The former Super Eagles captain shared a sweet message to his long term partner Olga Diyachenko who celebrated her birthday November 10.
Mikel wrote ; “Happy birthday my love. I love you so much that words can’t describe. Me and peanuts love you to the moon and back. Happy birthday my love.”
Mikel and Olga have been dating since 2012 during his Chelsea playing career days and they both have two beautiful twins together.
The 22 year old Nigerian international goalie continues his good progression in recent years as Premier league team Watford snaps him up for €6 million (£5.1million) from Eredvise side Sparta Rotherdam.
Watford announced they have signed Maduka Okoye on a five and half years deal on their website but the young goalkeeper will stay on loan with the Eredvise side for the rest of the season.
“Watford FC is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement to sign highly-rated young goalkeeper Maduka Okoye, on a five-and-a-half year deal that will begin on January 1, 2022. The Nigeria international joins the Hornets for an undisclosed fee from Eredivisie outfit Sparta Rotterdam, to where he will return on loan until the end of the 2021/22 campaign,” the statement partly read.
Maduka Okoye reveled he cant wait to join the team permanently and get started, he also wished them all the best for the season in a post shared on social media.
The Al Shabab striker retired from the national team after the 2019 Nations cup where he was the highest goal scorer with 5 goals. The Eagles’ coach reveled he was going to be called back because his goals, experience and presence in the dressing room was missed.
Ighalo joined the 23 man list released by NFF to play against Lone Star of Liberia at the Grand Stade Tangier in Morocco on Saturday, 13th November and then fly into Lagos for the final group game against Cape Verde’s Blue Sharks at the Teslim Balogun Stadium on Tuesday, 16th November.
The Dutch born Nigerian defender was speaking to the official Watford FC website on the Black History Month, which is a special month (October) set aside to amplify the work of black people and recognize their achievements in our society.
Ekong revealed is inspired by Burna Boy’s song, he called him the modern day Fela because of the messages in his song.
“His music inspires me, maybe like a modern-day Fela because he also has very strong messages in his music and I love what he stands for. He has a great connection with the UK and coming from Nigerian heritage, he’s someone I can relate to.” he said.
The Watford defender also praised Fela as the pioneer of Afrobeats and he respects his individualism and great music he made.
“I love what he stands for, it’s individualism and also the great music he makes, all of his songs, the messages, the life lessons, so anyone who hasn’t heard Fela’s music I would definitely recommend it.”
The Super Eagles coach confirmed he put the former Manchester United striker in his provisional squad because the team miss his experience, goals and leadership.
Gernot Rohr said the current Super Eagles team have a lot of youngsters and they will learn a lot from Ighalo’s presence in the team.
“I put him in the bigger provisional first list for the next games, Rohr said in a Q&A on Elegbete TV. He is doing very well at his club, and he still has the ambition to help his country. Because we miss his leadership, we miss his experience. We miss the goals he scores. He was the best scorer at the AFCON, the best scorer during the qualifiers, and I think we have so many young players, and they could learn a lot on the side of such a great player. Ighalo is a very important man. I hope that he can come back,”
Odion Ighalo retired from the Super Eagles after the 2019 Afcon Nations cup where he was the highest goal scorer and helped Nigeria to a third place finish.
The NFF President, Amaju Pinnick announce Ademola Lookman has decided to switch his footballing allegiance to Nigeria and they are presently in between getting the process sorted.
The Leicester forward current on loan at RB Leipzig, was born in England an has represented England U-20 in the world cup which they won in 2017.
Pinnick revealed this on his recent visit to UK with his family where he also met and shared pictures with Wilfred Ndidi,Kelechi Ihenacho and Etebo.
Pinnick also revealed they are planning on bringing Odion Ighalo back into the Super Eagles team.
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