FC Midtjylland In Talks With Super Eagles Midfielder Onyeka Over Future
Published: December 14, 2020
Chairman of FC Midtjylland, Rasmus Ankersen has revealed that the Danish champions are in talks with Frank Onyeka over his future at the club. The FC Ebedei product was on the radar of European clubs in the summer transfer window but a deal did not happen because the Wolves were competing in the Champions League. ...
Best Performing U21 Players : PSV's Madueke Top For Shooting, IFK's Yusuf 6th Distribution
Published: December 14, 2020
CIES Football Observatory has presented the 10 best performing footballers born in the 2000s for each of the six areas of the game - duels, recovery, distribution, take-on, chance creation and shooting - using data from InStat. Only the best performing players in 30 European Leagues outside the big five - La Liga, P...
'Onuachu Was Pulled Down' - Ex-Ref Insists Genk Were Denied Penalty In Loss To Anderlecht
Published: December 14, 2020
Former Belgian referee Serge Gumienny has criticized the match officials for not awarding a penalty to Racing Genk during their 1-0 loss to Anderlecht in a Belgian First Division A match last Friday. In a game involving four players of Nigerian descent, the home team secured all three points thanks to Lukas Nmecha's...
'It's Like He's Two Players' - Leicester Star Applauds Ndidi For Winning The Ball Before Sensational Goal
Published: December 14, 2020
Leicester City attacking midfielder James Maddison has applauded Wilfred Ndidi for the part he played in his second goal against Brighton & Hove on Sunday night. The Foxes number 10 squeezed the ball into the bottom corner to open the scoring in the 27th minute and Jamie Vardy turned from provider to scorer when he...
Bournemouth's Solanke Named In Championship Team Of The Week After Fourth Career Brace
Published: December 14, 2020
Dominic Solanke has been included in the Championship Team of the Week powered by Whoscored.com ratings following his fine display in the 5-0 rout of Huddersfield Town this past weekend. The 2017 U20 World Cup winner scored a brace - his second of the 2020-2021 season - to take his tally to eight goals from 18 appe...
Super Eagles Hopeful Lookman Reacts To Fulham's Impressive Draw Against Liverpool
Published: December 14, 2020
Super Eagles hopeful Ademola Lookman has taken to social media to praise his Fulham teammates after their impressive 1-1 draw with current English Premier League champions Liverpool. Even with the odds stacked against the Cottagers, they were eleven minutes away from recording a famous win but Mohamed Salah salvage...
Arsenal Manager Arteta Quizzed On Rewarding Balogun With Premier League Debut
Published: December 14, 2020
Arsenal took to the Emirates Stadium turf on Sunday night looking to secure their first English Premier League home win in over two months but their misery continued after a late Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang own goal saw them lose 1-0 to Burnley, their fourth straight loss at home. Manager Mikel Arteta made ten change...
Arsenal Legend Backs Leicester To Challenge For Champions League Spot With Ndidi's Return
Published: December 13, 2020
Arsenal hero Ian Wright is backing Leicester City to challenge for a Champions League position this season following the return to action of their influential holding midfielder Wilfred Ndidi and the form of the key players in the team. Brendan Rodgers side have moved into the top three after matchday 12 thanks to ...
Lively Lookman Provides Assist As Fulham Held To 1-1 Stalemate By Liverpool
Published: December 13, 2020
Fulham were held to a 1-1 stalemate by current champions Liverpool in a Premier League clash at Craven Cottage on Sunday evening, with three Nigerian players starting for the Cottagers. Tosin Adarabioyo and Ola Aina were part of a three-man defence and Super Eagles hopeful Ademola Lookman started in an attacking posi...
Former Tottenham Hotspur Coach Names The Crystal Palace Player At Fault For Kane's Goal
Published: December 13, 2020
Eberechi Eze played on the left side of a four-man midfield as Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur shared the spoils with a 1-1 draw in a Premier League clash at Selhurst Park on Sunday afternoon. Jose Mourinho's team extended their unbeaten run to eleven matches in the division but conceded for the first time in six...
Super Eagles Winger Back On The Goal Trail As Nantes, Dijon Share The Spoils
Published: December 13, 2020
Super Eagles winger Moses Simon ended his goal drought by finding the net for Nantes as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Dijon at the Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau on Sunday afternoon. The former Gent star had not scored for six league games but ended that poor run when he broke the deadlock in the 24th min...
Aubameyang Reveals Two Nigerian Youngsters Who Can Make The Grade At Arsenal
Published: December 13, 2020
Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has tipped two Nigeria-eligible teenagers in Miguel Azeez and Folarin Balogun to make their mark on the first team following their professional debuts. While Balogun has scored two goals and has an assist to his name in four appearances in the Europa League, Azeez capped a ...
'He's Irreplaceable With What He Gives You' - Leicester Coach Rodgers Delighted To Have Ndidi Back
Published: December 13, 2020
 Leicester City coach Brendan Rodgers is delighted to see Wilfred Ndidi return to action after several weeks on the sidelines due to an adductor problem that required surgery, saying the Nigeria international is irreplaceable. The Northern Irishman highlighted that the holding midfielder enables his more attacking...
Ancelotti Singles Out Hardworking Iwobi For Praise After Victory Against Chelsea
Published: December 13, 2020
Alex Iwobi was one of the players singled out for praise by manager Carlo Ancelotti in the wake of Everton's hard-fought 1-0 win over Chelsea in an English Premier League encounter at Goodison Park on Saturday night. The Nigeria international has shown his versatility playing in multiple positions in recent games a...
Super Eagles Target Nathan Tella Scores Four Goals In First Half For Southampton B
Published: December 13, 2020
Arsenal academy product Nathan Tella has proved beyond doubt that he's a cut above the U23 players after netting four first half goals to help Southampton B thrash Leicester City 5-2 in a Premier League 2 game at Snows Stadium on Saturday. Tella, wearing the captain's armband, started alongside David Agbontohoma an...