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Enforce club licensing rule, ex-players tell LMC
Johnny Edward
Former players of the Nigerian Professional Football League have tasked the League Management Company to fully enforce club licensing rule among NPFL clubs, The PUNCH reports.
The LMC had at the start of the season released a list of conditions for clubs.
On the list, the league organisers directed clubs to show proof of “financial guarantee, commitment and confirmation of availability of a minimum of N200m from the owner of the club for the payment of salaries and other club operations expenses.”
They also demanded for comprehensive insurance for players and officials before the commencement of the league last December.
While Cavani is making his impact in Solskjaer s team, Ighalo has not made Manchester United s Premier League matchday squad since October 17.
“When I saw Cavani coming to Manchester, I knew Ighalo is going to have a problem because you have a striker and you bring in another striker so I don t know how that thing works,” Lawal told
Goal.
“He is a fantastic player anytime but at this moment, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is the coach and every coach has his own philosophy. His philosophy when Ighalo joined with the team was good, but when he brought Cavani I wouldn t know where that was coming from.
How Bonfrere Jo motivated us to beat Brazil in Atlanta ‘96 – Garba Lawal, ex-Super Eagles player
Published 19 December 2020
In July, 1996, Nigeria participated in the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, and won gold in the football tournament. This was considered by many Nigerians as the greatest achievement of the senior national team at the world stage. The football squad, known as the Dream Team, paraded the likes of Kanu Nwankwo, Jay-Jay Okocha, Emmanuel Amuneke, Sunday Oliseh, Daniel Amokachi and Victor Ikpeba. Nigeria shook the world when it came from three goals down to defeat Brazil in the semi-final and won against Argentina in the final game of the tournament. Garba Lawal, a coach and administrator who was part of that victorious team, takes ALEXANDER OKERE down memory lane and narrates how a team that no one gave a chance at the tournament came, saw and conquered the world