LIVERPOOL TO LOAN AWONIYI TO GERMAN CLUB

Liverpool are set to confirm the signing of Nigeria youth international Taiwo Awoniyi and reports claim he will be loaned out to a German club immediately the deal is done.

The 18 year-old striker will join from Imperial Academy back in his homeland for an initial fee of around £800,000 that could rise to around £3m with add-ons.

Liverpool have beaten off the likes of Porto and Monaco to land the frontman, who has been likened to Christian Benteke.

Awoniyi has represented Nigeria at youth level from under-15 upwards and already received a first call-up to the senior squad.

Liverpool plan to loan Awoniyi out once his move his completed as he doesn’t yet qualify for a work permit, with Germany his most likely destination. 

MANU: SUCCESS AND IHEANACHO ARE SPECIAL PLAYERS

The man credited with the discovery of Granada Isacc Success and Manchester City Kelechi Iheanacho has termed the duo as special players after their fine performance in Spain and England last weekend.

Success scored for Granada in their 2-1 victory over Getafe in a La-liga game away from home while Iheanacho made his debut  for Manchester City in the English premier league in his team 2-0 win over Watford replacing Raheem Sterling with three minutes left to play.

" I have discovered lots of talented players for Nigeria but for now Success and Iheanacho stand out among the rest because of how rapid they have risen to the top in such a few years , a proof that they are special players" He told Mowizsocer.

Manu went further by saying Wilfred Ndidi is another whose rise to prominence in Belgium playing for Genk gives me joy as well.

" Ndidi isn't getting the praise he deserves look around Europe how many 18 year old central defenders do you have playing for the first team, very few and he belongs to the class".

The coach who lead Nigeria to her third Under-17 title in 2013 in the UAE is confident the Emmanuel Amuneke lead team will defend the title in Chile next month.

MAN CITY MIGHT OMIT IHEANACHO FROM UCL SQUAD

The chances of young Nigeria forward Kelechi Iheancho playing in the prestigious UEFA champions league is almost non existent due to the competition rule on players registration and the large size of Manchester City squad.

Every club participating in the Champion’s League must submit two lists of players to UEFA, List A and List B. List B is for young players and there is no limit to the number of players that can be submitted on that list. List A is for any player not eligible for List B. 

For a player to be eligible for List B the player must be born  in1991 or later and he must have already spent at least two full continuous seasons at the club. 


A maximum of 25 players can be submitted on List A, of which at least 8 must be “locally-trained”, and of those 8, 4 must be “club-trained” and when the signing of Kevin De Bruyne goes through they will now have 25 senior team player including Iheanacho.


However he still might be omitted from the team due to the large size of City squad and he is not yet qualify to be on the B list as he is yet to spend two full season with the big spenders.


Iheanacho surest chance of getting listed is in the event of a player departure from the team and current reports indicates Jason Denayer might be on his way out.

AS ROMA NURA ABDULAHI VOTED BEST DEFENDER

Nura Abdullahi was voted the best defender at the recently concluded Spring Tournament despite his team AS Roma losing in the final 0-2 to Latina.

Abdullahi who joined Roma from the youth team of Serie B side Spezia alongside his Nigeria counter Sadiq Umar received the award at the end of the tournament for his impressive showing where he contributed to his team from his right full back role.

Last season he excelled for Spezia scoring 5 times from his left full back role and he is presently tied to AS Roma on a loan deal till the end of the season which might change into a full contract based on his performance.

However on the strength of his recent showing it is just a matter of time before he get a permanent deal with the Serie A giants.

ELOHOR BUZZING AFTER FIRST BARCELONA APPEARANCE

Nigeria teenager on the books of Barcelona Godswill Elohor is in high spirit after making his frist Barcelona B appearance in over a year no thanks to a long term injury sustained last season after he signed his professional contract.

Elohor played the last 6 minute of Barcelona B team 1-2 loss to Cornella in their first game of the season and took to social media to express his joy at finally burying his injury demons.

The former Barcelona juvenile team captain is highly rated withing the corridors of Barcelona as despite the massive clearout in their youth ranks the 19 year old was kept to help the team gain promotion back to the second division of Spanish football.

Comfortable as a right back or winger he captained the team to UEFA youth league trophy two years ago scoring three times from his right full back role and he will be hoping to make a better impression than the Nigeria duo of Gbenga Okunowo and Emmanuel Amunike who both had unhappy time with Barcelona in the past.

Haruna Babangida also spent four seasons at Barcelona failing to make a single senior appearance before leaving Camp Nou.

RABIU IBRAHIM KEEN ON LEAVING SLOVAKIA

Super Eagles midfielder Rabiu Ibrahim has told mowizsoccer is very much open to the idea of dumping Slovak champions AS Trencin for a move abroad if the right opportunity comes.

"I won't deny if a good offer comes that is acceptable by my club and my agent is okay with it,i will leave, i won't deny am keen to move to central Europe although am grateful and will remain eternal thankful to AS Trencin for the opportunity given to me to relaunch myself" He said.

Rabiu also confirmed this summer transfer window,they have been inquiries for his services but no bid yet.

"They have been some interest but nothing more than that,just teams inquiring about my availability with three days to the end of the transfer window i will not be disappointed  if i remain at Trencin which is like a second home to me".

The one cap Super Eagles midfielder who is re known for his dribbling abilities that has seen people compare him to former Super Eagles captain Austin Okocha is confident the Eagles will triumph over Tanzania in next month 2017 AFCON qualifier against Tanzania.

AWONIYI TO JOIN LIVERPOOL TODAY

Nigeria youth International Taiwo Awoniyi will today complete his move to Liverpool after a routine medical ahead of his announcement this evening.

The 18 year old Imperial Academy striker was excused from the camp of the Nigerian Under-23 team to enable him complete his move to Liverpool who will now pay compensation to Kalmar,the Swedish outfit who reportedly sign a pre contract with the Nigerian two years ago.

Awoniyi arrived England yesterday and will put pen to paper on a 5 year deal that will see him join the Nigeria quartet of Jordon Ibe,Seyi Ojo,Ovie Ejiara and Bobby Adekanye on the books of Liverpool.