thought about this question a lot,” he says. “What is best for my future? Where do I have more chances to play? In the end, I just listened to the feeling that over a long period of time kept telling me that it was the right decision to play for Germany, the land I was born in. Still, it wasn’t an easy decision for me”, he told the Athletics.

Coach is the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has given a hint on the players he sees as possible replacement for Victor Osimhen in the senior national team of Nigeria.

The coach is bracing up to the possibility of lining up his team without the Napoli record signing who suffered a head injury in their last league game against Atalanta.

Osimhem was rushed to the hospital after the game following a bad fall but reports has it that he has been discharged as he didn’t suffer any serious damage after as confirmed by tests and scans.

The time he will be out is pegged at two weeks due to the rule governing players who suffer head injuries or concussion during the course of the game. Meaning he could likely miss Nigeria’s game next month.

Rohr in an interview with NewsCentral listed the attacking department of the Super Eagles as one area where he has several options with the likes of Terem Moffi, Taiwo Awoniyi and Sadiq Umar getting a mention.

His statement should serve as a warning to the former FC Midtjylland man who has just one goal from 8 international games for Nigeria from 2019 till date although the coach insist he is in his plans.

“ There are all the time new players who try to show us their qualities all the time. When you look at this young player in Lorient Moffi, he scored the winning goal against PSG and scored a brace against Monaco and he is left footed. It will be interesting to see him when the time is favourable.

“Then we have also Awoniyi playing in Union Berlin, he is a good one then we have also in Spain for Almeria Sadiq Umar, who was the player of the month. We have also Onuachu who is playing and scoring lot of goals for his team in Belgium but has problem when he plays for Nigeria. We have lot of strikers.

A member of the technical department of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has made a bold statement on the international future of Manchester United 17 year sensation Shola Shoretire.

Shoretire grabbed the headline when he made his debut for Manchester United in their 3-1 win over Newcastle United. Hence going into the record books as the second youngest player to do so for the club.

A star for the youth team of Manchester United, he was born in England to a Nigerian father and a British mother making him eligible to represent both nations at international levels.

So far he is yet to represent any of the aforementioned nations but it would have been Nigeria if the team made it to the U20 Nations Cup or probably the World Cup which was cancelled by FIFA.

“ I spoke with his parents and they gave me their words that he will play for Nigeria . He hasn’t represented England at any level so it was a straight forward decision”,he told Owngoalnigeria.com

“ He was pencilled down for the U20 team but unfortunately we didn’t scale through the WAFU qualifiers for the Africa U20 Cup of Nations. Even if we did the World Cup was later cancelled due to coronavirus.

“ That said I know how excited he was when he was told about representing Nigeria. No hassles over waiting for England . He wanted us badly but now we have to wait and see. He is now in the spotlight”, he concluded.

Coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr made no mention of Fulham defender Tosin Adarabiyio while discussing Nigerian players at the club.

As reported by this portal, the ex Manchester City trainee is yet to decide on his international future insisting that he is focused on helping Fulham beat the drop.

Rohr has more or less confirmed the report by shunning the central defender while speaking on the Nigerian players at the team struggling to beat the drop.

The Franco-German coach while explaining what went wrong with fringe Super Eagles striker Josh Maja at Bordeaux after his brace at Fulham didn’t mention Tosin among Nigerians at the club.

“Coming back now. I saw him a lot at Bordeaux he was playing then the new coach cane and say he is not good enough. He returned to England and score two goals . So we hope so he can continue and save Fulham. We have two other players in Fulham”, he told Newscentral.

It’s clear that the two other players bar Maja he is referring to has to be Ola Aina and Ademola Lookman who according to Rohr’s assistant Tunde Adelakun has already filled for his switch of allegiance from England to Nigeria.

Arsenal Captain Pierre Emerick Aubameyang has reminded Arsenal teen start Bukayo Saka about his Nigerian root after an interview where he spoke about his dream of playing for England at the Euros.

Saka who has already made his senior international bow for England was asked about his chances of making the squad for the European Championship which has been postponed to this year.

He sounded positive about his chances of making the team of coach Gareth Southgate although he admitted that he has to maintain his current form if he wants that to happen.

One of the many people who responded to the short video was his club captain Aubameyang who was quick to remind the 19 year old about his Nigerian roots tagging him as a Super Eagle; “ You’re a Super Eagle bro, keep soaring ”, he posted.

The senior national team of Nigeria is nicknamed Super Eagles and Saka was linked with a switch to the team after representing England at youth level but he turned it down to play for the senior team of England .

Napoli record signing Victor Osimhen has exonerated his self from the comment made by his elder brother on why he isn’t scoring for fun as expected at the Italian Serie A side.

According to his brother Andrew the Napoli team isn’t playing to the strength of the striker hence making it difficult for him to score goals like he did at his previous team.

Andrew also said Osimhen’s teammates need to play more as a team if they want to get the best out of him suggesting that he isn’t getting quality service to wreck havoc.

Responding to the comments made by his brother Osimhen set the record straight on his time at Napoli so far saying he love the club and his teammates and hope to continue improving and growing.

He further said his elder brother isn’t his spoke person hence his opinion isn’t same as his urging the populace to respect his opinion only on his career.

“ I wish to make it clear that asking for a football related opinion to a relative of mine is not the same as asking me directly . I love Napoli, the club, my coach and my team. In especially love my teammates and I hope to continue growing and improving to help the team more”, he posted on Instagram.

“ This is my official opinion and I ask you to respect it. No one is my spokesperson or whatsoever” he concluded.

Leganes defender Kenneth Omeruo says Almeria striker Sadiq Umar has what it takes to be one of the best in the world in his position base on how he has performed this season in Spain.

Sadiq has 12 goals in the Spanish second division, the last of which game in their last league game which was decided by a late goal by Omeruo but he has seen enough of his fellow Nigerian.

Both players are currently having a storming season for their respective teams as they push for promotion to the La Liga. They could be reunited in the Nigeria senior national team anytime soon.

Omeruo said the lanky forward who is on the radar of the coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Gernot Rohr knows where the back of the net is and he proved it by converting the only chance that came his way during the game .

“What I have to say about Sadiq is that he is a top player , he is a good striker, he knows where the post is. He take his chances. The game against us he had one chance and he took it”, he told OwngoaInigeria.com.

“I think he is a top striker, best player of the league last month it goes to tell you how good he is. Very difficult to mark. He has an amazing future.

The international future of Fulham star defender Tosin Adarabiyio is far from settled despite reports claiming he is interested in a switch of allegiance from England to Nigeria.

Owngoalnigeria.com broke the news of his non commitment to switch to Nigeria from England where he was a former youth international although he didn’t get to play in any competitive game.

The fact that he only played in friendly games means he won’t be requiring a rigorous process for his switch to complete but as exclusively reported by this portal he hasn’t committed yet.

Reacting to the story on Owngoalnigeria.com, a representative of the ex Manchester City youth team defender said he is not in any hurry to commit his international future to Nigeria owning to his club career.

“ There is no cause for alarm it’s about taking his time to make the right and perfect decision. He is at the moment in a crucial state of his career where he is getting games in the English Premier League. The focus should be on helping Fulham for now”, he said.

“ Tosin has Nigeria at heart but it’s one thing at a time and for now it’s Fulham and that’s why he hasn’t responded to the request to switch to Nigeria yet. It’s one step at a time”.