a product of one of our local academies



Villarreal manager Javi Calleja has described ex-Golden Eaglets winger Samuel Chukwueze as a talented player and is backing him to break into the first team if he continues working hard.

The coach of the Yellow Submarine pulled off a surprise by naming the teenager in the match day squad for Thursday's Europa League meeting with Rangers, then handed him his debut off the bench in the 79th minute when he replaced Nicola Sansone.

Signed from Diamond Academy in the summer of 2017, Chukwueze played for the Villarreal Juvenil A last term but was promoted to the reserve team ahead of this season.

''We’re using nearly all of our players and I think that’s a good thing. We need the whole squad,'' Calleja told Villarreal's official website.

''Today, for example, Samuel Chukwueze made his debut, who is a player with a great future, but he has to carry on working hard."

Villarreal's next competitive game is a derby against Valencia at the Estadio de la Cerámica this Sunday.

charlesemeka85:
continuity is the major aim of building a team not just quick results. emenike already have made a name in the turkish and russian league and as well was a good performer in the national team before he fell off so he had nothing much to prove to us anymore but the local based lads i mentioned in my last comment looked like world beaters who were posed for a good career after the afcon triumph but what happened? bros open your eyes and say no to mediocrity

No he didn't. Emenike's drought was publicized what are u talking about?
Technically nobody on that team is doing much better than they were doing at the time. Mikel left Chelsea to China. Musa left CSKA to Saudi. Enyeama is clubless. Obaboana in Saudi. Onazi left Lazio to Trabzanspor. So are u now saying we should have not called up any of these players?

iheanacho-leicester

ndidi-leicester

moses simon-levante

samuel kalu- borduex

henry onyekuru-galatasaray

francis uzoho- elche

chiedozie awaziem- fc porto

dennis bonaventure- club brugge

samuel chukwueze- villareal

orji okonkwo- bologna

sadiq umar- glasgow rangers

these are few of the youngstars that were plugged from various academies in nigeria and are doing pretty well for thier various clubs. how many nfpl players have made such progress after leaving the league in last 5 years?

charlesemeka85:
Chelsea have praised Nigerian defender, Fikayo Tomori, for his impressive performance against Blackburn Rovers on match day eight in the EFL Championship on Tuesday, September 18.

An England U21 international, Tomori has been loaned out to The Rams for the entirety of the season, his second loan spell after spending last season at Hull City.

The central defender has caught the eye in his last five matches in the division, helping goalkeeper Scott Carson to post a shutout in matches against Ipswich Town, Preston North End and most recently against Blackburn.

He also went the distance in both matches against Oldham Athletic and Hull City in the League Cup in which the goalkeepers did not concede.

In their most recent review of their loanees, Chelsea wrote on their official website : ''Fikayo Tomori and Mason Mount started for Derby County as they were held to a 0-0 draw at home by Blackburn Rovers after dominating the game.

''Tomori produced a solid display at the heart of the back four, alongside Richard Keogh, and helped the home side keep a clean sheet against a Blackburn team which included Kasey Palmer, who played the opening 45 minutes.''

Tomori made his professional debut for Chelsea on the final day of the 2015-2016 season against Leicester City.

Earlier this week I reported this guy's improvement here but Southgate and his ally, Giwa went berserk questioning the rationale behind the report, just because the guy aint Iorfa

you mean emenike had goal droughts for his club prior to afcon 2013 competition ?

musa had numerous offers from good teams in top leagues in europe but none came up with the huge about the arabians offered him. the likes of galatasaray,palace,brighton,marseille all wanted him.

mikel before he left for china had offers from clubs from decent leagues in europe such as marseille,fenebahche,galatasaray and valencia but like musa's case left for china for the money.

oboabona's contract was terminated in saudi arabia and recently joined a team in croatia.

onazi had the option to join werder bremen in germany but opted for trapzonspor cus dey offered him more. he almost left for spartak moscow when his turkish club were defaulting in paying his wages but stayed back after it was resolved.

BascoVanVeli:


No he didn't. Emenike's drought was publicized what are u talking about?
Technically nobody on that team is doing much better than they were doing at the time. Mikel left Chelsea to China. Musa left CSKA to Saudi. Enyeama is clubless. Obaboana in Saudi. Onazi left Lazio to Trabzanspor. So are u now saying we should have not called up any of these players?

enyeama was already a veteran in the national team before the afcon triumph, distinguished himself in a top league in europe and was at a time regarded as one of the best in europe and africa so he has nothing else to prove to us and the footballing world.

BascoVanVeli:


No he didn't. Emenike's drought was publicized what are u talking about?
Technically nobody on that team is doing much better than they were doing at the time. Mikel left Chelsea to China. Musa left CSKA to Saudi. Enyeama is clubless. Obaboana in Saudi. Onazi left Lazio to Trabzanspor. So are u now saying we should have not called up any of these players?

charlesemeka85:
bros one thing you will understand in football business or all sports in general is when scouts sees a genuine talent they can do what ever it takes or even more to get them for the clubs they represent.

do you know of late that our local academy players moves to decent and better clubs in europe than our npfl players? do you know that almost 60% or even more of present super eagles team are players that were plugged from academies in nigeria?

do you know the major reason odey got a chance with fc zurich is because he was just 19-20yrs old when he signed for them and it wouldn't have been possible if he was above that age bracket?

foreign clubs prefers to invest in younger players who they can polish and sell in the nearest future to make better profit than investing on a player who have been in the local scene for almost 5 seasons and still claim to be 19yrs old hahahahahahahaha

U say football is a business but why then can't u understand that guys move to these league's for money?

this one wey i dey reply since go even tell you say one defender from shooting stars will do better than tomori so for that reason we don't need him hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

ChrisKels:


Earlier this week I reported this guy's improvement here but Southgate and his ally, Giwa went berserk questioning the rationale behind the report, just because the guy aint Iorfa

charlesemeka85:
iheanacho-leicester

ndidi-leicester

moses simon-levante

samuel kalu- borduex

henry onyekuru-galatasaray

francis uzoho- elche

chiedozie awaziem- fc porto

dennis bonaventure- club brugge

samuel chukwueze- villareal

orji okonkwo- bologna

sadiq umar- glasgow rangers

these are few of the youngstars that were plugged from various academies in nigeria and are doing pretty well for thier various clubs. how many nfpl players have made such progress after leaving the league in last 5 years?

The Academies are the present and the future of Nigerian football. It is a big shame the league is as useless as cow dungs for reasons not beyond us though. Everything about the league stinks and should be reformed but sadly, in this clime, reformation is a big crime.

charlesemeka85:
this one wey i dey reply since go even tell you say one defender from shooting stars will do better than tomori so for that reason we don't need him hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

U get time to dey haggle with some fellow with a parochial sense of reasoning. Learn to ignore some people bro

charlesemeka85:
enyeama was already a veteran in the national team before the afcon triumph, distinguished himself in a top league in europe and was at a time regarded as one of the best in europe and africa so he has nothing else to prove to us and the footballing world.

But your logic was to only invite promising players?

which guys move? as if they had many options hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha uzoenyi have moved from the french ligue 1 were he was shown the exit door after just a season to south africa where is his currently clubless.

oboabona from rizespor in turkey to be labeled not good enough in the saudi league and currently in croatia. egwuekwe from finland to libya currently.

mba from french 3rd tier to turkish 2nd tier(i doubt if he is still playing active football), gabriel reuben from been a training material in kilmanock to boavista in portugal to finland and now in croatia

BascoVanVeli:


U say football is a business but why then can't u understand that guys move to these league's for money?

charlesemeka85:
you mean emenike had goal droughts for his club prior to afcon 2013 competition ?

musa had numerous offers from good teams in top leagues in europe but none came up with the huge about the arabians offered him. the likes of galatasaray,palace,brighton,marseille all wanted him.

mikel before he left for china had offers from clubs from decent leagues in europe such as marseille,fenebahche,galatasaray and valencia but like musa's case left for china for the money.

oboabona's contract was terminated in saudi arabia and recently joined a team in croatia.

onazi had the option to join werder bremen in germany but opted for trapzonspor cus dey offered him more. he almost left for spartak moscow when his turkish club were defaulting in paying his wages but stayed back after it was resolved.

How many goals did he score after the AFCON? By your logic he should have not been invited since he gased out right after.

All u are talking is story for the gods. Me too I will say Lokosa had offers from Barca but he couldn't get a work permit . Just like Simon was signed by Liverpool this summer. The fact is that they are at lesser clubs.

oga what i said and pointing at is inviting the very best we have and if they can't be found in the npfl then their is no needing accommodating them at the expense of better players doing very well in top leagues in europe.

enyeama was a standout goal minder in the colors of lille prior to afcon 2013 so why won't he be a memeber of the team?

BascoVanVeli:


But your logic was to only invite promising players?

charlesemeka85:
iheanacho-leicester

ndidi-leicester

moses simon-levante

samuel kalu- borduex

henry onyekuru-galatasaray

francis uzoho- elche

chiedozie awaziem- fc porto

dennis bonaventure- club brugge

samuel chukwueze- villareal

orji okonkwo- bologna

sadiq umar- glasgow rangers

these are few of the youngstars that were plugged from various academies in nigeria and are doing pretty well for thier various clubs. how many nfpl players have made such progress after leaving the league in last 5 years?

Abdul Ajagun- Panathiniakos

he gassed out as you claim but was able to still remain with fenebahche and later left for al ain, still got interest from westham and played a season there. he was finished but attracted olympiacos where he stayed for a season and half and left on loan to las palmas. of all your favourite local league players none can boast of the career a one legged emeinike had let alone getting recognition from an epl and laliga team

BascoVanVeli:


How many goals did he score after the AFCON? By your logic he should have not been invited since he gased out right after.

All u are talking is story for the gods. Me too I will say Lokosa had offers from Barca but he couldn't get a work permit . Just like Simon was signed by Liverpool this summer. The fact is that they are at lesser clubs.

charlesemeka85:
which guys move? as if they had many options hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha uzoenyi have moved from the french ligue 1 were he was shown the exit door after just a season to south africa where is his currently clubless.

oboabona from rizespor in turkey to be labeled not good enough in the saudi league and currently in croatia. egwuekwe from finland to libya currently.

mba from french 3rd tier to turkish 2nd tier(i doubt if he is still playing active football), gabriel reuben from been a training material in kilmanock to boavista in portugal to finland and now in croatia

I was talking about current NPFL players. Read my comment before u rush ur come back. I have already proven that they all dropped a level or two so u have no point honestly.

charlesemeka85:
he gassed out as you claim but was able to still remain with fenebahche and later left for al ain, still got interest from westham and played a season there. he was finished but attracted olympiacos where he stayed for a season and half and left on loan to las palmas. of all your favourite local league players none can boast of the career a one legged emeinike had let alone getting recognition from an epl and laliga team

Can u name me 10 goals he scored in this time?

he didn't score half a goal but your assumed best striker frm the npfl with 19 goals failed to impress clubs in the scandanavians hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

BascoVanVeli:


Can u name me 10 goals he scored in this time?

even the current players from the local clubs they tend to run off to obscure leagues in asia,europe and africa because that's the best offer they got. our local academy players are highly thought of by foreign scouts than those old men who claim to be 21-22 yrs old but have played over 7 seasons bpth in the nationwide league and npfl.

BascoVanVeli:


I was talking about current NPFL players. Read my comment before u rush ur come back. I have already proven that they all dropped a level or two so u have no point honestly.

charlesemeka85:
he didn't score half a goal but your assumed best striker frm the npfl with 19 goals failed to impress clubs in the scandanavians hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Mehn now you are running in circles. How many times are u going to use that joke? I see u are out of ideas.

na so ezekiel run from enyimba join barca B, a move that was highly celebrated in nigeria but couldn't break into the team who weren't doing so well in the spanish 2nd tier at the time. the ezekiel guy was heralded as one of the top talents from our league as of then. after just 6 months his contract was terminated and he is presently in iran now hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. i no follow you dey embrace mediocrity

charlesemeka85:
na so ezekiel run from enyimba join barca B, a move that was highly celebrated in nigeria but couldn't break into the team who weren't doing so well in the spanish 2nd tier at the time. the ezekiel guy was heralded as one of the top talents from our league as of then. after just 6 months his contract was terminated and he is presently in iran now hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. i no follow you dey embrace mediocrity

Just a lil correction bro. It was segunda 2(Spanish 3rd tier)

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emenike have done his bit and had a good career for himself. he made a name for himself from the turkish 2nd tier in the colors of karabukspor where he powered them to the turkish top flight and did so well the next season which earned him a move to fenebahche. he was a standout player in the turkish league and russia for spartak moscow before his decline. so atleast he had good footballing years to look back at and also made good cash.

why didn't the likes of egwuekwe,oboabona,kwambe etc get the attention of any decent club after all the hype of winning the afcon 2013?

BascoVanVeli:


Mehn now you are running in circles. How many times are u going to use that joke? I see u are out of ideas.

emenike have done his bit and had a good career for himself. he made a name for himself from the turkish 2nd tier in the colors of karabukspor where he powered them to the turkish top flight and did so well the next season which earned him a move to fenebahche. he was a standout player in the turkish league and russia for spartak moscow before his decline. so atleast he had good footballing years to look back at and also made good cash.

why didn't the likes of egwuekwe,oboabona,kwambe etc get the attention of any decent club after all the hype of winning the afcon 2013? abi u no knw say clubs from big leagues no knw say them be scammers? hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

BascoVanVeli:


Mehn now you are running in circles. How many times are u going to use that joke? I see u are out of ideas.

thank you bros, this made the matter worst self. a player rated as one of the top talents from the league couldn't break into the team of a 3rd tier club? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha ayaf die!

ChrisKels:


Just a lil correction bro. It was segunda 2(Spanish 3rd tier)

charlesemeka85:
even the current players from the local clubs they tend to run off to obscure leagues in asia,europe and africa because that's the best offer they got. our local academy players are highly thought of by foreign scouts than those old men who claim to be 21-22 yrs old but have played over 7 seasons bpth in the nationwide league and npfl.

How do you know they didn't have better offers? Because they too didn't tell us stories after their deal abi. Ok but u just said Odey was 19, how come u didn't add the 7 years then? Keep picking and choosing

Icon4s:


Firstly, the bolded is my point exactly.

Nigeria for today is what it is.

We will not say we will stop selecting players born in Nigeria due to the lack of Birth Data-base.

There is no perfect society any where. The corruption u always shout about is also right there before you in the UK.

The NFF or our youth coaches cannot solve the problem of morale decadence or corruption in the society. We can only make best use of the situation we find ourselves. Thank God the MRI is in place now at the U17 level. That has helped to a large extent. The coach of U20/U23 Team cannot drop any player based on mere perception. However, if there is any discrepancy in the Data of a player as regards age, that is when the coach can drop the player.

You have made the assumption implying that they are of unquestionable integrity and will never be involved in anything corrupt.

Football in England is intrinsically cleanly and corporately corrupt. If not for the indictments by the US justice department we may not have known the depth of corruption in FIFA.

This being the case , what do you think is going on in the NFF, Sunday school ethics.

do you know they were rumors that odey faked his age which almost hindered his move to switzerland?

BascoVanVeli:


How do you know they didn't have better offers? Because they too didn't tell us stories after their deal abi. Ok but u just said Odey was 19, how come u didn't add the 7 years then? Keep picking and choosing

Don't mind Basco. Some of them only think in terms of the club/league name .... forgetting that, in this day and age, football is business pure and simple. A footballer's career is basically 10 to 15 years, at most. And when you're done playing, what do you rather have to show for it - club name or money


O pari

charlesemeka85:
you mean emenike had goal droughts for his club prior to afcon 2013 competition ?

musa had numerous offers from good teams in top leagues in europe but none came up with the huge about the arabians offered him. the likes of galatasaray,palace,brighton,marseille all wanted him.

mikel before he left for china had offers from clubs from decent leagues in europe such as marseille,fenebahche,galatasaray and valencia but like musa's case left for china for the money.

oboabona's contract was terminated in saudi arabia and recently joined a team in croatia.

onazi had the option to join werder bremen in germany but opted for trapzonspor cus dey offered him more. he almost left for spartak moscow when his turkish club were defaulting in paying his wages but stayed back after it was resolved.

Icon4s:



Well, some will say hardship but when you look at players like Lukaku, Pogba and even Aina you will not say hardship is responsible for they looking older than their age. Chukwueze, Isaac Success and Uzoho developed in Europe so you wont say their own too is hardship.


If you pick an average 19 years old student and an average 19 years old footballer you will hardly agree they are of same age.

I think it has to do more with how the body system of a black young man responds to athletic exercises. Take a look at the body build of Black track and Filed athletes compared to those of the whites. Look at boxers and wrestlers too. This type of muscle build are also evident on the faces of these black athletes which makes them look older. Muscle chicks bones and what have you.

Its not the physique i look at but the face, and its not scientific.

However, using the Naija approach they will its the difference between Ajekpako and Ajebutter.