Transfer: Real Madrid join scramble for Nigerian youngster 

Chelsea, on Friday night, announced that youngster, Kendry Paez has left the Blues to join River Plate on loan for the remainder of the season.

The Premier League west London club had recalled Paez from Strasbourg before the player joined the Argentine side.

An agreement was reached for the 18-year-old to end his spell at the French Ligue 1 side.

Paez scored once in 15 Ligue 1 matches in the first half of the campaign for Strasbourg.

He also played five times for them in the UEFA Conference League this season.

Paez has seven years remaining on his Chelsea contract after joining the Blues from Independiente del Valle last year.

He is expected to get more first-team experience and regular playing game-time in the second half of the season in a bid to boost his chances in Chelsea’s squad next season.

Transfer: Chelsea announce deal for Paez

Former Super Eagles captain, Sunday Oliseh has insisted that Nigeria is not striker, Victor Osimhen.

Oliseh spoke ahead of Nigeria’s AFCON semi-final tie with Morocco on Wednesday.

According to him, the Nigerian team is made up of a solid eleven players, not Osimhen alone.

“Nigeria is not Osimhen,” Oliseh said on the Global Football Insights podcast.

“Nigeria is these eleven solid players. For the past 20 years, I have never seen a Nigerian Super Eagles team play the way this team has played against Uganda, Mozambique and Algeria.”

This is coming less than a few days after Osimhen’s recent on-field heated argument with teammate Ademola Lookman during Nigeria’s AFCON Round of 16 4-0 win against Mozambique.

Osimhen and Lookman have since settled and moved on as they featured together in Nigeria’s 2-0 win against Algeria in the quarter-final at the weekend.

AFCON: ‘Nigeria is not Osimhen’ – Ex-Super Eagles captain, Sunday Oliseh

Rangers manager, Danny Röhl, has explained why he didn’t feature Emmanuel Fernandez in his side’s recent 4-2 win over Dundee after he played for Nigeria during the March international break.

Recall that Fernandez was an unused substitute as Rangers defeated Dundee in the Scottish top-flight league last weekend.

Röhl opted to play John Souttar and Nasser Djiga in the defence, leaving Fernandez among the substitutes.

Speaking to reporters ahead of Rangers’ clash with Falkirk this weekend, Röhl was asked whether Fernandez is back in contention for Sunday’s match after missing out against Dundee.

He said, “Manny, it was a decision from my side. Manny travelled a lot. It was his first experience with the national team.

“We have John, as well as a centre-back, available. Derek is back in the training group, and we have a competition for this position. And it is good for us and Manny to push and not to be comfortable in a position. We won 4-2, and then my choice was not too wrong.”

Why I didn’t feature Fernandez after he played for Nigeria – Rangers manager Röhl