Ex-African Footballer of the Year credits one Leicester City star for Iheanacho's form
Published: June 02, 2021
Former African Footballer of the Year, Victor Ikpeba has credited Leicester City's number 9, Jamie Vardy for Kelechi Iheanacho's rich vein of form in the recently concluded season. The Nigeria national team ended the campaign with an impressive 19 goals in all competitions - a personal best in a single-season since...
Onuachu king of headed goals Europe's top 10 leagues; first ahead of Man Utd, Real Madrid stars
Published: June 02, 2021
Racing Genk striker Paul Onuachu, who measures 6 ft 6 in, proved his aerial ability over the course of the 2020-2021 campaign by scoring 11 goals through headers, which is not really a surprise considering his height. According to Playmaker Stats, no player in Europe's ten leagues scored more headed goals that the ...
'It's a festival every time' - Everton star Iwobi gives insight into Super Eagles training camps
Published: June 02, 2021
Alex Iwobi is one of the biggest names in the present Super Eagles squad mainly due to the fact that he has been playing in the well-watched English Premier League since 2015. The former Arsenal winger revealed that many Super Eagles fans come to feast their eyes on the players wherever the national team is based, b...
Rohr on Eagles first training session, testing new players, preparation for World Cup qualifiers
Published: June 01, 2021
Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr granted an interview to the Super Eagles Media Team shortly after the national team's first training session on Tuesday. The former Bayern Munich defender was pleased with the conditions during today's practice and hinted at the Indomitable Lions having the advantage of extra players in ...
18 players participate in Super Eagles first training session; Musa, Onuachu's arrival date confirmed
Published: June 01, 2021
Manager Gernot Rohr ran the rule over eighteen players during the Super Eagles first training session on Austrian soil on Tuesday, three days before they take to the pitch against five-time African champions Cameroon. Nantes star Moses Simon ended speculation about his availability for the upcoming friendlies after r...
'Saka in because Greenwood left' - Nigerians react to inclusion of Arsenal star in England Euro squad
Published: June 01, 2021
England manager Gareth Southgate on Tuesday announced a finalized 26-man roster for the 2020 European Championship. The Three Lions boss had named a 33-man provisional squad list ahead of the Champions League final to make provisions in the event of an injury to Manchester City and Chelsea players. One of the not...
Super Eagles defender nominated for Premier League Goal of the Season
Published: June 01, 2021
Ola Aina's stunning strike against West Brom has been shortlisted for the Premier League Goal of the Season award. The Super Eagles defender netted his first goal in the English top-flight as Fulham defeated West Brom 2-0 on gameweek seven. Thirty minutes in at Craven Cottage, the right-back doubled Fulham's ad...
Official : Stoke City activate option to extend contract of Chelsea legend Obi Mikel
Published: June 01, 2021
Championship club Stoke City have announced their retained and released list following the conclusion of the 2020-2021 season. The Potters have confirmed that a contract extension has been activated to retain the services of Chelsea legend John Obi Mikel, without disclosing the length of the new deal, which would k...
Photo confirmation : Leicester City's Ndidi, Everton's Iwobi among 17 players in Super Eagles camp
Published: June 01, 2021
Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi is currently in the Super Eagles camp ahead of the upcoming friendlies against Cameroon, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. Red Bull Salzburg midfielder Samson Tijani has surprisingly surfaced in Vienna despite suggestions that he is nursing an injury suffered in training thi...
Middlesbrough, Reading, QPR among clubs chasing signature of Arsenal academy product Aneke
Published: June 01, 2021
A plethora of English, Scottish and American clubs are chasing the signature of onetime Nigeria Football Federation target Chuks Aneke, according to reports. TEAMtalk claims that the former England youth international has received offers from Middlesbrough, Reading, Coventry City, Queens Park Rangers and Bristol Ci...
Leicester, Watford, Stoke City stars, 4 others report for international duty ahead of Cameroon friendlies
Published: June 01, 2021
The Nigeria Football Federation have informed that at least seven of the players called up for the upcoming friendlies against Cameroon have reported for international duty. Watford central defender William Troost-Ekong was one of the early arrivals in the Super Eagles camp, having arrived in Austria on Monda...
Iheanacho battles Tielemans, Thomas, Albrighton, 4 others for Leicester City Goal of the Month
Published: June 01, 2021
Kelechi Iheanacho is in the running for Leicester City's Goal of the Month award for May 2021, informs the official website of the Foxes. The Nigeria international's beautiful strike in a surprise 4-2 loss to Newcastle United at the King Power Stadium on May 7 has been shortlisted for the monthly prize. Three m...
Spartak Moscow fitness coach : Victor Moses surprised by workload in training
Published: June 01, 2021
Spartak Moscow physical training coach Vladimir Chepzanovich has revealed that Victor Moses was surprised by the intensity of the training sessions when he joined the club on loan from Chelsea. The former Nigeria international did not take part in Spartak Moscow's pre-season but trained with the so-called Chelsea Loa...
Two more players pull out of Cameroon squad; 17 Lions involved in first workout in Austria pre-Nigeria
Published: June 01, 2021
Two more players have pulled out of the Cameroon squad before their friendlies against the Super Eagles. According to La Cameroon Radio Television, Indomitable Lions manager António Conceição will not be able to count on Shanghai Shenhua striker Christian Bassogog and Philadelphia Union fullback Olivier Mbaizo f...
Ex-European Golden Shoe winner reveals Aribo's possible destination if he leaves Rangers
Published: May 31, 2021
Former European Golden Shoe winner Kevin Phillips has insisted that Joe Aribo would only swap Scottish champions Glasgow Rangers for an English Premier League club. Considered by many, even manager Gernot Rohr, as Nigeria's top playmaker at the moment, Aribo was linked with a switch to Galatasaray but a deal is not...