Iheanacho will succeed at Manchester City, says Garba Manu
Coach of the Fifa World U17 winning team believes his golden boy will become a big hit with the Citizens if given a chance to prove his worth.
Manu Garba, head coach of Nigeria’s Under-17 national team is optimistic Kelechi Iheanacho will thrive at Manchester City or anywhere he chooses to play his professional career.
U17 star Iheanacho was given leave from the Super Eagles B camp to travel to England for contract talks with Etihad Stadium-based Premier League side three days ago.
Coach Manu who discovered him told Goal thinks he is not too young to play for a big club like Manchester City believing he has all it takes to become a super-star.
“He has paid his dues at the youth level and he should be given the opportunity to play so as to blend with the tactics of the club [Manchester City],” Manu told Goal.
“With this, it will hasten his promotion to the main team where he will have the chance to prove to the world what he has. I believe he will excel in England and with proper focus, he can play in any team in the world.”
The coach, who confirmed that he has not been officially announced as Flying Eagles coach also commented on whether the UAE golden boot winner deserves a chance in Stephen Keshi’s squad to the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil.
“Well it all depends on the coach whether he will give him the chance to prove himself or not,” concluded Manu.
Nigeria pick Vitoria Hotel
as Team Base Camp
The Nigeria Football Federation has announced the selection of Vitoria Hotel Concept Campinas as the Team Base Camp Hotel of the Super Eagles for next year’s Fifa World Cup finals.
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi, NFF’s Director of Marketing, Mr. Adama Idris, Assistant Director (Media), Mr. Ademola Olajire and Eagles’ Team Administrator, Mr. Enebi Achor inspected the exquisite facility the day after the Final Draw of the 2014 Fifa World Cup was held in Costa do Sauipe, off Salvador.
Located in Campinas, a dainty city 70 minutes’ drive from the Sao Paulo International Airport, Vitoria Hotel Concept Campinas is an ideal facility that will truly help the Super Eagles concentrate on the business of aiming for a major impact at the FIFA World Cup finals, according to Coach Keshi.
“I love this place. It is good for our team and we will be able to achieve full concentration,” Keshi said as he looked over the hotel and afterwards, checked out the training site on Saturday, 7th December.
Keshi added: “It is also good that there is an airport in Campinas that serves domestic flights, so we don’t have to travel to Sao Paulo to fly to our different venues.”
The Team Base Camp Hotel is usually the base of every team at the Fifa World Cup finals, from where it travels to venues to honour its fixtures, during which it stays at Venue-Specific Team Hotel.
The African champions will be based in Campinas and travel to Curitiba to play Iran, to Cuiaba to play Bosnia-Herzegovina and to Porto Alegre to play Argentina. Only Cuiaba is more than an hour’s flight from Campinas
Enyimba sign 4 West African stars
Federation Cup holders Enyimba have signed four players from across West Africa ahead of the new Nigeria season next year.
Trumpeta gathered that the six-time champions have signed players from Niger Republic, Mali, Cote d’Ivoire and Liberia.
“We have four new foreign players in our team now, Mohamed Bachar(Niger Republic), Moussa Kasse(Mali), Koffi Romeo(Cote d’Ivoire) and Momo Blamo Junior, a Liberian,” an inside source told MTNFootball.com
Bachar is a 21-year-old right full back who last played for AS Douanes of Niamey and has been capped by Niger Repubic at U17 and full international levels, while Moussa Kasse, a striker, joined from AshantiGold of Ghana.
Ivorian striker Koffi Romeo came from COK in Cote d’Ivoire and Momo Blamo Junior played for L.P.C Olier of Liberia.
Former Ghana international Joetex Frimpong made his name at Enyimba before he headed to Europe.
After a two-year absence, two-time African champions Enyimba will return to international football next year when they feature in the CAF Champions League.
EPL GAMES WEEK 16 (21/12/13)
Liverpool — Cardiff
Crystal Palace — Newcastle
Fulham — Man City
Man United — West Ham
Stoke City — Aston Villa
Sunderland — Norwich
West Brom — Hull City
22/12/13
Southampton — Tottenham
Swansea — Everton
23/12/13
Arsenal — Chelsea
SPANISH LA LIGA
Villareal — Sevilla
R/Betis — Almaria
A/Madrid — Levante
Granada — R/Sociedad
22/12/13
Espanyol — Valladolid
Getafe — Barcelon
A/Bilbao — Vallecano
Celta Vigo — Osasuna
Valencia — R/Madrid
FIFA WORL CLUB CUP
LOOSERS FINAL 21/12/13
Guangzhou — Atletico MG
FINAL
B/Munich — Raja Casablanca
INTERNATIONAL GAME
22/12/13
Ghana — Mali
Chief Emma Okewulonu cup
Ikpe Nsu — Umueze
