Caf President Issa Hayatou to grace Kenya v Nigeria match

Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Issa Hayatou will grace the 2014 World Cup qualifier between Kenya’s Harambee Stars and Nigeria’s Super Eagles at Moi Kasarani on June 5.
information gathered has it that the African boss will arrive in Nairobi on June 3, two days to the decisive match.
“Hayatou has confirmed that he will attend the Kenya v Nigeria match. He (Hayatou) will jet into Nairobi on June 3. Hayatou has a good relationship with Kenya FA President Sam Nyamweya and wants to be part of the crowd at Kasarani on Wednesday (June 5),” the source, who sought anonymity, added.
Hayatou has been the President of Caf since 1987. In 2002, he contested for Fifa presidency but was defeated by current President Sepp Blatter. He is also a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
President of Caf for over two decades, Hayatou has overseen particularly successful Fifa World Cup appearances by Senegal, Nigeria, and Cameroon, and pushed for African places in the finals to increase from two to five, with the 2010 World Cup in South Africa seeing the hosts garner an automatic sixth spot for an African team.
Wednesday’s match is crucial for both teams as the winner will put themselve in a better position of reaching the World Cup showcase slated for Brazil.
Kenya managed a 1-1 draw against the African champions in the first leg match played in Calabar and will be hoping to better the performance despite missing key players  goalkeeper Arnold Origi and striker Dennis Oliech through suspension.

The Super Eagles look for their first win against El Tri

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Both teams are undefeated in their last five matches so the match between Nigeria and Mexico, though a friendly will have lots of pride at stake. The last time the teams met it was a 2-2 draw in 2007 with a brace from Obafemi Martins with the Super Eagles yet to get a victory over El Tri in three outings.
With the Super Eagles team bereft of players like Victor Moses, Mikel Obi and Emmanuel Emenike for this game, players like John Ogu, Nnamdi Oduamadi have the chance to prove their mettle and keep a place in the team.
Coach Stephen Keshi will be looking to get his players in match condition for the trip to Kenya for the World Cup qualifiers – next week Wednesday and a week afterwards against Namibia.
Mexico is ranked 16th in the world higher than Nigeria’s 28th spot and have good players of the ilk of Javier Hernández and Giovani Dos Santos.  Coach Jose will be looking for a win after five successive draws and the team has not scored in their last two games - two 0-0 draws; the draw with the US was a World Cup qualifier, while their last match was a friendly against Peru.
Sixteen of the players that José Manuel de la Torre has called up for the friendly play in Mexico and he will be looking to assess the performances of this home-based players just like Keshi will be looking at a second tier of Eagles to get a strong bench as they approach the Confederations Cup.

Dortmund offer for Eriksen, says Overmars

The attacking midfielder has been heavily linked with a move to the Bundesliga side, but his current club have received no formal bid as of yet

Ajax sporting director Marc Overmars has stressed that the Eredivisie champions have not yet received an official offer from Borussia Dortmund for Christian Eriksen.

Reports from Denmark earlier this week suggested that BVB had tabled a bid in the region of €12 million for the attacking midfielder, but Ajax have made it clear they still await a formal approach from the Champions League finalists.

"The Danish press publishes all kinds of stories, but Dortmund have not made a formal offer for Eriksen," Overmars told Algemeen Dagblad.

The 21-year-old has a contract with Ajax until June 2014, but the Amsterdam giants are ready to cash in on the midfielder this summer if a good offer comes in.

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NFF and Sidney Sam? Nigerians need to be told the truth

After it was claimed by the Nigeria Football Federation that they had made contact with German-born Sidney Sam and coach Stephen Keshi’s various pronouncements that he had spoken to the winger, it was very embarrassing and disheartening to hear the player say, “I  never really thought about Nigeria and I do not know who invented that."

what the problem might be is not know but the NFF have many question to answer, because this kind of statement is a collective slap on the face of all 160 million Nigerians and the NFF has a responsibility to make sure that this slight does not go unpunished.

All these questions need to be answered quickly as silence will not be considered golden on this occasion.

NFF Assistant Director, Media, Ademola Olajire had said they were waiting to collect two documents that would be submitted to Fifa to obtain clearance for him to play for Nigeria.

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Lewandowski will join Bayern this summer, says agent

Cezary Kucharski, one of Robert Lewandowski's agents, has revealed that the striker will leave Borussia Dortmund for Bayern Munich in the summer transfer window.

The Poland international has long been linked with a move to the Champions League winners and his representative has made it clear that the deal could be completed shortly.

"Robert will join Bayern this summer. There is no point in pretending that he will not move to Bayern. Robert wants to leave and that is what will happen," Kucharski told TVN24.

"It is a matter of time. It could be a done deal within a week or within two to three weeks. We are waiting for a signal from the club. We are working on this deal.

"Robert needs a new challenge. He needs other people around him, a new coach and new motivation."

Maik Barthel, Lewandowski's other agent, claimed earlier this season that the 24-year-old has already agreed terms with another club, prompting Bayern to issue a statement denying that they had reached an agreement with the striker back in April.

Nevertheless, Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes suggested at the weekend that Lewandowski is destined to follow in the footsteps of Mario Gotze and leave BVB for the Allianz Arena side.

Lewandowski has a contract with Dortmund until June 2014, yet he's widely expected to leave the club this summer following his refusal to sign a new deal.

He had also caught the attention of clubs such as Juventus, Manchester United and Real Madrid, but his next destination seems to be Munich following Kucharski's latest comments.