Moses wants trophies with Liverpool

Victor Moses keen to win trophies with Liverpool.

On-loan forward Victor Moses is keen to win trophies with Liverpool.

Moses made a one-year loan switch from Chelsea in the summer, and has been a key part of Liverpool's three-pronged attack along with Daniel Sturridge and Luis Suarez.

Moses: Early goal will help Eagles

Victor Moses is confident the Super Eagles can come away with a good result against Ethiopia on Sunday, but says an early goal will make that task a lot easier.

"So far we have t quite felt the effects of the altitude yet, but it doesn't really matter, we still have to go out there and be confident and play our game," he told KickOffNigeria.com.

Shelvey apologises to Swansea fans

Swansea City midfielder Jonjo Shelvey struggled to conceal his emotions after taking a leading role at both ends of the pitch in the 2-2 Premier League draw with his former club Liverpool on Monday.

Shelvey opened the scoring for Swansea but two poor passes allowed Liverpool to take the lead before his neat header set up striker Michu for a second-half aqualiser.

"I just want to say sorry to the Swansea fans for the two bad mistakes that gifted Liverpool a draw and I thought we deserved more than that," Shelvey told Sky Sports.

Swansea 2-2 Liverpool: Shelvey hero and villain in topsy-turvy match

The former Reds man scored and set one up for the home side but also gifted his former employers two goals as Brendan Rodgers' men remain unbeaten in the league.

Jonjo Shelvey starred at both ends as Liverpool survived a late Swansea barrage to maintain their unbeaten start to the season at the Liberty Stadium.

Shelvey weaved through the Reds defence early on to give the hosts the lead, before a stray backpass gifted Daniel Sturridge the chance to score his fourth goal in as many matches.

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers happy with summer signings

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has declared himself happy with his side's transfer business and plans further signings in January.

Rodgers has brought in eight new players this summer, including three in the shape of Mamadou Sakho and Tiago Ilori from Paris Saint-Germain and Sporting Lisbon respectively and Victor Moses on loan from Chelsea on deadline day.

The Anfield chief believes the Reds' summer dealings have added competition to the squad and that he has a hungry new-look squad at his disposal.

Mourinho praises hard-working Moses as new season is about to kick off

The Nigerian international was thought to be surplus to requirements but is gradually worming himself into the coach’s plan

As Victor Moses came on for Chelsea in the second half against AC Milan on Sunday, he knew he would have to do much more to convince Jose Mourinho of his abilities and he went about it the right way.

"Where can I fit all the players in? I hope to play 60 matches,'' Mourinho told the Daily Star.

World Cup qualifier: Mikel, Martins, Moses storm camp today

Twelve out of 23 players expected to feature for the national team against the Harambee Stars of Kenya on Saturday started training in Calabar on Monday evening.

Apart from the nine home-based named earlier on Sunday by Coach Stephen Keshi, Israeli based keeper, Austin Ejide, Ukraine based midfielder Babatunde Michael and Velaranga of Norway combative midfielder, Fegor Ogude, were the early callers at the team’s camp at Transcorp Metropolitan Hotel in Calabar.

                                         

Ogude flew with the team from Abuja to Calabar, while Ejide joined up about an hour after the team’s arrival. Michael was just on time to hop into the team’s bus for the day’s training session.

The team departed for training at about 3:30pm at the Abaraham Ordia Sports Complex inside the University of Calabar and will repeat same tomorrow and all through the days  leading to the match against Harambee Stars.

Head Coach Stephen Keshi says he expects a full house by Tuesday morning, adding that training will be the same time and all players expected should have been in, as he needs a good number of training sessions for the team to jell against Kenya. “We would have a full house for Tuesday’s evening training and from there we see how ready the players are for the task at hand”, he declared.

The team had a light training session with the UNICAL Football team before it went into its own session that was supervised by Keshi and his assistants.

Keshi’s Nine NPL Stars: Chigozie Agbim, Godfrey Oboabona, Azubuike Egwueke, Gabriel Reuben, Sunday Mba, Solomon Kwambe, Benjamin Francis, Obinna Nwachukw, Gambo Mohammed.

Martins, Oduamadi return, Yobo dropped from squad to face Kenya

Surprises in Stephen Keshi's squad to face the Harambee Stars later this month in Calabar

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi announced his squad of 15 Europe-based players that will take on Kenya in a 2014 World Cup qualifier on March 23 in Calabar.

The coach omitted captain Joseph Yobo from the list but recalled Obafemi Martins and Nnamdi Oduamdi to the side while giving first time call ups to Academica de Coimbra's John Ogu and Babatunde Michael of Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih in Ukraine.

Keshi recalled 11 of the players that he took to the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa. Goalkeepers Vincent Enyeama and Austin Ejide return to the side as well as defenders Efe Ambrose, Elderson Echiejile and Kenneth Omeruo.

In midfield John Obi Mikel, Fegor Ogude and Ogenyi Onazi are recalled. However, there's no place for Nosa Igiebor who failed to impress at the Afcon. They are joined by Ogu who plays in Portugal.

Strikers Ahmed Musa, Victor Moses and Brown Ideye return but Emmanuel Emenike is still out injured.

They will join up with the already announced squad of players from the Nigeria Premier League in their Abuja camp.

NAME                           CLUB

Goalkeepers

Vincent Enyeama        Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel

Austin Ejide                  Hapoel Be’er Sheva, Israel

Defenders    

Efe Ambrose               Celtic FC, Scotland

Elderson Echiejile       FC Braga, Portugal

Kenneth Omeruo         ADO Den Haag, The Netherlands

Midfielders 

John Mikel Obi           Chelsea FC, England

Ogenyi Onazi              SS Lazio, Italy

Fegor Ogude              Valerenga FC, Norway

John Ogu                     Academica de Coimbra, Portugal

Forwards

Ahmed Musa              CSKA Moscow, Russia

Brown Ideye                 Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine

Victor Moses               Chelsea FC, England

Babatunde Michael     Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine

Nnamdi Oduamadi     A.S Varese 1910 FC, Italy

Obafemi Martins         Levante FC, Spain