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28 — Vanguard, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2020
•Pinnick
The
Nigeria
Football
Federation has
set up a
•Ighalo
Caretaker
Committee
for the
running of
the affairs
of the
Anambra State Football
Association, following the expiration of the
tenure of the Dr Ifeanyi Ubah-led executive
team, and pending the conduct of fresh
elections.
The tenure of the Caretarker Committee,
which will be inaugurated in Awka, the
Anambra State capital on Wednesday, 5 th
August 2020 will be for a period of three
months, it further stated.
The six-member Caretaker
Committee headed by Mr. Emmanuel
Okeke has Mr. Victor Nwangwu as Vice
Chairman and Mr. Onyedika Chijioke as
secretary. Other members are Mr. Nonso
Philip, Mrs Charity Ebere Okonkwo and Mrs Onyeabo
Chimezie Success.
According to the NFF, “The Caretaker Committee is to
administer the activities of the Anambra State Football
Association and also conduct elections into the Board of
Anambra State Football Association and the Anambra State
Local Football Councils within three months, effective from
Tuesday, 4 th August 2020 to 2 nd November 2020. Precisely,
the tenure of the Caretaker Committee expires on 2 nd
November 2020.”
Explaining its decision to set up the Caretaker Committee,
the NFF stated that it acted “in order not to create a vacuum”,
stressing that “Art. 85 of the NFF Statutes 2010 provides that
‘the Executive Committee shall have the final decision on
any matter not provided for in the Statutes or in cases of
force majeure.”
Watford
sack Pearson
W
•Osimhen
NFF sets up
caretaker committee
for Anambra State FA
atford have sacked manager Nigel
Pearson amid their ongoing fight
against Premier League relegation.
The Hornets brought in former
Leicester City boss Pearson to replace
Quique Sanchez Flores in December
with the club rock bottom of the table.
He led a mini-revival to get them out
of the drop zone but a tough spell since
the Premier League restart has left them
still fighting for their lives.
Last year’s FA Cup finalists are three
points above the relegation zone with
two tough games remaining against
Manchester City and Arsenal.
Champions League: Napoli rule out
Osimhen, Ghoulam from squad
Napoli have named Kalidou Koulibaly
in their squad for the final stages of
the 2019-20 Champions League
while there is no place for new recruit
Victor Osimhen and Algerian defender
Faouzi Ghoulam.
The Parthenopeans will take on
Spanish giants Barcelona in the
round of 16 of the tournament in a
one-legged tie on August 8.
According to the list
announced by Uefa, Senegal
international Koulibaly is the
only African star who made
the club’s 23-man squad.
Napoli will also not be able
to bank on the services of
their new signing
Osimhen, with the Nigeria
international having
featured in the group stage
of the competition for Lille.
The forward completed a
€50 million transfer from the
French side last month
following his eye-catching
performances during his time
Ighalo, Moses in Europa
League action
E
uropa League returns today with
some Nigerian stars, comprising
Odion Ighalo of
Manchester United
and Victor Moses of
Inter Milan raring to
go for the win for
their respective
clubs..
The matches will
air live exclusively on
pay television
network, StarTimes
Manchester
United are in a
strong position to
reach the next stage
of the competition as
they hold a 5-0 firstleg
lead over LASK
with the second
game yet to be
played. United will
play Copenhagen or
Istanbul Basaksehir
in the Europa
League quarterfinals
if they
overcome LASK
Relegated Leganes to
offload Omeruo, two others
uper Eagles and former Chelsea
Sdefender Kenneth Omeruo is
among three CD Leganes players
being tipped for the exit door this
summer, the others being Jonathan
Silva and Siovas.
According to reporting by Spanish
sports daily AS, Leganes are looking
to get Omeruo off the wage bill after
losing their top-flight status at the
end of the 2019-2020 season.
The former Golden Eaglets and
Flying Eagles star is aware that
sticking with Leganes would
diminish his chances of being
invited to the senior national team
by manager Gernot Rohr, and look
no further than the case involving
•Pearson
with the club.
Osimhen bagged 18 goals and
provided six assists in 38
appearances across all competitions
before leaving Stade Pierre-
Mauroy.
The forward made his Champions
League debut against Ajax in
September 2019 and scored two
goals in five appearances as Lille
failed to progress past the group
stage.
The 21-year-old striker will be
expected to make his first
appearance for the Parthenopeans
during their pre-season games.
Osimhen is a key member of the
Nigeria national team and was part
of the side that finished third at the
2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.
The forward currently has four
goals in nine games for the West
Africans and will be expected to
play a prominent role in the Super
Eagles World Cup and Africa Cup
of Nations qualifiers.
tonight.
Manchester United are among the
favourites to lift the Europa League,
followed by Inter Milan and Bayer
Leverkusen.
Victor Moses has shifted his focus
to the Europa League after helping
Inter Milan finish as Serie A
runners-up in the 2019-20 season.
Inter Milan will
play Getafe tonight
.
Other matches
tonight include
Copenhagen vs
I s t a n b u l
Basaksehir (agg 0-
1); and Shakhtar
Donetsk vs Wolfsburg
(agg 2-1).
Tomorrow, Wolves
face Olympiakos, Bayer
Leverkusen battle
Rangers while Basel
confront Eintracht
Frankfurt The game
between Sevilla and
Roma promises to be
another fascinating tie
to look forward to.
Simeon Tochukwu Nwankwo
who lost his spot to Paul Onuachu
after Crotone were demoted to the
Serie B.
Omeruo joined Leganes
permanently last summer for a fee
of five million euros, making him
the second most expensive
signing in Leganes history.
Los Pepineros may find it
difficult to recoup their investment
in the Nigerian considering that
he’s now valued at 2.4 million euros
by transfer market experts.
Since his La Liga debut, Omeruo
has one goal to his name and was
in action for 4,312 minutes - across
51 matches, forty-nine of which he
started.
Aubameyang to get £300,000 bonus
from Arsenal
rsenal forward Pierre-Emerick
AAubameyang will earn a one-off bonus
payment of £300,000 after his prolific season
in front of goal.
According to the Times, Aubameyang has
a clause in his current contract which means
he will receive a bonus payout of £300,000
if he scores or assists at least 25 goals and
he has met that target.
The report also claims that the club have
offered him a new deal worth more than
£300,000-a-week including add-ons.
Aubameyang currently earns £200,000-aweek
but, with his deal due to expire next
year and the fact that he has been involved
in a whopping 44% of Arsenal’s league
goals this season, the Gunners are making
a concerted effort to keep him at the club.
Iker Casillas announces retirement
from football
ker Casillas has officially
Iconfirmed his retirement
from professional football.
Casillas last played for Porto
in May 2019, before suffering
a heart attack in training which
left him hospitalised.
•Casillas
‘The important thing is the path
you travel and the people
who accompany you, not
the destination to which it
takes you,” he revealed on
social media.
“Because with work and
effort, I think I can say
without hesitation, that it
has been the path and the
dream destination.”
His retirement ends a
22-year playing career,
which saw him win
over 20 major
honours, including
five LaLiga titles,
three Champions
League titles, two
E u r o p e a n
Championships and
one World Cup.
The 39-year-old also
won 167 caps for Spain.
Osimhen record deal good for
African football —Drew Uyi
•Omeruo
•Aubameyang
•Osimhen
and Drew
Uyi
he big-money
Ttransfer of Super
Eagles striker, Victor
Osimhen to Napoli , has
been described as a
good development for
African football by FA
licensed football agent,
Drew Uyi.
Noting that the deal is
not only good because
of the highest transfer
fee for an African player
in history, Uyi rated the
contract super
because the Nigerian
hitman has the
opportunity to harness
the value of his Image
rights; which he retains.
“Because he didn’t
cede his image rights to Napoli, Osihmen is now able
to exploit his image rights and make the most out
of his personal brand, securing intellectual
property rights for his name, images and
logos.
“He can also get hitch free
endorsements and sponsorship with the
help of a seasoned and experienced
Brand Manager. Such persons can help
derive huge financial benefits that can
measure up to his salary”, added Drew
Uyi
Ṡpeaking further, Drew Uyi, urged
African footballers, “to learn from the
fact that Osimhen demanded a share
of the rights to his Image. Napoli always
demand 100 percent control of image rights
no matter how big the player I’d. It .shows
that he knows his worth. For a long time,
Africans have not gotten their true market .
worth, it’s high time they started getting their
worth like their foreign counterparts’’.
While noting that the goals are to
empower, educate athletes and turn them
into marketable brands, Ogbomoide
Uyioghosa, an international Brand Strategist,
said an athlete’s brand was the most
important investment an athlete can make
during his career
According to Drew Uyi,, “Osimhen’s
transfer to Napoli is a good benchmark.
African Athletes should look beyond what the
figure of their salary pay packet. They should
look at building a powerful brand. It shouldn’t
stop here, I would definitely love to see more
of this”.
•Dybala
Dybala is Serie
A’s MVP
J
uventus forward Paulo Dybala has
been named the MVP by Serie A,
after the League announced their
ranking of the best players of 2019-
20.
“The performance measurement is
based on the official stats of Lega Serie
A, which represents the objective
scientific criterion of the best of this
season,” CEO of Serie A Luigi De
Siervo explained.
“We managed to conclude with great
determination, overcoming infinite
difficulties. It was an anomalous year,
with a compressed ending, but these
players managed to demonstrate their
talent in all the matches played,
illuminating our competition with
great performances..”