Why I have a crush on Tiwa Savage — Konet

By AYO ONIKOYI

Afro hip hop singer Konet who is signed on to Purple Ice Entertainment has revealed the reasons why he has a crush on Tiwa Savage.In a chat with Showtime the Mummy Joanna crooner says:”
Tiwa Savage is my celebrity crush. I love her personality, her delivery on songs and most importantly the fact that she has a great and a unique voice.I look forward to working with her.
The suave dude also reveals what drives him:”In this music business what drives me is simply
doing good music. I am not driven by fame not even money though the money is important. On whether he is intimidated by the likes of Davido and Wizkid he says:” I am not intimidated by the likes of Davido and Wizkid because we are equally talented but I get inspired by their work ethic and achievements “

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Baba Suwe finds love again; to remarry soon

Tells his NDLEA story Babatunde Omidina known as Baba Suwe is a
successful comedian better known for his exploits in Yoruba home videos. He is still arguably the
most popular Yoruba comedian of his time. But Baba Suwe hasn’t been having it easy. After the much publicised crisis with National Drug Law Enforcement Agency,NDLEA, he lost his wife, Omoladun, who was almost always his soul-mate, even in films. Baba Suwe talked with
Potpourri, opening up his heart on a number ofissues, Excerpts:

When did you begin to act?
I started acting at 18 when I dropped out of secondary school, then I was in form four. I developed the passion when Baba Mero and his group came to Children boarding school in
Osogbo to act. After watching them, I got drums and other musical instrument, picked some guys
in my street like Mufitau Ilumoka, Sola Taiwo and a host of others and formed a theater group. And
that was what metamorphosed into the brand ‘Baba Suwe’ today.

Are you saying you never went for any training?
No, I didn’t and I was not trained by anybody. I
was born with the talent of putting smiles on
faces, so I really did not need any training.
Your first show?
My first show was at Amuto playing ground,
Lagos Island. Although it was a free show but I
was so happy because it recorded a huge
success.

What was your first movie?
I did not start with home videos rather I started
with soap opera “Erin keke”. My first film was
“Omo Lasan” by Mr Obalende. But the first film I
produced was “Baoku” in the 90s.
Some people believe you over act some scenes.
Your comment?

It is not my fault. Most times when I am on set, I
make the director, film editor and a lot of others
laugh that they forget to cut out the unnecessary
parts. Some people have even confronted me that
it is because I didn’t acquire any professional
training is why I over act, but it is not true.
Tell us your background?

I am a special specie created by God. I hail from
Igbgogbo, Ikorodu, Lagos State but born and bred
on the Island. My father was an average Nigerian
who was into trading of eye-glasses and my
mother was a trader . I am the only child
between my parents. My father had three wives. I
dropped out of secondary school when I was in
form four. Growing up for me was tough but fun. I
enjoyed every bit of it because I was quite
mischievous. As a teenage, I didn’t really know
the importance of education but thank God, I am
managing well. I am also a different person from
what you see on the screen, a quiet and easy-going person.

As a child, who were you looking up to?
Then I wanted to be like Michael Jackson who
was known all over the world but now I know
better.
What has acting brought you.?

Acting has brought me many good things that I
can not say here. I do not think I would have
done well in any other field.
How have you been coping without a wife?

It has not been easy but life must go on. I believe
whatever happens has been pre-ordained. The
death of Omoladun was a great loss I cannot get
over in this lifetime. She will remain my best
companion. She understood me than any other
person on planet earth. At times when we quarrel
in the house, she would abuse me on set and that
would mark the end of the issue.

Any plan of remarrying?
Yes . In fact pretty soon.

Who is the lucky bride?
You can’t know her for now. She is not an actress because I can’t marry an actress again.

Are you insinuating Omoladun was not a good wife?
No, I don’t mean anything of such. What I mean is that I cannot get someone like Omoladun
among the actresses again. Her good acting skills is one of the reasons I loved her but I have
decided to check else where for love.
After the death of Omoladun, your step daughter accused you of killing her mother?
That is mere rumour. She later came out to say she never said that. We were all staying in the
same building. Omoladun was hypertensive for a
long time and I did my best as a husband, a friend, and colleague to take adequate care of
her. At a time she spent months at a hospital.
The day the bad incident happened, I was about praying when I told my child to go wake Omoladun because we had an appointment. It
was this child who ran out to call me and with
the help of neighbors, we rushed her to the
hospital. The doctor confirmed her death on arrival.

Has her death affected your career?
Not really. There are many people who can take
her role but I miss her so much. After her death, I produced “Baba Jaiye” part two and it was a
huge success.

Would you say many competitors like Baba Latin, Baba Ijesa etc have taken over from you?
No, Baba Latin and the rest can never render me useless. I have a good relationship with all of
them especially Baba Latin. Everything in life is time.

Many people now believe you are not as funny as you used to, what is your comment?
That is never true. It is only people without eyes that will say that. It is my God-given talent that can never wear out.

How did you feel during the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency NDLEA crisis?
It was a tough time for me. I have been traveling for years and something like that never happened.
It is a setup but I do not know the culprits till
date. Even after two days of not excreting
cocaine as expected, I was not left off the hook.
Some even said I used charms but if that is true
many herbalists in Nigeria should be billionaires. I
spent more than nineteen days sleeping on a couch for something I know nothing about.

What were you going to do at Paris before you were detained?
I was suppose to meet the person who handles
my family’s ticketing abroad. The man wanted my presence at the naming ceremony of his new
child. On that same day, I went to Nigerian Aviation Handling Company NAHCO’S office to
get my cameras as I traveled to America a month earlier to get filming equipment like cameras and
generator before heading to the Airport. I was also to be Master of Ceremony there.
Now that your lawyer, Bamidele Aturu is dead,

what is the next line of action?
I really don’t know what next to do but I believehis colleagues will not disappoint me.

Do you believe you deserve the 25 million naira compensation?
Yes I do. The crisis traveled so far that even if I use all the newspapers in Nigeria to say my own
side of the story, some people will still not believe it. It almost killed me, tarnish my image and my career.

Source; Vanguard
Via @FreshMindWorld

Joan Rivers Now On Life Support

Her family is hoping that when they decide to let doctors switch off the life support machine, she’ll fight through it.
Several reports have confirmed that Joan Rivers is now on life support.
Sources have told TMZ that the legendary comedian is ‘completely reliant on machines to
stay alive’. Rivers’ family will have the next couple of days to decide whether to keep her on life support.
Her family is hoping that when they decide to let doctors switch off the machine, she’ll fight through it.
The 81-year-old Fashion Police show host was rushed to the hospital after she stopped breathing during throat surgery on Thursday, August 28, 2014.

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Why I no longer shoot music videos — Okpechi

One of Nigeria’s enterprising directors, Uzodinma Okpechi, has said he has moved away from producing music videos having ‘‘pioneered the current revolution’’ in the industry.
He added that even though he no longer handles music videos he could still try his hands on some
if the need arises.
Uzodinma, who directed music videos of many award-winning singers such as Sunny Neji,
Innocent Idibia (Tuface), Anthony Awotoye (Tony Tetuila), Sammie Okposo and John Asiemo (Daddy Showkey) among others, said he did his best while he was fully involved in the production of music videos.
He said, ‘‘I did my best when I was involved in the production of music videos. I no longer do music videos. I pioneered the current revolution
in music video production and I feel proud that I created a string of videos while I was involved.
While I was directing such videos, my colleagues were busy directing videos for Nollywood
because there was no money in music videos then. For me, I believe I have done my best and I
have moved on.’’
Stating that he now shoots videos for documentaries and TV commercials, Uzodinma added that he sometimes “regrets that he
switched too early because money started flowing into the shooting of music video after I left that aspect. I am not doing badly now but I regret not making money there when I was fully involved in it.’’
He also identified noticeable improvement in the current shooting of music videos in terms of
camera usage, post-production and the choice of software and hardware for production purposes.
The director however noted that most of the music videos currently on air look similar in form.
‘’I don’t have any problem with the new technology being employed in the industry. But where I have a worry is in the area of creativity.
Most of the videos look alike and there is a monotony of creativity. Most of them lack stories. People just want to shoot glamour;
throwing of money and pouring of expensive liquor. I know that videos are for entertainment but there is also the information and education
part of them. Foreign videos tell stories. If a costume or picture is used, it will have a particular story it is telling. I don’t see that in our own music videos,’’ he added

Source; Punch Nigeria
Via @FreshMindWorld

Key Facts About Ebola Virus, Prevention And Its Cure

Key facts

Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans.

EVD outbreaks have a case fatality rate of up to 90%.

EVD outbreaks occur primarily in remote villages in Central and West Africa, near tropical rainforests.

The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission.

Fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family are considered to be the natural host of the Ebola virus.

Severely ill patients require intensive
supportive care. No licensed specific
treatment or vaccine is available for use in people or animals.

Transmission

Ebola is introduced into the human population
through close contact with the blood, secretions,
organs or other bodily fluids of infected animals.
In Africa, infection has been documented through
the handling of infected chimpanzees, gorillas,
fruit bats, monkeys, forest antelope and
porcupines found ill or dead or in the rainforest.
Ebola then spreads in the community through
human-to-human transmission, with infection
resulting from direct contact (through broken
skin or mucous membranes) with the blood,
secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of
infected people, and indirect contact with
environments contaminated with such fluids.
Burial ceremonies in which mourners have direct
contact with the body of the deceased person
can also play a role in the transmission of Ebola.
Men who have recovered from the disease can
still transmit the virus through their semen for up
to 7 weeks after recovery from illness.
Health-care workers have frequently been
infected while treating patients with suspected or
confirmed EVD. This has occurred through close
contact with patients when infection control
precautions are not strictly practiced.
Among workers in contact with monkeys or pigs
infected with Reston ebolavirus, several
infections have been documented in people who
were clinically asymptomatic. Thus, RESTV
appears less capable of causing disease in
humans than other Ebola species.
However, the only available evidence available
comes from healthy adult males. It would be
premature to extrapolate the health effects of the
virus to all population groups, such as immuno-
compromised persons, persons with underlying
medical conditions, pregnant women and
children. More studies of RESTV are needed
before definitive conclusions can be drawn about
the pathogenicity and virulence of this virus in
humans.
Signs and symptoms
EVD is a severe acute viral illness often
characterized by the sudden onset of fever,
intense weakness, muscle pain, headache and
sore throat. This is followed by vomiting,
diarrhoea, rash, impaired kidney and liver
function, and in some cases, both internal and
external bleeding. Laboratory findings include
low white blood cell and platelet counts and
elevated liver enzymes.
People are infectious as long as their blood and
secretions contain the virus. Ebola virus was
isolated from semen 61 days after onset of
illness in a man who was infected in a
laboratory.
The incubation period, that is, the time interval
from infection with the virus to onset of
symptoms, is 2 to 21 days.
Diagnosis
Other diseases that should be ruled out before a
diagnosis of EVD can be made include: malaria,
typhoid fever, shigellosis, cholera, leptospirosis,
plague, rickettsiosis, relapsing fever, meningitis,
hepatitis and other viral haemorrhagic fevers.
Ebola virus infections can be diagnosed
definitively in a laboratory through several types
of tests:
antibody-capture enzyme-linked
immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
antigen detection tests
serum neutralization test
reverse transcriptase polymerase chain
reaction (RT-PCR) assay
electron microscopy
virus isolation by cell culture.
Samples from patients are an extreme biohazard
risk; testing should be conducted under
maximum biological containment conditions.
Vaccine and treatment
No licensed vaccine for EVD is available. Several
vaccines are being tested, but none are available
for clinical use.
Severely ill patients require intensive supportive
care. Patients are frequently dehydrated and
require oral rehydration with solutions containing
electrolytes or intravenous fluids.
No specific treatment is available. New drug
therapies are being evaluated.
Natural host of Ebola virus
In Africa, fruit bats, particularly species of the
genera Hypsignathus monstrosus, Epomops
franqueti and Myonycteris torquata , are
considered possible natural hosts for Ebola virus.
As a result, the geographic distribution of
Ebolaviruses may overlap with the range of the
fruit bats.
Ebola virus in animals
Although non-human primates have been a
source of infection for humans, they are not
thought to be the reservoir but rather an
accidental host like human beings. Since 1994,
Ebola outbreaks from the EBOV and TAFV
species have been observed in chimpanzees and
gorillas.
RESTV has caused severe EVD outbreaks in
macaque monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) farmed
in Philippines and detected in monkeys imported
into the USA in 1989, 1990 and 1996, and in
monkeys imported to Italy from Philippines in
1992.
Since 2008, RESTV viruses have been detected
during several outbreaks of a deadly disease in
pigs in People’s Republic of China and
Philippines. Asymptomatic infection in pigs has
been reported and experimental inoculations
have shown that RESTV cannot cause disease in
pigs.
Prevention and control
Controlling Reston ebolavirus in domestic
animals
No animal vaccine against RESTV is available.
Routine cleaning and disinfection of pig or
monkey farms (with sodium hypochlorite or other
detergents) should be effective in inactivating the
virus.
If an outbreak is suspected, the premises should
be quarantined immediately. Culling of infected
animals, with close supervision of burial or
incineration of carcasses, may be necessary to
reduce the risk of animal-to-human
transmission. Restricting or banning the
movement of animals from infected farms to
other areas can reduce the spread of the disease.
As RESTV outbreaks in pigs and monkeys have
preceded human infections, the establishment of
an active animal health surveillance system to
detect new cases is essential in providing early
warning for veterinary and human public health
authorities.
Reducing the risk of Ebola infection in people
In the absence of effective treatment and a
human vaccine, raising awareness of the risk
factors for Ebola infection and the protective
measures individuals can take is the only way to
reduce human infection and death.
In Africa, during EVD outbreaks, educational
public health messages for risk reduction should
focus on several factors:
Reducing the risk of wildlife-to-human
transmission from contact with infected fruit
bats or monkeys/apes and the consumption
of their raw meat. Animals should be handled
with gloves and other appropriate protective
clothing. Animal products (blood and meat)
should be thoroughly cooked before
consumption.
Reducing the risk of human-to-human
transmission in the community arising from
direct or close contact with infected patients,
particularly with their bodily fluids. Close
physical contact with Ebola patients should
be avoided. Gloves and appropriate personal
protective equipment should be worn when
taking care of ill patients at home. Regular
hand washing is required after visiting
patients in hospital, as well as after taking
care of patients at home.
Communities affected by Ebola should inform
the population about the nature of the disease
and about outbreak containment measures,
including burial of the dead. People who have
died from Ebola should be promptly and
safely buried.
Pig farms in Africa can play a role in the
amplification of infection because of the presence
of fruit bats on these farms. Appropriate
biosecurity measures should be in place to limit
transmission. For RESTV, educational public
health messages should focus on reducing the
risk of pig-to-human transmission as a result of
unsafe animal husbandry and slaughtering
practices, and unsafe consumption of fresh
blood, raw milk or animal tissue. Gloves and
other appropriate protective clothing should be
worn when handling sick animals or their tissues
and when slaughtering animals. In regions where
RESTV has been reported in pigs, all animal
products (blood, meat and milk) should be
thoroughly cooked before eating.
Controlling infection in health-care settings
Human-to-human transmission of the Ebola
virus is primarily associated with direct or
indirect contact with blood and body fluids.
Transmission to health-care workers has been
reported when appropriate infection control
measures have not been observed.
It is not always possible to identify patients with
EBV early because initial symptoms may be non-
specific. For this reason, it is important that
health-care workers apply standard precautions
consistently with all patients – regardless of
their diagnosis – in all work practices at all
times. These include basic hand hygiene,
respiratory hygiene, the use of personal
protective equipment (according to the risk of
splashes or other contact with infected
materials), safe injection practices and safe
burial practices.
Health-care workers caring for patients with
suspected or confirmed Ebola virus should apply,
in addition to standard precautions, other
infection control measures to avoid any exposure
to the patient’s blood and body fluids and direct
unprotected contact with the possibly
contaminated environment. When in close
contact (within 1 metre) of patients with EBV,
health-care workers should wear face protection
(a face shield or a medical mask and goggles), a
clean, non-sterile long-sleeved gown, and gloves
(sterile gloves for some procedures).
Laboratory workers are also at risk. Samples
taken from suspected human and animal Ebola
cases for diagnosis should be handled by trained
staff and processed in suitably equipped
laboratories.
WHO response
WHO provides expertise and documentation to
support disease investigation and control.
Recommendations for infection control while
providing care to patients with suspected or
confirmed Ebola haemorrhagic fever are provided
in: Interim infection control recommendations for
care of patients with suspected or confirmed
Filovirus (Ebola, Marburg) haemorrhagic fever,
March 2008. This document is currently being
updated.
WHO has created an aide–memoire on standard
precautions in health care (currently being
updated). Standard precautions are meant to
reduce the risk of transmission of bloodborne and
other pathogens. If universally applied, the
precautions would help prevent most
transmission through exposure to blood and
body fluids.
Standard precautions are recommended in the
care and treatment of all patients regardless of
their perceived or confirmed infectious status.
They include the basic level of infection control—
hand hygiene, use of personal protective
equipment to avoid direct contact with blood and
body fluids, prevention of needle stick and
injuries from other sharp instruments, and a set
of environmental controls.

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Ebola in PH: Why did Dr Enemuo treat diplomat in hotel ?

Please no more handshake, keep your hands in
your pocket until we contain the disease”.
The foregoing were the words of Governor
Chibuike Amaechi in Government House, Port
Harcourt four days after the first death was
recorded from Ebola virus in the state.
Though it is not in any law book in the state but
it is now like a taboo to shake hands in
Government House, Port Harcourt. This new
culture that came with the first recorded case of
death from Ebola virus is gradually becoming the
norm in several parts of the state.
The whole of last week, friends, colleagues and
business associates who ordinarily would shake
hands as part of their greetings and exchange of
banters merely waved or cup their right fist in the
air, saying “ I greet you in Jesus name” or “ Ebola
greetings”.
The state government had consistently
maintained that there was no Ebola case in the
state until last week Thursday when the
Commissioner for Health, Dr Sampson Parker
announced with a heavy heart the first casualty of
the dreaded virus. According to him, Doctor Iyke
Sam Enemuo who died from Ebola virus treated a
diplomat, a staff of Economic Community of West
Africa, ECOWAS, who escaped from a quarantine
centre in Lagos to Port Harcourt.

The diplomat was reportedly in the team that
received the index case, late Patrick Sawyer when
he came to the country. Like others who
contracted the virus from Sawyer the diplomat
also did.
Why treat the Diplomat in a hotel?
It was not clear who asked the diplomat to check
into a hotel in Port Harcourt for his treatment.
But the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Parker
confirmed that the diplomat checked into a hotel
in the state capital. And the late Dr. Enemuo was
going there to treat him.
The Diplomat who allegedly fled a quarantine
centre in Lagos chose to remain incommunicado,
switching off his phones while in Port Harcourt.
He reportedly regained his health and headed
back to the quarantine centre in Lagos,
apparently for a certificate of clean health.
But how come the Diplomat received his
treatment in a hotel when Dr Enemuo ran a clinic
on East West road in Rumuokoro area of Obio
Akpor local government area, Rivers state is the
question on many lips. The Diplomat and his late
doctor could certainly answer the question.
Meantime, speculations had it that the late
doctor, Enemuo didnot want his patients in his
hospital to be affected with the virus and that
was why he arranged for the Diplomat to be
treated in a hotel.
Another angle to the story said the diplomat
feared he could be tracked to any hospital so he
offered to hide in a hotel and take his treatment.
A third dimension to the issue said the diplomat
and his deceased doctor feared that if he was
admitted into a hospital, staff of the place could
tip government off on the presence of an Ebola
patient.
Meantime, one week after the Diplomat left, Dr
Enemuo took ill. His wife who is also a doctor
took up the responsibility to manage him. When
the situation seemed like it was getting out of
hand, they reportedly approached the first hospital
that rejected him until the Medical Director, Good
Heart Clinic offered to assist. Dr Enemuo
vomitted blood and was stooling. The Medical
Director of the Good Heart hospital who
suspected that the patient could have contracted
the virus, alerted the state Ministry of Health.
Blood samples were taken but Dr Enemuo died
before the result which confirmed he had Ebola
came out.

Painfully, his wife according to the Commissioner
for Health, Dr. Parker showed symptoms of the
disease and was quarantined. At the time of this
report the Commissioner said about 100 persons
who had primary and secondary contact with the
deceased were on the watch list of the state
government.
Saturday Vanguard gathered that the late Enemuo
and his wife have a three-month old female child.
Corpse of late Enemuo caused panic at UPTH
The remains of the late Dr Enemuo deposited at
the morgue of the University of Port Harcourt
Teaching hospital caused tension as families
hurriedly discharged their relatives from the
hospital. Some workers in the morgue lamented
that they were not told when the Corpse was
brought in, that it was a case of Ebola virus.
A top staff of the hospital who spoke off camera
said there was no need to panic as all measures
had been taken to ensure the corpse did not
create problem for staff.
Residents who offered comments to the Vanguard
said the corpse should have been cremated.
“Since a test had confirmed that it was an Ebola
case, cremation should have been done on it
rather than keep it in the morgue”.”Government
should shut down the morgue”, another staff said.
Hand sanitizer sells for N1000 and above
Hand sanitizer that hitherto sold for N300 has
suddenly gone up to N1000 and above as most
organisations insist as an un written code that
the liquid must be applied on the hand before any
one steps into their officers. Some organisations
even went a step further to acquire easy handle
equipment to test body temperature. A security
man told the Vanguard that temperature above
36 were politely turned back at the company’s
gate.
Long sleeve shirts now in vogue
Fear that the virus is contracted from body fluid
like sweat, spittle, and so on have triggered off a
new sense of fashion in Port Harcourt.You see
more longsleev shirts on streets now.” I wear
longsleev shirts now because it protects my body
from fluid in other people s body.”
Commercial sex workers lament low patronage
Commercial sex workers who hang around night
life areas in the new GRA , Port Harcourt
grumbled about poor patronage since the
outbreak of the disease. “ I am an Aristo, ( a
euphemism for commercial sex workers,) Ebola
has spoilt our runs. Its so bad now that the real
men dont come around anymore. You see small
small boys coming to take advantage of the bad
weather to talk sex with us”, a giel said.
Ebola is politics
Surprisingly youths who spoke to the Vanguard at
some local restaurants code named Long bench
in Port Harcourt said the whole issue of Ebola
was riddled with politics. “How do you convince
me that a state that said there was no Ebola
case a day before suddenly woke up the next day
to say they had 100 persons on its watch list. I
am confused. It is all politics. I am not saying it
is not there but the various governments are
playig politics with it. How do you say people are
on watchlist yet they walk freely on our streets”,
this source queried.
Youths in Emohua protest location of Quarantine
centre
Before the outbreak of Ebola in the state youths
of Emohua local government had protested
against the siting of the Ebola quarantine centre
in Oduoha community in the local government.
They feared that the disease was airborne. It took
effort of the state Commissioner of Health, Dr
Parker to calm them. Some had also said the
local government already housed Disease control
hospital so it would be unfair to site Ebola
quarantine centre in the area.
Meantime, governor Amaechi has assured that the
state was capable to contain spread of the virus,
adding that it would work with the federal
government and other foreign based organisations
to manage the situation.
“I don’t want anybody infected to feel shy and
possibly take it to the rural areas because it could
affect your children, family and relations and may
result to death. That will be too disastrous. When
you have high fever that you can’t account for,
please, don’t go to any Primary health centre,
come to the corridors of government and our
doctors will pick you and give you adequate
treatment. It is not a case all doctors can handle.
Our doctors will take care of your medical
treatment, feed you, so you can survive. You can
see that a lot of patients infected by the Ebola
virus have been successfully discharged in Lagos
State. That is because of the quick response by
those who reported and received adequate
medical care,””There is no need to panic because
the Ebola virus is not air borne.”, he said.
The fear of Ebola has suddenly gripped all
residents of the state. All you hear in Port
Harcourt is” God save us from Ebola

Source; Vanguard
Via @FreshMindWorld

Barca welcome back Neymar, lose Iniesta

MADRID – Brazilian star Neymar will make his
first appearance of the season when Barcelona
travel to face Villarreal on Sunday, but the
Catalans will have to do without the injured
Andres Iniesta.
Neymar missed Barca’s opening day 3-0 over
Elche last weekend due to a sprained ankle,
having only just recovered from the broken
vertebra in his back which prematurely ended his
World Cup.
Iniesta, though, has been sidelined by a knee
injury.
“He had a problem in his knee that was getting
worse and hasn’t allowed him to play,” said
Barca boss Luis Enrique on Saturday.
“Neymar is in the squad because he is ready to
play. Winning a place in the team is difficult, but
the key for the season is not just to have 11
players, but that we win with everyone.”
Neymar and team-mate Messi
The performance of 18-year-old Munir El Haddadi
on debut against Elche may mean Nemyar will
start only from the bench at El Madrigal.
Munir’s fine week was rounded off by a first call-
up to the Spanish under-21 squad on Friday, but
Enrique insists he hasn’t made any plans to
protect his protégé during his rapid rise to
prominence.
“We haven’t done any special work to protect
him. He ought to attack everything at the moment
calmly. What he is doing at the moment other
players will do throughout the course of the
season.
“It is great that all the players gain confidence
and have minutes on the pitch. Taking decisions
is the most important thing for a coach, but you
can’t always keep everyone in the team happy.

Source : Vanguard

Via @FreshMindWorld