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Official : Crystal Palace Loan Out Nigerian Winger

Crystal Palace have announced that promising Nigerian winger Joseph Hungbo has been loaned out to Isthmian League Premier Division side Margate for the remainder of the season.

Hungbo has been turning heads in London with a string of fine displays for The Eagles Academy teams over the past few years and was getting close to making his first-team debut but suffered a shoulder injury in a pre-season friendly against Kingstonian.

The 19-year-old has been tipped to follow in the footsteps of ex-Palace winger Victor Moses by breaking into the first team in the not too distant future.

The supremely talented winger was the leading light in the Crystal Palace team that won the U18 Professional Development League South title last season, ending as their top scorer with 17 goals.

Having been linked with possible moves to Liverpool and Chelsea, Hungbo penned his first professional contract with Crystal Palace in July 2018.

He is available for selection for Saturday's league match against Haringey Borough but will miss the games against Lewes and Leatherhead due to a commitment to feature in a tournament in Israel.

Nigeria Coach Gernot Rohr Reacts To Mikel's Move To Middlesbrough

Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr has expressed happiness over Chelsea legend John Obi Mikel's move to EFL Championship side Middlesbrough. The German football tactician revealed that the Super Eagles captain chose Boro ahead of his other suitors, not limited to AS Roma and Wolfsburg, because he wants to be close to his family who remained in the United Kingdom after he transferred to Tianjin Teda in January 2017. ''We are very happy about it because he has not played for a long time, Obi Mikel is a player who is willing to play now and wanted to come back to Europe, his family is staying there,'' Rohr said. ''I am happy for him he can find a good club again. Now, we will watch what he is doing, he needs a little time perhaps to come back into the rhythm of the matches. ''We want him to come back to the national team like other players. If he is playing well with his new team, he stands a chance of coming back to us, but he has not told ...

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 ...

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. ...

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