'Experienced Players Victor Moses, Mikel Have Ended Their Careers' - Rohr On Young Nigeria Squad
Published: January 01, 2021
Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr has praised the young players in the Super Eagles squad for stepping into the shoes of Chelsea-owned winger Victor Moses and Stoke City's John Obi Mikel. While Moses called time on his international career a month after the 2018 World Cup, his former teammate at the Blues, Mikel followed...
Nigerian-Born Winger Drawing Interest From West Ham, Crystal Palace, Swansea, Stoke City
Published: January 01, 2021
Nigerian-born winger Bright Osayi-Samuel is reportedly drawing interest from Premier League and Championship clubs. Teamtalk says Crystal Palace and West Ham are looking at signing the versatile attacker in the January transfer window but face competition. Aside from the the Eagles and Hammers, Osayi-Samuel is ...
Chelsea U23 Coach Reveals His Thinking Behind Anjorin Making Full Debut In Champions League
Published: December 31, 2020
Reviewing the 2020 calendar year, Chelsea U23 coach Andy Myers revealed his thinking behind one of his pupils Faustino Anjorin making his full debut for the first team in a Champions League clash against Krasnodar. With Chelsea already through to the last sixteen of the competition and injuries to Hakim Ziyech and ...
'You Saw My Reaction' - NFF Boss Pinnick Revisits Super Eagles Dramatic 4-4 Draw Vs Sierra Leone
Published: December 31, 2020
Nigeria Football Federation supremo Amaju Pinnick has revisited the Super Eagles dramatic 4-4 draw with Sierra Leone in a 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City last month. Pundits and fans alike thought the Super Eagles were on their way to a record win after scorin...
Rohr Finally Opens Up On Why Nigeria Lost To Algeria In October's Friendly
Published: December 31, 2020
Coach Gernot Rohr has highlighted that the Super Eagles lost to current African champions Algeria in a friendly staged in Austria two months ago because he was missing the services of several of his regular starters. Victor Osimhen was barred from joining the Super Eagles squad as the Napoli players were ordered ...
'One Could Compare Him To Lionel Messi' - Rohr Recalls Playing Against Maradona Twice
Published: December 31, 2020
Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr has admitted that Argentina legend Diego Maradona was one of the greatest players to grace the game, recalling that he faced the former Napoli midfielder twice before hanging up his boots. Assuming they played in the same era, Rohr argued that Maradona was in the same bracket as his comp...
Belenenses' Super Eagles Left-back Back In The Fold After Long-Term Injury
Published: December 31, 2020
Allnigeriasoccer.com has been told that Nigeria international Chima Akas is nearing a return to full fitness after more than nine months on the sidelines. You have to go back to March 8, 2020 to find the last time the left-back last played for Portuguese setup Belenenses SAD due to a serious injury he suffered. ...
Bologna To Make Decision On 2015 U17 World Cup Winner Okwonkwo As Montreal Impact Loan Ends
Published: December 31, 2020
2015 U17 World Cup-winning winger Orji Okwonkwo is set to return to Italian Serie A club Bologna following the conclusion of his loan spell at Major League Soccer outfit Montreal Impact.   Allnigeriasoccer.com has been told that Montreal Impact considered the possibility of exercising the purchase option inserted in...
Reading Boss On The Future Of Nigeria-Eligible Winger Linked With Chelsea, Liverpool, Leeds
Published: December 31, 2020
Reading boss Veljko Paunovic has opened up on the future of Nigeria-eligible winger Michael Olise who is being linked with a switch to the Premier League in the January transfer window. The 19-year-old is enjoying a breakthrough season, scoring 4 goals and setting up seven others in 21 appearances in the Championsh...
Porto's Sanusi Joins Liverpool, Bayern, Barcelona Stars In UCL Breakthrough XI
Published: December 31, 2020
Porto's Nigeria international Zaidu Sanusi has been recognised for his outstanding performances in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, with the governing body of European football selecting him in a star-studded breakthrough XI of 2020. Players on the books of ten different European clubs have been picked ...
Exclusive : Queens Park Rangers Keeping Tabs On Manchester United Academy Product Kehinde
Published: December 30, 2020
Allnigeriasoccer.com can exclusively report that Championship side Queens Park Rangers have been keeping tabs on Manchester United academy product Tosin Kehinde ahead of the reopening of the transfer window. The former Nigeria U23 invitee is getting better and better at Randers, whom he joined on a permanent deal f...
Marseille, Club Brugge, Genk Interested In Signing Chelsea-Owned Nigerian Striker
Published: December 30, 2020
Allnigeriasoccer.com can exclusively report that Super Eagles hopeful Ike Ugbo is attracting huge interest from clubs in the Belgian First Division A and French Ligue 1. The striker's performances for Cercle Brugge, where is on loan from Chelsea until season's end, have not gone unnoticed, with 10 goals in sixteen ap...
Aina's Fulham Premier League Match At Tottenham Hotspur Postponed
Published: December 30, 2020
The matchday sixteen Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham earlier scheduled to take place at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Wednesday, December 30 has been postponed due to the outbreak of coronavirus. The Cottagers write on their official website that a number of players and first team staff...
Nigeria Youth-Teamer Ofoborh Trains With Ex-Arsenal Star Jack Wilshere At Bournemouth
Published: December 30, 2020
Nigeria youth international Nnamdi Ofoborh was spotted training with former Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere during Bournemouth's final workout before their Championship clash with Brentford. Wilshere is training with the Cherries to keep fit with a view to a potential transfer to another club in the winter transfer...
Four Arsenal Starlets Of Nigerian Descent Hail One-Time NFF Target Saka After MOTM Display Vs Brighton
Published: December 30, 2020
Arsenal made it two wins from two English Premier League matches, beating Brighton & Hove 1-0 at the American Express Community Stadium on Tuesday evening. Alexandre Lacazette came off the bench to replace Gabriel Martinelli in the 66th minute and 21 seconds later the Frenchman bagged what proved to be the winning go...