The Nigerian Football Federation are hoping to meet with Chuks Aneke in the coming weeks in a bid to clarify his international future. Aneke was born in England but is eligible to play for Nigeria through his parentage.
The Super Eagles appointed Samson Siasia as Head Coach in November following a selection of poor performances during the World Cup. Siasia promised to improve the attitude and performance of the national team and to seek new blood. Aneke, who is regarded as one of the best emerging prospects at Arsenal, is seen as one of many potential coups Nigeria could make as they start to build for a new generation.
The 17-year-old is an England Under 18 international and has represented the country of his birth since school boy level. However, a selection of Nigerian news outlets have followed his progress and the hope is that he would defect from England.
No talks have been arranged yet, but Siasia is ready to personally travel to London for talks with Aneke.
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Is a welcome development to nigeria football.
This guy will end up playing for nigeria, same as frimpong who wants to play for ghana
Frimpong, aneke these guys owe England for everything.
I really hope aneke stays and plays for England.
No disrepect, but how do they owe England everything…Arsenal trained them, not England
don’t be silly John.
how do they get to owe England?
they are arsenal trained players and england knew the risk before calling them at jnr level. i couldn’t care less so far as they play for arsenal.
Exactly. Arsenal trained him but Arsenal are an English club and he is born and bred in England.
He does owe something to England in my opinion plus he is representing England through youth level. If he decides to represent Nigeria at senior level then it is a bit of a joke.
i hope they take a risk with this guy, would really excel his development.
i dnt kno if im being a bit bias but arsenal youngster’s always appear to be years ahead of where they should b
John, are you being serious…
They don’t owe England anything, they owe arsenal, they decide their future, neither of them don’t want to be like amieobi or even Carlton Cole.
They want to play International Football all the time and look how England (the country he owes:L) sticks him in the U-17 and U-18s team when he is better than half the U-19s.
Have to agree with this. It is one thing for countries that put their youth development more in the countries academies but it is not England that is developing these kids. It is Arsenal. You could thank France more then England to be honest.
I have to disagree mate. Aneke is better than ALL of the under 19’s.
I agree with SlickBangGoal I want Frimpong to play for Ghana because i’m Ghanaian but at the end of the day they play for Arsenal and it should be their personal choice as to who they play internationally.
Things is and lets be honest here black english players dont get real support and love from the fa, so this is likely to happen sooner or later. Both Frimpong and Aneke are good enough for under 21s football once they have had a few first team games.
Yes and the world hates black people blah blah blah. It has nothing to do with that. Tired of hearing the complaints. Afobe, Smalling, Walcott, Ferdinand, Lescott, Cole, Johnson, Muamba, Defoe, Huddlestone, etc don’t get to play with England because the FA don’t support black people?
rose tinted glasses here. too much trite to even respond to. u21 players play REGULARLY for their club, parent or loan…they aren’t reservists like Aneke. Frimpong will play for Ghana probably.
I always wish for anything that will improve the overall competition in balance of football. Bigger footballing nations always snatch up talent that comes from other countries while smaller nations (footballing wise) always end up getting the cast offs. This is coming from a person who’s country has lost Giuseppe Rossi and Neven Subotić in recent years.
Your country has lost Giuseppe Rossi? How so? Are you talking about the US? It is a shame he didn’t decide to play for the US but you never really “lost” him. He’s played for the Italian teams from a very young age. His family is Italian.
If Aneke chooses to represent Nigeria, I’m sure he’ll have an equally important role as Okocha had during his best years.
But what I’m also sure of is that England would benefit from the english talents with african origin that is coming through right now, like Aneke, Afobe and Frimpong at Arsenal. So don’t let them slip out of your hands, England!
FA treat them all the same; black, asian and etc.
However, it is different with afobe and all those named above, Nigeria and Ghana are Top nations in the footballing world while the countries like Jamaica, DR Congo and etc. lose their talents to England due to them not being on the same level as the countries i named above.
Just like agbonlahor and calton cole who will never play a major competition for england, just like john fashanu did some years ago. I think we should wait to hear about his decision before we begin to complain.
If England can’t see Aneke’s talent then it will be their own stupid fault if Nigeria convince him to defect to them.
And if it happens it would only be good for Arsenal. England have done nothing but damage Theo Walcott: taking him to a World Cup he wasn’t ready for, then rejecting him from a World Cup he fully deserved to be a part of, as well as injuring and fatiguing him by making play for both the senior and U21 sides.
And they’ll only be too willing to do the same thing to more of our players. Wilshere and Gibbs too will probably suffer the mental and physical torture of being an English Arsenal player.
Well said!
If it wasn’t for England aneke and Frimpong would be in poverty or be in difficult environment in Africa they are lucky England gave thierry parents passports etc
You do know how stupid you sound, you clearly haven’t visited Ghana or Nigeria Fool.
and THEY WERE BORN HERE.
LOOOOL, you sound like you lack knowledge :L
Well if you’re going to play that game, John, then England (and Europe) owe the African continent for exploiting their people and resources century ago.
Not that I agree with what John said, but Frimpong wasn’t actually born here, SlickBangGoal. He was born in Ghana. You’re right about Aneke, though.
your more than stupid by saying this, this is what you stupid smelling white always says, please may i know why you think that africans as poor
john i guess u should be flocked 4 dat statement.have you being to Ghana or Nigeria dey re one of best place to live in africa.how many caps does agbonlahor,cole,ameobi ve 4 eng,had it bin dey played 4 nigeria it wld va bin better of.
and our Idiot of the week Is John.
you are a fool john,it is ur sort that rubs salt in the wound our stupid leaders hav inflicted on us.nigeria is the 6th largest petroleum nation in the world,the world largest natural gas nation.a month revenue from petroleum is more than england makes in a year from all it produces,if nigeria were ran by half as responsible leaders,u will spend 2 year begging for a visa to come here.twat!!!
here here john. give their parents a free ride, and an English club picks them up. should just give back to the nation that supported them.
you sound some how ‘insane’-sorry-what makes you think that Nigeria or Ghana would not have given them the best of life?
Let’s see what they decide & what influences their choice.
John,you’re a fool for that statement you made,no wonder you people are been duped everyday and night………all because of your foolishness……….i wish you come to Africa and see how your money is been spent here…………….fool
John that comment is wrong and distasteful Ghana and Nigeria are some of the well of countries in Africa as well.
Lets not get into a huge debate about this lol. John did not say it properly but there is no need to deny what is a lot of Africa. Lets be honest, i doubt there is a huge immigration problem with people trying to get into Africa. Plus it is pretty obvious that there is a lack of structure that presides over a large part of Africa. You only have to look at how well African players do when they come up in the French system verses coming up through the African system. It is a shame but it is the truth unfortunately.
Good luck to him, whichever team he chooses to play for. There are only so many players that can play for England, and he is not guaranteed to be a regular.
It’s not about race or colour. He may just come to prominence when there is already a more experienced player occupying the slot that he would hope to fill, and it might be easier to get a regular place with Nigeria.
As long as he plays for Arsenal and does us proud, that’s enough for me.
Can we blame him if he goes and plays for Nigeria?
Look at JET, he gets ignored for the U21’s.
bc he doesn’t play for the senior side more than 3-4 minutes a pop?
For me, it’s not a problem if Frimpong will play for Ghana or Aneke for Nigeria, the only issue is the africa cup during the season… this would be annoying when they play a big part in the future of the first team..
Ok I am sorry if it offended ppl but if it wasn’t for England these guys wouldn’t be playin for arsenal
Uk has given everything for frimpongs and aneke family they should play for England for loyalty
I was thinking that Aneke should be staying with England. Why? If he join with Nigeria team then he may be difficult to understand their culture, attitude, language and the atmosphere.
Aneke was born and bred in England all his life then he should stick with England.
The only problem is the African cup of nations is in January…if they do become regulars in the 1st team then they’ll miss lots of games for Arsenal.
I’ve heard that Wenger and the Club are keen on them choosing England for this reason.
John – The kid has nigeria parents, so, they teach him the culture.
He has baits visited his motherland.
and he speaks abit of Igbo, no matter where your born
I was under the impression that Frimpong had already decided to represent England. As for Aneke, good luck to him, whatever decision he comes to. What part of Nigeria does his parents come from?
cause of his second name, i’m guessing igbo so he from south of nigeria
I think Siasia is about to rebrand the eagles to super form.Arsene will also welcome the development as he promised to gives some helping hands in rebuilding the super eagles after their floop in south Africa world cup.SIASIA I HAIL!
Am i right in thinking that there are 4 major languages in Nigeria??
nah, three i think, unless you count english
Would Igbo be Biafra? I kinda remember that part from when i was younger. a long time ago…
not sur, i think so
@ John – I see the point you are trying to make but the fact is they have the opportunity to decide their own international futures as it’s option which is available to them.
I’m sure they owe their parents alot more than they owe England as it’s their DNA that produced such powerful players and England can take no credit for that and their development can’t be credit to England either as it’s a Frenchmen who has got an eye for African talent who has nurtured them into the players they are today. So respect these young men and their heritage because as an Arsenal fan I would support any decision they make and good luck to them both.
I’m advicing aneke he is nigerian don’t betrayed his origin nigeria. Gunners 4 life.
I think everybody is missing the point…I hope he doesn’t join Nigeria cos of the African cup of nations!!! ….but its a double edge sword, cos if he joins England and is a first team player then he’ll be exposed to scum like jt, rooney, and cashley.
stay in england!! i wouldn’t really care about international (boring) football but having to play african cup of nation every 2 year will be a disadvantage for Arsenal!!
Some of these guys such as Aneke and Frimpong are going to find much more joy playing for the likes of Ghana/Nigeria than England. Playing for England is made 2 seem more like a duty than an honour.
And these guys owe nothing to England. A lot of people are talking like if these guys didnt live in England they would be living in poverty. The reality is a good percentage of families come over to England for better education for their children and obviously to earn a higer wage.
Lets face it, playing for England is so unattractive to the modern day footballer. England have not even got a style of play.
If Aneke is ambitous, he should pick England. Same goes to Frimpong. At least they should not make a decision until they are 20-21 years old to see if they are close to the first team. If not they could choose the national teams from Africa.
But if they feel more African than English, than they will probably choose Nigeria/Ghana no matter how ambitous they are.
Wenger should talk to them btw. It’s better for Arsenal that they don’t choose African teams when they will have to leave for the ACN in the middle of the season every second year.
Ambition? Didn’t Ghana go farther than England in the world cup (without their best player) and won the last u20 world cup?
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this is what you get for not picking young and upcoming stars for the youth nationals its really really ridiculous not to pick players from winning teams, not only winning teams but very very dominant teams. The national coaches simply throw away talents just because they can. Imagine if JET was from another country, he would have already played for that country and made tons of friends who will convince him to play for the senior side of that country.
I really hope Chucks does the right patriotic thing and plays for his true Country that is of course Nigeria, he could well be a great inspiration to all of the Africans then.
If he was born and raised in england then he’s english.
his true country is nigeria? **** off.
If he wants to play for nigeria because he thinks he’ll get more playing time or will be more successful then great. if england, then great too.
I hope he picks england though so he won’t go off to the africa cup of nations.
His true country is England because that is where he was born and has grown up in, but if he chooses to play for Nigeria that is up to him, because i remember last year Ghana tried to persuade Danny Welbeck to play for them but he turned them down.
Well said mein furor…!!!
its a good thing to knw we are at goons side, but take a look at agbonlahor,carton cole… This players are good but will never play for england in top levels they will rather use joe cole….this and many more would happen to this guys if they dont choose a country that appreciate them.
I’m pretty sure Afobe would convince him to join him to fight for a place in England’s squad together.
How is england an ambitious nation?Nigeria has won more fifa organised competition than england.when was the last time england won competition
How many WC’s has Nigeria won and how many has England won?
Even if England were poor in the last WC, there should be no doubt that England is a bigger football nation and is always regarded as one of the outsiders for the WC. Nigeria was even worse than England in the WC btw.
No matter how well regarded England ‘think’ they are in the football world, truth is that they are truly a second-tier nation along the lines of Switzerland. England haven’t threatened to win anything since Euro ’96 and don’t have what it takes to win anything internationally again for a long time. How long must the world listen to the 1966 chimes of the teams only victory. We’ve all moved on.
I’m a British-born Nigerian myself, and if I was afforded the chance to play professionally, I’d pick Nigeria in a heartbeat without question. Yes I consider myself British but could the majority of people in this small island call me that too? Probably not. I doubt you’d even be able to pronounce my name.
Ghana and the Ivory Coast are recognised as growing powers in football, and Nigeria will be again, too. England are no better than these sides to be honest.
john…do you still think “nasri is shit” ????
Well, who’s saying he’ll be even good enough to walk into our first team, when he’s not so sure about England’s ? ;)
Not surprising about this really. You can bet later on that Ghana will try and get Ansah as well. Frimpong might also try to persuade him too.
By the way, Afobe is of Congolese descent, but which Congo? DR or Rep.? If it’s DR then I would think that they’ll also approach Afobe.
As an Arsenal fan, I want him to choose England. That way he won’t be buggering off to Africa mid season every two years for that shit ACN.
I hope all our English talent represent England. The future England 1st XI could have at least 13 Arsenal Academy talents …
Defenders: Gibbs, Cruise, Bartley, Yannaris, BOETANG
Midfielders:Emmanual-Thomas, Wilshere, Lansbury, Watt, FRIMPONG
Forwards: AFOBE, ANEKE, Walcott
… No goalkeeper but Shea could make it but probably not at AFC 1st XI … The biggest stumbling blocks are 1st XI action at AFC and the management throughout the England set-up.
The futures bright in red and white!
As an Arsenal fan I could care less where Frimpong and Aneke play.
Personally, I don’t think Aneke’s options are that great. He can choose Nigeria, one of the most currupt countries on earth with one of the most disorganized FA’s on earth; or he could choose England, without question the most over-rated footballing nation on earth with a rather pathetic FA who pick ineffective senior managers and persist with comically incompetent youth coaches.
If I was him, I’d check the family tree for some Brazilian, German, or Dutch roots! HaHaHa!!!
I believe Frimpong has already committed to playing for Ghana.
I would imagine that Aneke would spurn Nigeria in favour of England, given that he has represented them at every age level to this point and has an excellent chance of making the senior team at some point.
Aneke is the future of England and I believe that he would be made aware of this if Nigeria are sniffing around.
Nigeria and ghana has more competitions at youth, Google it…
Benik will play for England imo
as for aneke, probably the most talented in the youth setup at the moment should chose the country that will give him a opportunity to play in the world cup and lool about him getting exposed, haha, so rooney and those scums, which country do they represent again, i rest my case.
Thats because the African nations either use overage players or the players are more matured physically. African nations almost always fail in the WC (Ghana did well last WC btw)
Personally, I’d like him to represent Nigeria on the international stage. Choosing Nigeria would mean better international exposure, good chance of making it to the first team squad, and who knows, he may even turn out to be a world-beater, considering the amount of talent he possess at such young age.
The only deterrent factor which will restrain him from going with this decision would be the African Cup of Nations. They’re a pain in a*se for most of the clubs. But hey, it is important for development of football in the African continent.
possesses*
These guys owe England nothing. With the curent selectors and coaching methods for England I think Nigeria and Ghana would be more interesting choices.
where i come from,u hail from ur father’s home-town n not where u were born.
So Chuks n Benik should play for their father’s land n not where they were born.
Correct Zulu, they are after all purebred African boys. Why the Marxist’s here expect those lads to play for England is something I find really quite baffling.
@ Leopold, we will see.
Please, someone should help me with this question.i have never watched aneke and josh mc echran play.please can someone tell me who is better and why the person is better b/w the two
from an Arsenal point of view we want these boys to play for England. With the new squad regulations they can be considered both home grown and English
And for anybody who might be buying into the intellectual drek posted above from the john dude.
I would just like to remind you that this genius doesn’t think Samir Nasri is good enough to start for Arsenal.
HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa!!!!!!!!!!!!!
John,
Your all foam and no beer son…all foam and no beer!!!!!!!
Personally, i dont think Aneke is English, his parents are both Nigerian, in my book that makes him Nigerian. Just cos his parents were living here when he was born, should have no bearing on it. If a robin is born in a sparrows nest, does that make him a sparrow? No if Aneke chooses England over Nigeria, then that should be the talking point, not the other way round. With my Arsenal hat on, i hope he does a Scholes, plays a few internationals then retires, when he realises that he will win FA with Nigeria or England for that matter, so that he can concentrate on his club career which will make him a millionaire.
Is there any difference between what you just said and racism?
Asdasd is there any difference between what you just said and insane backwards marxism?
The Loony,
Explain yourself clown…! I demand you explain yourself! HaHaHa!!!
Stop looking for marxists under your kitchen table… Did a dirty marxist whip your ass on the playground when you were six…! HaHaHa!
You are making the world safe for marxists on a youth football site. Hopeless clown!
I do think that England will have a very good NT between 2016-2024, which is during Aneke’s prime.
To be honest, both Afobe and Aneke have a lot of competition for their place.
Aneke will have to compete against the likes of Rodwell, Henderson, Wilshere, McEachran, Barkley, Shelvey, Lansbury, John Swift, Jack Jebb, Nick Powell amongst others. There is no guarantee that he will ever play regularly in the senior team. Right now he finds himself behind both McEachran and Barkley who are the same age as him. I don`t think that the England setup rate him as highly we do. I think Aneke should take his time before making a decision, but ultimately I see him playing for Nigeria.
Afobe has competition for a forward spot as well against the likes of Sturridge, Walcott, Welbeck, Delfouneso, Wickham, Ansah, Lipman, Hallam Hope, Max Clayton, Chubka Akpom, Nile Ranger and Andy Caroll. Afobe might not get into the team enough and currently finds himself behind Wickham.
Whats important is that their loyal to Arsenal. I don`t care who they play for and if Yennaris or Bunkaju want to play for greece or Albania, then thats fine as well.
Do you think McEachran and Wickham are ahead of Aneke and Afobe respectively on merit?
I do not know why there is this Whickham vs Afobe debate because they both great prospects and play togeather in the same England sides apart from the England U21’s game the other week. As for Josh McEachran vs Chucks Aneke, of coarse McEachran is ahead of Aneke at the moment because he is playing in the EPL and the Champions league every other week, where as Aneke is only playing reserve team football so it is obvious which one is going to get more games in the England youth teams because he is playing against better opposition.
whats the point to name so many unproved players? By the time 2016 there will be many more really great players to compete against. and you just happens to name 2 players who hasn’t even played for the u18 side this year… what a competition right there.
Just say Afobe and Aneke will face fierce competition that is a no brainer. I hope to see what Afobe and Aneke can do in championship level in the other half of the season. I believe Aneke can play in championship already but Afobe I am not sure just yet.
Ummm, G. Rossi was born and raised here in America and he didn’t start turning out for the italian youth teams until late in his development. He is a traitor and about as italian as the pizza I ate for dinner on friday.
Yeah right, cause Giuseppe Rossi isn’t an Italian name. hmmmmmmmmm, Italian blood, Italian heritage, Italian name but you (a clown) think he’s not Italian, LOL.
Also, bc? Aneke isn’t English enough for you, even though he was born and raised in England, and holds English citizenship? That smacks of racism and/or misguided xenophobia.
Yet is clearly a proud undeniable African just like Frimpong, I salute those true patriotic boys, I really do.
I hope he sticks with England, he has quite the partnership with Afobe and they could be deadly together in the future.
I wuld personally advice the lad 2turn up 4 Nigeria coz this ueropean countries has a tendercy of using n dumpimg players of African origin.Aneke play 4 spirits of your fore father coz they’r the one’s watchin over u!
please without a bias of the fact that am a Nigerian but objectively look at it England NEVER use foreign athletes for long take a look… john salako, john fashanu, efan ekoku, chris armstong, should i add gabriel agbhonlahor? please aneke take noteand cue it doesnt work that way in england they cant love a forienger more than homebred, history will tell u and for thoe talking of him owing he has paid cos he has played for you in youth level. allow him come home. thanks.love from nigeria.
None of those guys had the talent that Chuks possesses although you make a valid point.
Posted by Kentpaul on December 6th, 2010, 15:03
I do not know why there is this Whickham vs Afobe debate because they both great prospects and play togeather in the same England sides apart from the England U21′s game the other week. As for Josh McEachran vs Chucks Aneke, of coarse McEachran is ahead of Aneke at the moment because he is playing in the EPL and the Champions league every other week, where as Aneke is only playing reserve team football so it is obvious which one is going to get more games in the England youth teams because he is playing against better opposition.
Listen mate, i know you like to think you’re an expert on young English talent currently coming through but let me tell you this. There isn’t an iota of doubt in my mind that Chuks is currently a better all-round player than McEahran. He’s only playing this season because the Russian twat is going the Arsenal route and doesn’t want to just buy success. Hence he lost Ballack, Deco, Joe Cole and Belletti in the summer and replaced them with just Benayoun and Ramires. Benayoun has been out for a while now (as has been the case with fat Frank) so the kid is getting more game time than expected – whilst not really contributing a great deal. Does he look composed? Yes. But so would i if my team-mates were Drogba, Essien, Mikel, Malouda, Anelka, Terry, Alex, Cech, Ivanovic, Cole etc, etc…….
cont…..
JM has Lampard, Essien, Mikel, Ramires and Benayoun ahead of him for a midfield berth. As for Chuks, he’s behind Cesc, Song, Denny, JW, Diaby, Super Sam, TR7, Eastmond, Lansbury and you could argue Frimpong and Coquelin in the pecking order, hell, i might have forgotten one or two we have so many bloody midfielders.
However, when Chuks finishes his preliminary development stage (18-19 years old), if all goes to plan, he will jump ahead of quite a few of that comp.
McEachran is out of his depth at senior level right now, it’s a fact. Chelsea are struggling because they have injuries and have to do what Arsenal have been doing ALL these trophyless years – rely on the youth who just can’t cut it right now.
I’m sure you knew this already though, right?
P.S. Let’s leave the Wickham/Afobe one for another time.
Some shocking displays of bigotry. especially by ‘The Daddy (The Loony)’ and ‘bc’. Go read a book you chimpanzees.
Giuseppe Rossi has an italian name? Guess what moron? Americans all have foreign names you jackass, we are a nation of migrants. My bloodlines are English/Irish/Scottish… does that mean I shouldn’t consider my self American? ‘The Loony’, do you drink paint-thinner?