1. Moses To Receive Boost From Youth Days Coach
Moses shot to limelight while playing through the youth ranks at Palace, from where he gained invitations to England’s age grade national teams, and footballlive.ng gathered that the man who made it possible, Jack Mesure is now joining him at Chelsea.
Though Moses has seen a nightmarish start to his days under new coach, Maurizio Sarri at Chelsea early this season, he managed to play a part in their Crabao Cup fixture last week and the English Premier League at the weekend, to open optimism about a turn around of fortunes for him.
2. Ex-Super Eagles Star Udeze Fears Mikel Wants To Go The Way Of Victor Moses
Former Super Eagles left back Ifeanyi Udeze has expressed fears about the absence of Super Eagles captain John Mikel Obi from Nigeria’s squad to face Libya in the Group E, 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers later this month.
Mikel was missing in Nigeria’s 3-0 win over Seychelles on September 8 in their match day 2 game away in Victoria.
3. Super Eagles Will Fly To Sfax Via Chartered Flight A Day Before Facing Libya
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that the Super Eagles will fly to Sfax, Tunisia via chartered flight a day before they are scheduled to take on Libya on match day four of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
For the match day three fixture at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, The Mediterranean Knights will be airlifted to Uyo aboard a chartered flight after holding a one-week training camp in Tunisia.
4. Ighalo’s Latest Invitation Stirs Controversy
5. NIGERIA SQUAD NAMED, JOHN MIKEL OBI OBVIOUS ABSENTEE
Captain John Mikel Obi has been ‘excused’ from Nigeria’s latest squad because he needs time to recover from injury, according to the country’s football federation, the NFF.
He was the most notable absentee from the Super Eagles squad for their upcoming back-to-back 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers with Libya in October