OMERUO RANKED THE BEST NIGERIA PLAYER FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER

Chelsea loanee Kenneth Omeruo has been ranked the best Nigerian player in the big five leagues in Europe (Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1) for the month of December.

International Centre for Sports Studies - CIES Football Observatory has rated players on a match-by-match basis by taking into account the pitch production and efficiency at both individual and collective level.

CD Leganes central defender Omeruo was the best rated Nigerian player at 75.3 and was 265th of the 751 players ranked.

Last month, Omeruo consistently delivered for CD Leganes in the Spanish topflight, helping the club remain undefeated with one win and three draws and went the distance in all the four matches.

The Super Eagles star was the standout performer for CD Leganes, going by the ratings and the 69th best footballer in Spain.

Udinese defender William Troost-Ekong made it into the list with a rating of 72.8 and ranked 374th.

Ola Aina (Torino), Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) and Alex Iwobi (Arsenal) complete the top five Nigerian players for December 2018.

Top Five Nigerian Players For December 2018

1) Kenneth Omeruo - Leganes - 265th - 75.3

2) William Troost-Ekong - Udinese - 374th - 72.8

3) Ola Aina - Torino - 450th - 71.3

4) Wilfred Ndidi - Leicester City - 473rd - 70.8

Alex Iwobi - Arsenal - 473rd - 70.8

NIGERIANS PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH OUR CAPTAIN MIKEL OBI- SIASIA FORMER SUPER EAGLES COACH

Super Eagles Former Coach, Samson Siasia has pleaded with Nigerian football fans to allow Mikel Obi to sort out his club future before he returns to the national team. The former Eagles striker told www.adantesports.com.ng from his base in the U.S. yesterday that there were two key things the player must sort out before he rejoining the national team. "Everybody knows that Mikel is a patriotic and devoted captain of the Super Eagles. To the best of my knowledge, he will never shirk his responsibility as Eagles Captain. He will not also abscond from the team without cogent reasons. "One thing we should also know is that Mikel (Obi) has not played for a while now, and he is trying to move to another club. "I believe he wants to secure his job situation before he will worry about Super Eagles," Siasia said. Mikel, who has not played for the Super Eagles since Nigeria's last game at the Russia 2018 World Cup, recently left his Chinese club, Tiajin

Nigeria Appoint Imama Amapakabo to Lead U-23

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has handed the reins of their national U-23 team to Imama Amapakabo. The 49-year-old succeeds Salisu Yusuf, who is serving a ban imposed on him by the NFF last year in relation to bribery and corruption. Amapakabo was the U-23s first assistant coach, but now has the hot seat for their matches against Libya next month in the second round of qualifying for the 2019 African Under-23 Cup of Nations finals.Amapakabo served on the technical team of Nigeria's senior side under coach Gernot Rohr at the World Cup in Russia last year. He also worked with Yusuf in the Nigerian team which finished as runners-up at last year's African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Morocco. The NFF will expect him to secure a qualification berth for the U-23 continental finals, which will be held in Egypt in November. That tournament will in turn serve as the final phase of qualifiers for the 2020 Olympic Games. The top three teams at the U-23 AFCON secur

Breaking : Super Eagles GK Akpeyi Flies Into Johannesburg To Discuss Personal

naijafutbalplus.blogspot.com understands that Nigeria international Daniel Akpeyi might bid farewell to Chippa United before the close of the January transfer window in South Africa. The experienced Super Eagles goalkeeper has just landed in Johannesburg to discuss personal terms with Kaizer Chiefs and it is envisaged that those negotiations will be fruitful. Chippa United reached a club-to-club agreement with Kaizer Chiefs before Akpeyi departed Port Elizabeth this morning. The 32-year-old has been on the books of Chippa United since 2015 and has made over 100 appearances for the club, posting 36 shutouts. He wore the jerseys of Gabros, Heartland, Nasarawa United and Warri Wolves before moving abroad. Akpeyi was included in Nigeria's squad for the 2005 Fifa U20 World Cup, 2016 Olympic Games and 2018 World Cup.

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