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  • Mba pleased to return to Eagles fold

    Mba pleased to return to Eagles fold

    Attacking midfielder, Sunday Mba has voiced his happiness following his invitation to the Nigerian squad to face Kenya on March 23.

    Head coach of the Nigerian national team, Stephen Keshi released a list of 24 players for this month’s 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying game against Kenya’s Harambee Stars.

    Twenty-three of the invited players are from clubs competing in the nation’s top flight, the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), while one of the invited players is from second tier, Nigeria National League (NNL) club, Ranchers Bees of Kaduna.

    The surprise inclusion in the side is former Under-17 and 23 team goalkeeper, Dele Ajiboye who is now in line to earn his first senior cap and defender, Chibuzor Okonkwo who has not played for the Super Eagles following the sack of former head coach, Samson Siasia.

    Mba was quick to express his happiness at receiving yet another call-up to the national team.

    “I am just hearing this from you because I am just coming back from training.

    I am so overjoyed and as always I will give my hundred percent and pray that I get selected in the final team,” Mba told supersport.com.

    The attacking midfielder has been the subject of a bitter dispute between NPFL sides, Enugu Rangers and Warri Wolves as regards which of the two clubs own him but he says that has not affected him mentally.

    “Of course I am aware of what has been happening but I cannot allow that to affect me because I am a proper professional,” said Mba.

     

     

     

  • Warri Wolves slam €1m on Mba

    Warri Wolves slam €1m on Mba

    Nigerian top flight side, Warri Wolves, is willing to sell African Nations Cup hero, Sunday Mba only for the sum of €1 million (around N210 million), Supersport.com reports.

    Wolves had also included a 20 percent sell-on clause in any future deal for the Super Eagles striker.

    The 24-year-old striker, who scored the winning goal at the 2013 AFCON final against Burkina Faso earlier this month, has already been linked with Bayer Leverkusen, Dinamo Zagreb and OB Odense.

    “The transfer fee for Sunday Mba has soared right now. The club is very willing to cash in on him at the moment as he was a key player for Nigeria at the Nations Cup.

    “Also there are a number of clubs in Europe seeking to sign him following his superb display at the Nations Cup against Cote d’Ivoire in the quarterfinal and Burkina Faso in the final. The (Warri Wolves) club chairman is insistent on doing business for the player but for nothing less than the asking fee of €1 million,” a club official informed supersport.com.

    The striker was close to sealing a move to rivals, Enugu Rangers but that switch now looks dead.

    Mba has made 10 appearances for the Super Eagles and has scored five goals.