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46 — Vanguard, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2019 Work permit kills Awoniyi’s Liverpool dream Former Flying Eagles star, Taiwo Awoniyi said his dream of playing for Liverpool is slowly dying due to his failure to get UK work permit to play in England. Awoniyi signed a longterm deal in August 2015, but he is yet to kick a ball for the title chasing Liverpool. He is on a fifth loan spell outside of England with Belgian side Mouscron. “It saddens my heart that it’s been difficult to get a work permit for the past four years,” he told BBC Sport. “At the end of the season we have to go back to Liverpool to discuss. Everyone knows the importance of the work permit and how it works, and that you’d need to play for your national team. “If you don’t get a chance with your national team then it becomes Messi is not God, Pope Francis tells Barca fans For Barcelona fans, Lionel Messi is ‘D10S’, a combination of the Spanish word for “God” - “dios” - with the No.10 on his shirt. But Pope Francis begs to differ. Interviewed by Spanish TV •Awoniyi channel La Sexta on Sunday, the p o p e praised his Argentine compatriot Messi, but said he must not be called God. “In theory, it is sacrilege,” explained the leader of the Catholic Church. “You can’t do it. “People could call him God, just as they might say ‘I adore you’, but only God can be worshipped. “(Saying) ‘He’s a god with the ball on the pitch’ is a popular way to express yourself. He’s great to watch - but he’s not God.” Pope Francis is known to be a football fan, and he is difficult to get it. “Personally, I chose Liverpool because I would love to play in the English Premier League for Liverpool. “If God says it will happen then it will, but if not then I can only go on with my life and career.” For non-EU players to be granted a work permit, they must demonstrate they are an international player of “the highest calibre.” This means they must have played in 75% of a Fifa top-50 ranked national team’s matches over the previous two years. Awoniyi, who helped his country win the Under-17 World Cup in 2013, is currently part of Nigeria’s under-23 side vying for a ticket to the 2020 Olympics football event in Tokyo. Chelsea reject Fenerbahce’s 5m Euros offer for Moses •Moses Damien Comolli, who previously worked at Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, played a key role in convincing Moses to join Fenerbahce in the January transfer window. The former Nigeria international has been on the books of Chelsea since the summer of 2012 but it appears his future lies elsewhere as he is not in the plans of manager Maurizio Sarri. Moses’ contract with Chelsea will expire in 2021. Fenerbahce quest to sign Victor Moses on a permanent deal from Chelsea has been rebuffed by the Blues. According to reports in Turkey, Chelsea turned down the five million euros Fenerbahce have put on the table. However it was gathered that Chelsea are willing to let Moses go for a much higher fee. Fenerbahce’s sporting director, Damien Comolli is being expected to go to England to meet face to face with the Chelsea executives and thrash out a deal. also a club member of Buenos Aires side San Lorenzo. Two goals from Messi gave Barcelona victory in Herrera signs pre-contract with PSG Ander Herrera has agreed a pre-contract with Paris Saint-Germain and will leave Manchester United this summer to make the move to the French capital. Herrera struggled for regular action in the early stages of the 2018-19 campaign, but has been a key part of the team since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer replaced Jose Mourinho as head coach •Ronaldo the Catalan derby over Espanyol on Sunday, taking the Liga leaders another step closer to the title. Ronaldo’s return for Ajax clash will be difficult —Allegri Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri accepts it will be “difficult” for Cristiano Ronaldo to return from his thigh injury in time to face Ajax in the Champions League quarter-finals next week. Ronaldo sustained the problem during Portugal’s 1- 1 Euro 2020 qualifying draw against Serbia last Monday and missed the slender 1-0 win over Empoli on Saturday. But it now seems Ronaldo could also miss the first leg of the Champions Leaguelast-eight tie in Amsterdam. “Ronaldo is working and we hope to have him for Ajax, but it will be difficult,” Allegri said at a news conference. “We hope he can [play], he is working every day. “Today’s [Monday] examination is much better, the leg is better. There are nine days left until Ajax and we have time to evaluate. We must be careful and evaluate. “As for Douglas Costa, he’s in good condition and should be available for Ajax.[Sami] Khedira has worked with the team and could to be there for Milan. “Paulo Dybala will be evaluated to understand how he is doing with the knock on his shoulder. He will not play in Sardinia [against Cagliari on Tuesday] and we hope to have him back to face Ajax.” Zenith Bank/ Delta Principals Cup: Obule emerges championsin dramatic final It was a great show of football artistry at the final of the Zenith Bank Delta Principals Cup played at the Stephen Keshi stadium, Asaba, as Obule Integrated School, Sapele came from a goal down to defeat Boys Secondary School, Obiaruku, 2-1 to emerge the champions of the third edition of the rebranded competition. Bright Osenene put Boys Sec Sch ahead in the 40th minute and they were looking good for the title only for Obule to score two late goals to turn the game around. Prosper Seruemu started the revival with the equaliser in the 76h minute while Jolomi Neye completed the come back with the winner in the 84th minute. Apart from the winning prize of N1M for the wining school, there was a presentation of a new hummer bus to Obule by Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa. In his remark, the Commissioner, Basic and Zidane yet to give Hazard move the green light Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane is yet to give the green light for his club to move for Chelsea attacker Eden Hazard in this summer’s transfer window. Hazard will see his current deal with Chelsea expire in the summer of 2020 and the Belgium international has been strongly linked with a move to Madrid. According to Marca, both ...as Gov. Okowa donates bus to winner in December. The Spaniard’s current deal with United will expire at the end of this season, however, and it is understood that the English giants are not prepared to meet his wage demands of £200,000 a week. According to the Daily Record, Herrera has agreed a pre-contract with the Ligue 1 champions as his five-season stay with United nears its end. •Pope Francis & Messi Hazard and Los Blancos are keen for the deal to take place, but Zidane is yet to sign off on a swoop for the 28-year-old. Indeed, the report has claimed that the newlyappointed head coach wants to first ‘analyse his squad in detail’ to determine which areas need strengthening in this summer’s transfer window. Hazard has found the back of the net on 16 occasions for Chelsea this season, while he has managed 105 goals in total for the English Man Utd giants since a 2012 switch demand from Lille. Zidane is thought to Kroos, Bale have as much as £430m to spend on new players for Pogba this summer. Manchester United will reportedly not Secondary Education in the State, Chiedu Ebie, who also doubled as the chairman Local O4ganising Committee of the tournament expressed joy over the successful completion of the principal Cup. “We have worked hard for three years to get to where we are today,” he said. “There was improvements on the number of schools that took part in this year tournament as we have a record 756 secondary schools playing from the preliminary and the two schools that played in the finals worked so hard to get to that stage. “I want to appreciates the governor for flying with this dream and we are hoping to put together a summer camp for the best 30 players discovered during the •Hazard consider selling Paul Pogba to Real Madrid unless they are offered Toni Kroos and Gareth Bale in return. Pogba is once again at the centre of transfer speculation after admitting earlier this week that he would like to play for the Spanish giants. The 26-year-old’s agent is said to have already been in contact with Real to get the ball rolling ahead of the summer, but Los Blancos have work to do if they are to convince United to sell. Spanish outlet AS reports that Kroos and Bale are pivotal to any chance Zinedine Zidane’s side have of acquiring Pogba, who has returned to his best form since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was brought in three-and-a-half months ago. United are said to be after the duo to soften the blow of losing one of their key players, with Kroos effectively a like-for-like replacement in central midfield. competition.” Lucky Ighade, Zenith Bank Plc, Zonal Head, Asaba, who represented the GMD/CEO, Peter Amangbo, said they are happy to invest in the youths who are the future of the country. He however expressed the company’s commitment to supporting a Nobel cause like the principal Cup. Meanwhile, Delta State has concluded plans to infuse sports into the state’s education curriculum. The governor, Okowa said Delta have come to realise that sports and education works hand in hand and they want a sound and healthy mind for their students. Earlier in the day, Ekpan Secondary School, Ekpan defeated Comprehensive Secondary School, Ogwashi- Uku 3-2 to win the bronze medal.
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