Guest n4e Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Nigerian players taking part in the Under-17 World Cup will be subjected to MRI bone scans to determine their ages. Accusations of age cheating have blighted Nigeria's success at international age group tournaments in recent years. But Sani Lulu Abdullahi, president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), is confident the MRI test will bring to an end such accusations. "We will use the MRI bone confirmation tests introduced by Fifa," Lulu told BBC Sport on Tuesday. "This is important as we want to be sure that we do it correctly and that players who represent Nigeria at underage competitions are actually the ages they claim to be." Nigeria have won the Fifa Under-17 World Cup three times - 1985, 1993 and 2007 - but fans and media alike have long questioned the ages of some of the player representing the country. The Golden Eaglets, as Nigeria's under-17 team is known, will be playing in their own backyard in October as they this year's World Cup. Lulu insists the present squad under John Obuh will be the first set of Eaglets to undergo MRI scans. Doesn't look like they'll be winning it this year then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Everton manager David Moyes says that comments he made about Nigerian players have been misunderstood. He questioned the true age of his striker Yakubu Ayegbeni and of Nigerian players in general. The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) has written to the English FA asking for Moyes to be sanctioned. "What I said has been taken totally out of context. I have never before been accused of being a racist, that idea is totally abhorrent to me," said Moyes. After Yakubu scored a hat-trick in Everton's Uefa Cup win over SK Brann on Thursday, Moyes told the Guardian newspaper: "He's only 25, albeit a Nigerian 25, and so if that is his age he's still got a good few years ahead of him." pretty funny older quote from Moyes (for once) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Oba might not be allowed to play at the next one then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 This came after they tried to sneak Kanu into the squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Everton manager David Moyes says that comments he made about Nigerian players have been misunderstood. He questioned the true age of his striker Yakubu Ayegbeni and of Nigerian players in general. The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) has written to the English FA asking for Moyes to be sanctioned. "What I said has been taken totally out of context. I have never before been accused of being a racist, that idea is totally abhorrent to me," said Moyes. After Yakubu scored a hat-trick in Everton's Uefa Cup win over SK Brann on Thursday, Moyes told the Guardian newspaper: "He's only 25, albeit a Nigerian 25, and so if that is his age he's still got a good few years ahead of him." pretty funny older quote from Moyes (for once) Don't see what's wrong with his comments. Everyone knows Nigerian players just make their ages up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Everton manager David Moyes says that comments he made about Nigerian players have been misunderstood. He questioned the true age of his striker Yakubu Ayegbeni and of Nigerian players in general. The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) has written to the English FA asking for Moyes to be sanctioned. "What I said has been taken totally out of context. I have never before been accused of being a racist, that idea is totally abhorrent to me," said Moyes. After Yakubu scored a hat-trick in Everton's Uefa Cup win over SK Brann on Thursday, Moyes told the Guardian newspaper: "He's only 25, albeit a Nigerian 25, and so if that is his age he's still got a good few years ahead of him." pretty funny older quote from Moyes (for once) Don't see what's wrong with his comments. Everyone knows Nigerian players just make their ages up. Bulls***. Stereotyping pieces of rubbish. Spitting nonsense out of their mouths at every turn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Icke - Son of God Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Haruna Babangida was in his early 20's for about a decade and a half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Everton manager David Moyes says that comments he made about Nigerian players have been misunderstood. He questioned the true age of his striker Yakubu Ayegbeni and of Nigerian players in general. The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) has written to the English FA asking for Moyes to be sanctioned. "What I said has been taken totally out of context. I have never before been accused of being a racist, that idea is totally abhorrent to me," said Moyes. After Yakubu scored a hat-trick in Everton's Uefa Cup win over SK Brann on Thursday, Moyes told the Guardian newspaper: "He's only 25, albeit a Nigerian 25, and so if that is his age he's still got a good few years ahead of him." pretty funny older quote from Moyes (for once) Don't see what's wrong with his comments. Everyone knows Nigerian players just make their ages up. Bulls***. Stereotyping pieces of rubbish. Spitting nonsense out of their mouths at every turn. I'm sorry but they found this on Kanu's mums fridge: http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/9849/kanu.png When clearing her house after her untimely death aged 24 in 1937. Mrs Kanu 14 June 1884 - 25 August 1937 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissmag Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Everton manager David Moyes says that comments he made about Nigerian players have been misunderstood. He questioned the true age of his striker Yakubu Ayegbeni and of Nigerian players in general. The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) has written to the English FA asking for Moyes to be sanctioned. "What I said has been taken totally out of context. I have never before been accused of being a racist, that idea is totally abhorrent to me," said Moyes. After Yakubu scored a hat-trick in Everton's Uefa Cup win over SK Brann on Thursday, Moyes told the Guardian newspaper: "He's only 25, albeit a Nigerian 25, and so if that is his age he's still got a good few years ahead of him." pretty funny older quote from Moyes (for once) Don't see what's wrong with his comments. Everyone knows Nigerian players just make their ages up. Agreed, like all english people are clubbing lovers and conservative at the same time, right?!?!? And yes, I am a greedy Swiss guy with no heart and stolen holocost money... Seen? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crumpy Gunt Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Martins mental age and actual age must be at least 3 decades apart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 No way is Yakubu 26. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Kanu is about 37 iirc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Kanu is about 37 iirc. He's 32. So about 56. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Haha I remember when we first signed Oba there was a question as to whether he was 21 or 26. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Everton manager David Moyes says that comments he made about Nigerian players have been misunderstood. He questioned the true age of his striker Yakubu Ayegbeni and of Nigerian players in general. The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) has written to the English FA asking for Moyes to be sanctioned. "What I said has been taken totally out of context. I have never before been accused of being a racist, that idea is totally abhorrent to me," said Moyes. After Yakubu scored a hat-trick in Everton's Uefa Cup win over SK Brann on Thursday, Moyes told the Guardian newspaper: "He's only 25, albeit a Nigerian 25, and so if that is his age he's still got a good few years ahead of him." pretty funny older quote from Moyes (for once) Don't see what's wrong with his comments. Everyone knows Nigerian players just make their ages up. Agreed, like all english people are clubbing lovers and conservative at the same time, right?!?!? And yes, I am a greedy Swiss guy with no heart and stolen holocost money... Seen? http://theinfosphere.org/images/thumb/9/9c/Neutral_President.jpg/353px-Neutral_President.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Haha I remember when we first signed Oba there was a question as to whether he was 21 or 28. FYP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 At least Oba will be able to flog the ferrari and hop on all public transport for nowt. Good times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steggy Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 This thread has made me laugh. It wasn't even that funny, but it made me laugh. Thank you people. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 At least Oba will be able to flog the ferrari and hop on all public transport for nowt. Good times. Speaking of which, I wonder which birth certificate they use when they are getting their car insurance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Everton manager David Moyes says that comments he made about Nigerian players have been misunderstood. He questioned the true age of his striker Yakubu Ayegbeni and of Nigerian players in general. The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) has written to the English FA asking for Moyes to be sanctioned. "What I said has been taken totally out of context. I have never before been accused of being a racist, that idea is totally abhorrent to me," said Moyes. After Yakubu scored a hat-trick in Everton's Uefa Cup win over SK Brann on Thursday, Moyes told the Guardian newspaper: "He's only 25, albeit a Nigerian 25, and so if that is his age he's still got a good few years ahead of him." pretty funny older quote from Moyes (for once) Don't see what's wrong with his comments. Everyone knows Nigerian players just make their ages up. Bulls***. Stereotyping pieces of rubbish. Spitting nonsense out of their mouths at every turn. Weren't you reading? Everyone knows. The game's up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 At least Oba will be able to flog the ferrari and hop on all public transport for nowt. Good times. Speaking of which, I wonder which birth certificate they use when they are getting their car insurance Don't know but my mate at elephant.com reckons Oba's Ferrari insurance is £250 a year with his 15 years no claims discount added. It would've only been £180 for third party fire and theft. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Everyone thinks they know, but they don't. The game was actually up in the 90's. Most of the age cheats are filtered out of the system early on these days. It's generally obvious who they are, just as it used to be. Honestly looking at this generation of young players, who are poached from academies during puberty, it does not seem prevalent at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 During puberty Is that the only way of being 99% sure? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 There's no way Kanu was in his teens at Ajax, funny how is legs went at 30. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby_solano Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 i remember roger milla from cameroon having a potential 7 year age discrepancy @ usa 94. he was either 42 or 49 iirc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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