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According to information gathered by allnigeriasoccer.com, CD Feirense attacking midfielder, Oghenekaro Etebo has been ruled out of Nigeria’s bronze medal match against Honduras at the Olympic Games today.

The 20-year-old has not kicked a ball since August 10 when he picked up a hamstring problem in the Dream Team’s final Group B fixture against Colombia.

On Thursday evening, Etebo followed the rest of the players for their workout at SESC Venda Nova in Belo Horizonte, but trained individually and was involved in light sessions like jogging.

And after the training session, Nigeria U23 medics finally ruled him out of the contest at the Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto.

Oghenekaro Etebo scored four goals from his three appearances at the Olympic Games.

Nigeria’s leading scorer at the Rio Olympics Oghenekaro Etebo is shattered he will miss tomorrow’s semi-final against Germany but hopes to be fit for the Gold medal match should the country reach that stage of the competition.

“It hurts the player to sit out without participating against a team like Germany. But the doctor has told him he won’t be fit for the Wednesday match. The player has told some of his colleagues it pains him to miss both the quarter-final and now the semi-final too,” a team official told AfricanFootball.com.

“He said he would be in full prayers to support his team to achieve victory.

“Etebo is very sure that his guys will beat Germany in the semi-final.

“He is also hoping to get back to action in the final.”

Portugal-based forward Etebo netted four goals in the team’s opening game against Japan, but he hurt his hamstrings in the quarterfinal against Denmark.

The four goal –hero in the 5-4 victory of the Nigeria U-23 team against Japan, Oghenekaro Etebo has said his target is to help the team win the gold rather than pursuing the highest goal scorer award. Speaking at the post match press conference, Etebo who was given the match ball after the game, said: “Scoring all the goals in this competition and not winning the gold medal would have amounted to a waste of effort and that’s not my target. Yes, it would be great to see my efforts contributing to the success of the team, but if it will not lead us to the gold, then I don’t want it.”

AfricanFootball.com can exclusively reveal French Ligue 1 club AS Monaco have opened discussions for Nigeria U-23 captain Azubuike Okechukwu.

The 19-year-old midfielder is currently signed on to Yeni Malatyaspor in the Turkish PTT1 League, but following an impressive debut season in Europe, he is now a target for several European clubs, with Monaco understood to be ahead of the queue.

AfricanFootball.com has been informed that the French outfit have opened discussions with Malatyaspor, after failing with an initial bid during the January transfer window.

“There are a lot of clubs who have shown interest in him, but Monaco are in the forefront and have even opened discussions with his present club,” a source confirmed.

Azubuike, who has already been capped by the Super Eagles, is presently in Nigeria with the Nigeria Olympic team and will lead them to the United States for the final phase of preparations for the Rio Olympic Games.

Oghenekaro Etebo’s proposed move to Portuguese ,Clube Desportivo Feirense is still very much alive, with the transfer window set to officially close in Portugal in the next 48 hours, the player’s agent claims.

Endurance Ogbemudia, Etebo’s agent and advisor has stressed that the striker’s transfer to the Segunda Liga side from Warri Wolves is already in the bag, having penned a two-and-a-half-year deal, and he will be jetting out to Portugal in the coming days.

“Etebo is still expecting his visa from the Portuguese embassy, by the grace of God if the visa comes out he’ll travel to Portugal,” Ogbemudia said to Goal.

“He has already signed a two-and -a-half year contract effective January 10, 2016 to June 30, 2018. The deal is 99.99 per cent concluded, CD Feirense have all documentations.”

The Nigeria U-23 striker had been linked with possible moves to Esperance and CS Sfaxien in Tunisia and Ismaily in Egypt, before he committed his future to CD Feirense.

“One of the major reasons Etebo rejected those offers is that the owner of Feirense had a long chat with him and told him of his plans for the club.

“The offer from Feirense was more realistic than the other options available. He explained that he wants to bring the club to limelight by signing Nigerian stars.

“They want to gain promotion to the elite division at the end of this season, Kunle Soname is truthful to his words,” Ogbemudia concluded.

Etebo rose to prominence at the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations last December and was subsequently rewarded for his outstanding performance, with CAF naming him the Most Promising Talent in Africa early last month.

The Management of Warri Wolves has said that Oghenekaro Etebo is still having a running contract with the club.

Etebo has reportedly signed a deal with a second division side in Portugal without the knowledge of the club.

The club’s media officer, Azuka Chiemeka told SportingLife that Etebo signed two years contract with Warri Wolves that runs till the end of 2016.

Chiemeka claimed that the 20-year old striker is trying to deny the Seasiders its right and privileges in the transaction he is having with the Portuguese side.

He said the club’s management is not happy with the way the player is going about the contract, stressing that they would do anything humanly possible to ensure that proper things are done.

“Oghenekaro Etebo is a player of Warri Wolves. His contract is still running with us. He signed two years contract with us and his contract will expire at the end of this 2016 season,” Chiemeka told SportingLife.

“We have heard that he is moving abroad and that he is moving to a second division side in Portugal. The way he is going about it, it shows that he wants to deny Warri Wolves its right and privileges in that transaction for not involving us.

“And the club management is frowning at it and they have called him to come and sort things out with them. And if he refused to do the right thing we will go to any lenght to make our own stand known. We can as well take his case to CAS. The way he is going about it is not normal. He should do things in a professional way,” Chiemeka said.

Nigeria U-23 star, Oghenekaro Etebo has revealed he is set to move to Europe this month, but refused to name the club he has reached an agreement with.

“This January I will move to Europe, everything has been agreed, but I won’t disclose the name of the club yet,” he said.

On Thursday, the Warri Wolves midfielder was named CAF Most Promising Talent after he finished top scorer at the recent U-23 AFCON in Senegal with five goals.

Warri Wolves have placed a two million Euros price tag on the player even though this has since been reviewed downwards.

Several Tunisian clubs including Esperance are reportedly willing to break the bank to sign Etebo.

Two years ago, he underwent trials at Italian club Sampdoria, but a knee injury eventually scuttled the transfer.