Former top scorer in the Nigeria Professional Football League Sunusi Ibrahim is making bright his chances of getting a permanent deal at English Championship side Watford.

The forward who recently turned 18 has been training with the U23 of the English side and also taking part in test games since his arrival in the country in November.

Owngoalnigeria.com gathered that he has played in five test games with the U23s and he posted impressive performance in each of the games including the game he played alongside William Troost Ekong when the Nigeria international arrived the club in October.

“ He is very strong in duels and like to take on his man. For a lad with his kind of size he is surprisingly very quick and shoots really well. Many people who have watched him are saying same thing about his fine performances”, a source who have watched the player in Watford colours revealed.

He is yet to be offered a deal according to what we gathered as they are still running the rule on him and most importantly searching for a team where he can go on loan and blossom as he isn’t eligible for a work permit in England now.

Turkish side Galatasary are yet to agree to Monaco’s valuation of wing forward Henry Onyekuru and that has led to a standoff in talks over his planned move to the team.

Monaco want a clause which will see him leave the team permanently even if he leave the team on loan this season but Galatasary are keen on having him on loan before committing themselves to signing him permanently.

Galatasary want to pay a fee of €5 million for the permanent transfer of Onyekuru after a six months loan period but Monaco value him at €7.5 million and so far have refused to back down on their demand.

Onyekuru is currently in Nigeria self isolating after his wife tested positive for coronavirus, the second time the 23 year old will be forced to isolate in a space of six months due to the virus.

With just four appearances and one assist to his name this season, Monaco are keen on Onyekuru returning to Galatasary where he spent the second half of last season on loan.

Josh Maja has been listed among players who have failed to live up to expectations this season at French Ligue 1 side Bordeaux as the league get set to resume from the Christmas and New Year holiday.

Maja was listed alongside five others by 90min.com as players who are earning big at the club but delivering next to nothing on the pitch which could lead to their exit from the team very soon.

The former Sunderland forward has scored just two goals in 15 games this season with his last goal coming in October and he has slipped to third choice in attack behind the duo of Jimmy Briand and Hwang Ui-Jo.

He started the season as first choice striker but his form which has also stopped him from adding to his solitary cap for the senior national team of Nigeria saw him drop down the pecking order at the club.

A move back to England where he excelled for Sunderland in Ligue 1 has been rumored to be on the cards for the 22 year old who hasn’t settled down in France since his move in January 2018.

Coach of Spanish LaLiga side Villarreal wants Nigeria international forward Samuel Chukwueze to be more consistent in his game after coming off the bench to claim an assist in their 2-1 win over Levante.

Chukwueze came off the bench in the 46th minute as a substitute for Fer Nino and nine minutes later he set up Gerard Moreno for his 9th goal of the season.

It was the 16th appearance for the Nigerian who has one goal and three assists to his name so far but according to Unai Emery he can do more for the team if uses his talents more consistently.

“ He is beginning to do the things we expect of him this season but he has to be ready to provide it on a regular basis. The talent to do more is there but we have to keep on working to help him do more”, the coach said.

The message is not too different from what he said in December about the 21 year old Nigerian who has these days play more as a substitute despite many expecting him to pin a regular starting spot.

“We need Samu to settle after two years of irregularity in the first team. We need him to make the difference and this year he’s doing it to a lesser extent [than before].

“I opted for him at Anoeta [against Real Sociedad] with the idea that he’d win us the game, but it wasn’t to be. We’ll continue to work with him on it”.

Kevin Akpoguma won’t be a part of the Super Eagles squad for their next Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in March following the injury he picked up for Hoffenheim in their 1-3 loss against SC Freiburg.

Akpoguma picked up a muscle and tendon injury 16 minutes into the game and was subsequently replaced with his team losing 0-1.

In his absence they conceded three more goals and the defeat see them drop to 13th on the log after 14 games with the Nigerian international ever present as part of a back three this season.

He has played in all but one of their games this season but they will now be without him for eight weeks per sources close to the coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr.

Rohr has already ruled the 25 year old who has four caps for Nigeria out of his squad for the qualifiers in March as he will be returning from injury around when the games will take place hence won’t be fit.

Coach of Napoli Gennaro Gattuso says he should be blamed for Victor Osimhen testing positive to coronavirus which has delayed his comeback by two more weeks.

Osimhen was supposed to return from a shoulder injury picked up in November while in action for Nigeria against Sierra Leone yesterday when Napoli played against Cagliari in the Serie A.

He however wasn’t available owing to the fact that he is self isolating despite his absence they ran out 4-1 winners to further brighten their chances of getting in the title fight in the Serie A.

Gattuso while reacting to blames on Osimhen who hosted a party in Nigeria with several people around with no mask or regards for social distance, the coach said all blames should be directed to him because he gave him permission to travel to Nigeria.

The coach refuse to confirm or deny reports of a fine on the record signing explaining that he has apologized for his actions to his teammates and staff of the team.

“He knows he was wrong, he apologised and now we are waiting for him. Will the club produce fines? I am a coach, I only decide the type of language I use with him. I gave him the authorisation to go to Nigeria, so I was wrong too”, the coach said.