Chelsea starlet, Kenneth Omeruo, admitted he rejoined Middlesbrough on loan after Jose Mourinho convinced him that it was the best…
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Middlesbrough take on Atletico Clube de Portugal in the final game of their training camp in Marbella on MOnday morning, with the squad due to return to England later in the day
It was gathered that QPR boss, Harry Rednapp, wants the 20-year-old Chelsea player to bulk up his back-line ahead of the new season
Omeruo played in all four of his country’s games in Brazil but it still remains unlikely for him to break into Chelsea’s first team next season with John Terry, Gary Cahill and Kurt Zouma ahead of him in the pecking order for the centre back spot
Boro boss, Aitor Karanka, revealed last week he was confident of bringing the 20-year-old back to the Riverside after impressing on loan during the second half of last season
Omeruo played 14 times for Boro last season, whilst on loan from the Stamford Bridge outfit, for the second half of the season
Omeruo said the efforts put into the match by the Super Eagles was not a true reflection of the outcome
He said the match Argentina played against Iran has shown the world that the South Americans are not unbeatable
His words: “It will be a delight to see how Edin Dzeko and I slug it out in the game and hopefully they will play an open game and we will also which will make the game very interesting
Omeruo suffered a heavy knock on his ankle after a training ground tangle with Chelsea teammate, Victor Moses, and had to sit out Nigeria’s final warm-up game, a 2-1 defeat to the USA in Florida
Speaking after the team had lunch at its Hyatt Hotel base in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, Keshi said for Omeruo, he will be fit and ready for the opening game of the team against Iran, after clashing with a teammate in training three days ago
Blues boss, Jose Mourinho, and his Boro counterpart, Aitor Karanka, worked together at Real Madrid and both have been impressed with Omeruo’s progress
Omeruo earned rave reviews for his displays on loan at Championship side, Middlesbrough, last season and will be out to impress with Nigeria at this summer’s World Cup
Strapping Chelsea centre-back Ormeruo has been on loan at Boro since January and has flourished on Teesside
The Middlebrough loanee opined that the Brazil 2014 World Cup won’t be business as usual for Nigeria, boasting that the three-time African champions will be all out to redefine their fortune against South American heavyweights, Argentina, Iran and debutants Bosnia-Herzegovina
The short term deal to the Riverside Stadium is the second time the Nigerian has been away from Stamford Bridge with the 2012/13 season spent at ADO Den Haag in the Eredivisie without having made an appearance for his parent club
Omeruo has just 12 months on his current deal with the Blues and must first resolve his future at Stamford Bridge before looking toward the new 2014/15 campaign
The Nigerian girls, ages 16-18, were kidnapped from their schools two weeks ago when an armed terrorist group broke into their school
Since Roman Abramovich became Chelsea owner back in 2003, the Blues have been known for spending vast amounts of money to bring some of the world’s top players to West London, but they have also made a strong commitment to bringing in young players in a bid to mould the stars of the future
The scouts in their reports believed that Omeruo catches the eye more than a host of Chelsea’s young players impressing out on loan