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  • Fulham boss tips Bassey as world’s best  

    Fulham boss tips Bassey as world’s best  

    Fulham head coach, Marco Silva has disclosed that Super Eagles defender, Calvin Bassey , has the attributes to be among the top defenders in the world if he remains consistent.

    Bassey who played as a central defender against Liverpool put up a Man of the Match performance for the Cottagers in their historic 3-2 win over the Reds who are the runaway league leaders.

    Silva in his post-match presser hinted that Bassey must remain consistent and improve other aspects of his game to be well rated among the best.

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    Silva said: “It was a great performance from him. If he’s able to keep the focus, he has all the skills to be a top central defender.”

    Meanwhile, Super Eagles defender, Calvin Bassey has been voted Fulham’s Man of the Match following a dominant display during the 3-2 win over Liverpool.

    Successfully seeing out a big three points, it was only the second time in the Premier League this season that Mo Salah failed to register a shot on target – the first was also against Fulham.

    Calvin picked up 45.41 per cent of the vote, with Rodrigo Muniz coming second (18.81%) and Sander Berge following in third (11.73%

  • Silva hails Bassey on season’s first goal for Fulham

    Silva hails Bassey on season’s first goal for Fulham

    Fulham manager Marco Silva has  praised Super Eagles defender Calvin Bassey on  his first goal of the season in their Premier League victory over Nottingham Forest at Craven Cottage on Saturday.

    Bassey’s 62nd -minute winner secured Fulham’s 10th  win of the season, lifting them to seventh in the league table.  The win also marked the first time this season a team has achieved a league double over Forest.

    Despite Forest’s recent dominant 7-0 win against Brighton, they were thoroughly outplayed by the home side.

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    Bassey has been a key player for Fulham this season but had yet to score.  This goal, his first for the club, will likely boost his confidence and potentially lead to more goals, particularly from set pieces.

    Asked about what he felt about the defender’s goal and team celebration, Silva said they have been demanding that he gets into the box more and as a 6ft 1in player, he could get more opportunities to score.

     “The players’ celebration showed how much they appreciate Calvin.  It was his first goal for the club, and he’s a very popular figure in the dressing room.  We’ve been working on his positioning in the box, and it was great to see him finally score,” Silva said.

    Bassey has played all but one of Fulham’s 25 games this season and has been in the starting line-up.

  • Double headache for Iwobi as Marco Silva gets ultimatum

     

    Super Eagles forward Alex Iwobi will not only be bothered about posting a good performance against Brazil on Sunday, but will also be concerned about helping Everton Manager Marco Silva save his job.

    The Everton boss has reportedly been handed three matches ultimatum by his employers who are getting worried about the team’s unimpressive run in the season so far.

    The Daily Star says Silva has been told he has the next three matches to save his job on Merseyside.

    The Portuguese manager has endured a nightmare start to the season with the Toffees, taking just two victories from eight matches played.

    Everton, at this early point in the season, find themselves in the relegation zone and Silva has been told time is running out.

    Silva had premonition he would be sacked during the international break, following Everton’s lacklustre defeat by Burnley.

    Everton Manager Marco Silva eager gets ultimatum

    Crisis talks are said to have taken place at Goodison, during which the dooms day was delayed but Silva was informed in clear terms the results of the next three games would have large bearing on his future.

    Nigeria international Alex Iwobi who joined Everton from Arsenal in August this year for an initial £28 million, rising to £34 million with potential add-ons has blended perfectly and has been impressive in five matches he has played for the side so far.

    With the new development however there are strong indications that manager Marco Silva will apply additional pressure on his players with a view to remedy the situation.

    Iwobi currently in Singapore ahead of the international friendly against Samba Boys of Brazil is tipped to start and the Gernot Rohr tutored side attempt to perform better than Senegal who only yesterday held the Brazilians to a 1-1 draw.