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  • Omeruo to make Boro debut Saturday

    Omeruo to make Boro debut Saturday

    Middlesborough may give Super Eagles and Chelsea defender, Kenneth Omeruo a chance to make his debut for the side on Saturday, SportingLife has learnt. The Nigerian will team up with the Championship side today till the end of the season.

    Head Coach of the side, Aitor Karanka told the club’s official website on Monday that both clubs have reached advanced talks over Omeruo’s arrival at the Riverside.

    “We have been working on a deal and he (Omeruo) will be with us on Tuesday (today) and staying for the rest of the season.

    “He’s a strong defender and we need to improve at the back. We need a strong defender and Kenneth is a strong player, a very good player, he can play at centre-back and right-back,” the Spanish manager added.

    Middlesborough are currently placed 15th in the Championship league, losing their last four games.

  • Chelsea’S 2014 Squad Mourinho lifts Omeruo to first team

    Chelsea’S 2014 Squad Mourinho lifts Omeruo to first team

    Kenneth Omeruo received a massive boost to his Chelsea future after manager Jose Mourinho ordered he stopped training with the reserves.

    “Mourinho has directed that Kenneth only train with the main squad of Chelsea and no longer with the reserves. This clearly shows the increased confidence the coach has in the player,” Omeruo’s adviser Chika Akujobi informed MTNFootball.com.

    However, it is most likely that the Nigerian defender will still be shipped out on loan when the winter transfer window opens next month.

    “Chelsea are studying various loan offers for Kenneth. They want him to enjoy regular playing time and so will work with a club who can guarantee this. But most importantly they want him to stay back in England,” Akujobi said.

    There have been several interests for the Eagles star mostly from clubs in the English Championship.

    Omeruo, who first played on loan for a season and a half at Dutch club, ADO Den Haag, will need to start playing first-team football in the new year, which is also a World Cup year.

  • Omeruo trains with Chelsea

    Omeruo trains with Chelsea

    Super Eagles defender Kenneth Omeruo has resumed training with the Chelsea first team after three months on the sideline.

    The Nigeria international uploaded a picture of himself with the likes of Oscar, Michael Essien and Frank Lampard training at the Cobhams ground.

    “Finally back to training,” an elated Omeruo tweeted on Friday with his picture at training.

    The 19-year-old central defender injured his shoulder during the last FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil and has since not featured for both club and country.

    Now ready for life at London with Chelsea, Omeruo spent all of last season on loan at Eredivise side ADO Den Haag. ADO finished comfortably mid-table and for his efforts, voted him their player of the year.

  • Omeruo joins Chelsea for pre-season

    Omeruo joins Chelsea for pre-season

     

    Super Eagles defender, Kenneth Omeruo, will join up with English Premier League side Chelsea for pre-season training ahead of next season.

    Omeruo has been on loan at Dutch club ADO Den Haag from Chelsea for the past one and half seasons.

    Top representatives of the central defender informed MTNFootball.com that the 19-year-old defender has begun processing his travel papers to train with Chelsea ahead of the new season.

    “Kenneth has begun processing his papers to allow him join Chelsea for pre-season in the summer,” one of the player’s handlers disclosed.

    “There will most likely be some changes at Chelsea and it would be after those changes that one would really know whether he will now stay at Chelsea or be loaned out again.”

    Last year, Omeruo failed to join up with ‘The Blues’ for pre-season training in the United States of America because he could not get an entry visa to the country in good time.

    Omeruo, who has made 26 appearances and scored two goals since his arrival in January 2012, featured for ADO Den Haag in central defence in Sunday’s 2-0 defeat of Feyenoord.

    “He was very excited with his performance as a central defender. This was most probably his last home match for ADO,” said the player’s representative.

     

  • Haruna, Macaulay, Nwofor shine in Europe

    Haruna, Macaulay, Nwofor shine in Europe

     

    Nigeria international Lukman Haruna scored a brace to give Dynamo Kiev a 2-0 win against Dnipro in the Ukrainian league on Sunday, MTNFootball.com reports.

    Dynamo remains in second place on the table with 56 points from 26 games, 14 points behind leaders Shakhtar Donetsk, who has a game in hand.

    Haruna opened scoring for Dynamo in the ninth minute and completed his brace at the end of first half.

    Compatriots Taye Taiwo and Brown Ideye also featured in the game.

    In Spain, former Nigeria youth international Macaulay Chrisantus scored his 10th goal in the Segunda Division as Las Palmas lost 5-1 to Cordoba.

    The ex- Golden Eaglets striker scored in the 56th minute to pull a goal back for his club.

    In Holland, Uche Nwofor salvaged a point for VVV Venlo in the Dutch Eredivise. The struggling Dutch side was forced to a 1-1 draw by hosts ADO den Haag.

    The former Enugu Rangers striker gave Venlo the lead in the 14th minute. He was substituted in the 88th minute.

    Super Eagles defender, Kenneth Omeruo, was on for the entire duration for ADO den Haag.

     

     

  • Omeruo out of AYC

    Omeruo out of AYC

    Flying Eagles officials have left out Kenneth Omeruo from a 30-man provisional squad for the 2013 African Youth Championship.

    The biennial championship, which kicks off in Algeria from March 16, will produce four African representatives for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey later this year, MTNFootball.com reports.

    Omeruo featured for the Flying Eagles in the AYC qualifier in October against South Africa, but he has since made the big jump to the full international side where he shone as the Super Eagles emerged African champions in South Africa last weekend.

    The John Obuh- led technical crew picked four overseas-based players in the provisional squad for the tournament,.

    The final 21-man list will be submitted to the Confederation of African Football not later than March 6.

    The foreign-based players are Mikel Agu (FC Porto), Saliu Sodiq (FC Metz, France), Bright Osagie (Red Bull Salzburg, Austria) and Edafe Egbedi (AGF Aarhus, Denmark).

    26 other players are drawn from the Nigeria domestic league.

    The squad will depart Abuja on Monday afternoon for two warm-up matches in Cairo against their Egyptian counterparts and later fly out to Tunisia for a three-week training camp ahead of the tournament.

    Meanwhile, the Nigeria Football Federation has tasked the team to retain the trophy the country won in South Africa two years ago and qualify for the U20 World Cup in Turkey.

    NFF technical director, Emmanuel Ikpeme, addressed the players before their departure to Cairo.

    “We expect you to successfully defend your title and qualify for the World Cup,” Ikpeme urged the Flying Eagles.

    “You should fight to make a name for yourselves in Algeria and we will support you fully.”

     

    The squad:

     

    Goalkeepers: Emmanuel Daniel, Jonah Usman, Samuel Okani

    Defenders: Chizoba Amaefule, Shehu Abdullahi, Ikechukwu Okorie, Kingsley Madu, Hassan Abubakar, Ekoh Favour Oke, Aliyu Mohammed Goyi, Aigbe Oliha

    Midfielders: Chidi Osuchukwu, Abduljeleel Ajagun,Uche Agbo, Ibrahim Abubakar Aliyu, Nzube Anaezemba, Moses Orkuma, Ovbokha Agboyi, Oluwaseun Taro, Okechukwu Azubuike, Saliu Sodiq, Mikel Agu

    Strikers: Alhaji Gero, Umar Aminu, Christian Pyagbara, Harrison Egbune, Bright Ejike, Edafe Egbedi, Yahaya Adamu, Bright Osagie.