Skip to main content

Rohr Names Four Players Chelsea's Moses Will Have To Compete With For Super

Rohr Names Four Players Chelsea's Moses Will Have To Compete With For Super Eagles Starting Shirt Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has insisted that Fenerbahce bound winger Victor Moses will not have an automatic shirt if he reverses his decision to retire from the national team.

The Chelsea star was the holder of the number 11 shirt before he called time on his international career after the 2018 World Cup in order to focus on his club career.

Rohr revealed that the quartet of Samuel Kalu, Samuel Chukwueze, Alex Iwobi and Ahmed Musa are the players that can be deployed as wingers in the current Super Eagles squad.

Speaking on the sidelines of the NPFL match between MFM FC and Rangers, Rohr told reporers: ''Victor Moses is a player with lots of quality but stopped playing for the National team after the World Cup. We have to respect his decision not to play again.

''If he wants to come back to the team, it is okay but he must show a lot of motivation, he must show that he is fit to play for the team because we have other players playing well in his position now.

''Moses has to be strong to come back to the team because we have more options on the wings now like Samuel Kalu, Samuel Chukwueze, Alex Iwobi and Ahmed Musa. All these players are on his wings.

''Victor Moses comeback is good news for us.''

Nigeria Football Federation president Amaju Pinnick remains hopeful that he can persuade the former Wigan Athletic and Crystal Palace man to reconsider his decision.

Popular posts from this blog

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.