'Better than Danilo' - Legendary Dutch coach urges Feyenoord to sign Dessers on permanent deal
Published: April 19, 2022
Legendary Dutch football tactician Aad de Mos, known in these parts for coaching deceased Nigeria icon Stephen Keshi at RSC Anderlecht, is urging Feyenoord to offer a permanent deal to Cyriel Dessers. The Nigeria international joined the Eredivisie side on loan from Racing Genk in the summer transfer window with an ...
'He needs to humble himself' - Monaco legend Ikpeba advises Osimhen to emulate Salah, Mane
Published: April 18, 2022
Former African Footballer of the Year Victor Ikpeba has revisited the furore that was caused by the comments he made about Napoli striker Victor Osimhen in the aftermath of Nigeria's failure to qualify for the 2022 World Cup. Ikpeba, Monaco's all-time top scorer in European competitions with 14 goals, criticized the...
NFF insider Ikpeba confirms three ex-Barcelona stars, Peseiro made final shortlist for Eagles job
Published: April 18, 2022
Nigeria Football Federation Technical Committee member Victor Ikpeba has confirmed that three former Barcelona players Laurent Blanc, Phillip Cocu and Ernesto Valverde, and ex-Porto boss José Peseiro applied for the vacant Super Eagles job. The Technical Committee trimmed a seven-man shortlist of coaching candida...
Ex-Golden Eaglets invitee Ebiowei to make decision on his future after Derby County's relegation
Published: April 18, 2022
Malcolm Ebiowei suffered relegation with Derby County on Easter Monday after a 1-0 defeat to Queens Park Rangers. The Rams, coached by Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney, had a tough task on their hands to avoid the drop after they were slapped with a 21-point deduction for breaching English Football League rule...
Fulham interested in signing Arsenal-owned Anglo-American-Nigerian attacker
Published: April 18, 2022
Premier League-bound Fulham are interested in signing Arsenal-owned attacker Folarin Balogun in the summer. HITC, making reference to the Daily Mail (subscription required) says the Cottagers have identified transfer targets ahead of their return to the Premier League and Balogun is one of them. Fulham are worki...
Crystal Palace send scouts to watch 17-cap Nigeria international in Europa League
Published: April 18, 2022
Crystal Palace have reportedly stepped up their interest in signing Glasgow Rangers midfielder Joe Aribo in the summer.Football Insider has reported that the Eagles are keeping tabs on the 17-cap Nigeria international and sent scouts to run the rule over him during Rangers' 3-1 win over Sporting Braga in the Euro...
Son Heung-min: Attacking Monster From South Korea
Published: April 18, 2022
The discussion of top football is mostly linked with the names from Europe and South America, where this sport is super popular and gave birth to numerous talents. The Asian region looks worse compared even to Africa, but the room for manoeuvring is huge because of the huge human resources on the continent. And the pat...
Portuguese football tactician favorite to be appointed Nigeria coach after Godwin Enakhena reveal
Published: April 18, 2022
Portuguese football tactician Jose Peseiro is the frontrunner to replace Gernot Rohr as the permanent Super Eagles coach, according to foremost Nigerian journalist Godwin Enakhena of Top Radio 90.9FM. The Nigeria Football Federation are close to announcing a new coach for the senior national team after the disengage...
Super Eagles midfielder back in action for Lorient after injury on international duty
Published: April 18, 2022
Super Eagles midfielder Innocent Bonke has returned to action after approximately three weeks on the sidelines.Bonke suffered a groin injury during the second half of Nigeria's goalless draw against the Black Stars of Ghana in a 2022 World Cup playoff in Kumasi on March 25.The ailment kept the former Malmo midfield enf...
Nigeria U20 squad announcement : Red Star target, exciting Enyimba defender headline roster
Published: April 18, 2022
The Nigeria Football Federation on Monday announced a 40-man squad list for a Flying Eagles training camp ahead of the upcoming WAFU B U20 Championship taking place in Niamey, capital of Niger Republic, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. An analysis of the roster revealed that four goalkeepers, twelve defenders, seventee...
Anglo-Spanish-Nigerian striker impresses for Manchester United U17s in Generation adidas Cup
Published: April 18, 2022
Manchester United U17s finished sixth overall in the 2022 Generation adidas Cup after losing on penalties to CM Rayados. Two players of Nigerian descent were in the United squad for the tournament namely Victor Musa and Habeeb Ogunneye. Musa is a striker with caps for England and Spain youth team, and also eligi...
Former Golden Eaglets invitee named in official Championship Team of the Week
Published: April 17, 2022
2019 Golden Eaglets invitee Malcolm Ebiowei has been named in the official Championship Team of the Week, powered by Whoscored.com ratings. The Hale End Academy product was in action for ninety minutes for the Rams side that caused an upset by beating Premier League-bound Fulham 2-1 at the Pride Park Stadium on Good ...
Union Berlin's Awoniyi overtakes Eintracht Frankfurt hero Okocha in Bundesliga scoring charts
Published: April 17, 2022
Union Berlin have climbed to sixth in the German Bundesliga table after a 2-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt at An der Alten Försterei on Easter Sunday. The capital outfit broke the deadlock in the seventeenth minute when Taiwo Awoniyi held off challenges from Martin Hinteregger and Evan N’Dicka and fired past the ...
FA Cup: No Wembley return for two ex-Super Eagles invitees in May as Crystal Palace lose to Chelsea
Published: April 17, 2022
Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira deployed 2017 Super Eagles invitee Eberechi Eze in attacking midfield in the Eagles' FA Cup semifinals 2-0 defeat against Chelsea at Wembley Stadium on Sunday evening. Chelsea will now face Liverpool in the final on May 14 at Wembley.  Eze  played in the absence of Conor Ga...
Celtic icon Bonner reveals what he noticed about Aribo in first half of Rangers' win at Hampden Park
Published: April 17, 2022
Rangers are through to the final of the Scottish Cup after a 2-1 win over Celtic at Hampden Park on Sunday afternoon. Giovanni van Bronckhorst made one change to the side that defeated Sporting Braga 3-1 in the Europa League on Thursday, with Calvin Bassey and Joe Aribo retaining their places in the starting lineup,...