Nigerian Midfielder Now Second Highest Scorer In Belarus After Brace For Slutsk Vs Belshina
Published: April 27, 2020
Nigerian midfielder Umar Mohammed Bala is now the second highest goalscorer in the Belarusian Premier League following his brace for Slutsk in their 3-2 win against Belshina at the Stadyen Haradski on Sunday afternoon, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. Football activities were not postponed in Belarus in the wake of the...
Juventus Reignite Interest In Osimhen, Four Years After Bringing Cash To Lagos To Sign Him
Published: April 27, 2020
Italian Serie A champions Juventus have joined the plethora of clubs interested in signing Nigeria international Victor Osimhen. The Daily Mail claims the Lille striker has strong interest from Juventus and Inter Milan as well as Manchester United, Chelsea, Everton and Leicester City.   Osimhen was earlier v...
Top Ten Most Controversial Transfers In History : Mikel's Manchester United To Chelsea Move Listed
Published: April 27, 2020
American cable sports channel ESPN has published the top ten most controversial transfers in the history of football with former Nigeria captain cracking the list at number ten. Mikel could have been the first Nigerian-born player to play for Manchester United having inked a four-year contract in January 2005 only fo...
'I Locked Myself And Started To Cry' - Adekanye Details His Difficult Moments At Liverpool
Published: April 26, 2020
Nigerian-born starlet Bobby Adekanye has opened up on the difficult moments he had in the early stage of his career at Premier League side Liverpool.  The pacy and skillful winger represented the youth teams of Alphia, Ajax Amsterdam, Barcelona and PSV Eindhoven prior to his move to the European champions in July 20...
Rangers Assistant Coach Reveals One Area Son of Barcelona, Real Madrid Legend Is Behind Aribo
Published: April 26, 2020
Glasgow Rangers assistant manager Michael Beale has opined that Ianis Hagi, who is the son of Real Madrid and Barcelona legend Gheorghe Hagi , is behind Joe Aribo in terms of physicality. Since Hagi's arrival at Rangers on loan in the January transfer window, the Nigeria international has more or less kept his place...
Super Eagles Defensive Stalwart Troost-Ekong Sends Message To Rohr On Nigeria's Best Formation
Published: April 26, 2020
Super Eagles defensive stalwart William Troost-Ekong has sent a message to manager Gernot Rohr on Nigeria's best formation, saying the 4-3-3 system of play is best for the team. The 4-2-3-1 formation has been the most commonly used by the Franco-German football tactician since his appointment as Super Eagles coach ...
Eredivisie Team Of The Season : Dessers And Nigerian Dazzler Watched By Rohr Included
Published: April 26, 2020
Two attack-minded Nigerian players, Cyriel Dessers and Chidera Ejuke, have been included in a Dutch Eredivisie Team of the Season published by Dutch daily newspaper Tubantia. Both Dessers and Ejuke were outstanding in the 2019-2020 season which was recently cancelled by the KNVB, with both scoring a total of 24 goal...
Why Return Of Ex-Arsenal Striker Akpom To England Is Best For His International Career
Published: April 26, 2020
Chuba Akpom has only recently began to exemplify the reasons why he was highly revered at Arsenal during his teething years as a pro, but now it is PAOK who are reaping the benefits, allnigeriasoccer.com reports.The striker has hit the ground running this season since earning a permanent move to Greece, and has hit ten...
Torino Reveal The Exact Amount Paid To Chelsea To Sign Ola Aina Permanently
Published: April 26, 2020
Italian Serie A club Torino have published their financial statement for the year ended December 31, 2019, according to Toro News. Among the items entered in the Balance Sheet in the paragraph 'The multi-year rights to the players', Torino revealed that they paid 9.8 million euros to Chelsea to sign Ola Aina perman...
Chukwueze Says Chelsea's Abraham Not In Same Bracket As Aubameyang, Names Fastest Eagles Players
Published: April 26, 2020
One of the emerging stars of African football, Samuel Chukwueze was quick to dismiss comparisons between Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Chelsea's Tammy Abraham, saying the England international is not in the same bracket as the Gabonese even though they are both center forwards. Not taking into accou...
'With Manchester United Looking At Him, He Can Be Great' - Nigeria Coach Rohr On Osimhen
Published: April 26, 2020
Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr has predicted a bright future for Victor Osimhen who was having a banner season for Lille before sporting activities were halted in France. The German football tactician revealed that the fact that Manchester United are keeping tabs on Osimhen is proof of the progress the striker has mad...
Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich Interested In Arsenal Young Star Of Nigerian Descent
Published: April 26, 2020
German Bundesliga clubs Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich are interested in signing versatile Anglo-Nigerian winger Bukayo Saka, 18. The Mirror says Borussia Dortmund are eyeing the England U19 international as they look to add another young English-born player to the squad. Saka shares the same agent as Dort...
Chukwueze Names Five-A-Side Team And Includes His Pal Osimhen, Ex-Chelsea Defender, Leicester Ace
Published: April 25, 2020
In an Instagram conversation with our colleagues Eagles Tracker on Saturday night, Villarreal winger Samuel Chukwueze included his good pal, Victor Osimhen when he was asked to pick his dream five-a-side team. The two young players were influential members of the Golden Eaglets team that won the 2015 FIFA U17 World...
Bukayo Saka Returns To Arsenal Training Ground Next Week
Published: April 25, 2020
Anglo-Nigerian winger Bukayo Saka and his Arsenal teammates will be allowed to return to their London Colney training ground from next week. The Gunners have stressed that the training will be done in strict compliance with health directives to combat the spread of the coronavirus, meaning group sessions will not be p...
'I'm Ready To Play Immediately' - Lille's Osimhen Eager To Return To The Pitch
Published: April 25, 2020
Although it is still unclear the resumption date of the French Ligue 1, Lille striker Victor Osimhen is looking forward to returning to the pitch. With 18 goals across all competitions, the Nigeria international was having a breakout season until it was suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak. Speaking to Lil...