Kelechi Iheanacho Six Games Away From Reaching Man City Milestone
Published: October 21, 2016
Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho is six games away from hitting a 50-game milestone for English Premier League club Manchester City.The 20-year-old has racked up 44 appearances in competitive fixtures for the Citizens since he made his debut against Watford in the Premier League on August 29, 2015.Iheanac...
Chelsea Star Mikel Pleased By Form Of Arsenal, Man City Wonderkids
Published: October 21, 2016
Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel is backing the Super Eagles to improve, and has pointed out the array of young talents in the squad, including Arsenal’s Alex Iwobi and Manchester frontman Kelechi Iheanacho. The Nigerian squad that started October’s World Cup qualifier against Zambia had an average age of ...
Nwakali Set To Hold Contract Talks With Manchester City Amid Interest From Rosenborg
Published: October 21, 2016
Chidiebere Nwakali and his intermediary are set to hold showdown talks with Manchester City in the coming weeks over the future of the central midfielder amid interest from Rosenborg. Reports in the local media had claimed that the Citizens are set to offer him a contract extension following a string of imperious displ...
Arsenal Linked Nigerian Striker Pleased To Score On Champions League Debut
Published: October 21, 2016
Nansel Selbol has expressed his happiness after netting on his debut for Sporting Kansas in their 3-1 win over Trinidad and Tobago side Central FC in Wednesday night’s CONCACAF Champions League game.The 19-year-old scored the game-winner for SKC in the 55th minute, firing home from 20 yards and would have bagged ...
Nigeria Sweat On Fitness Of Isaac Success Ahead WCQ As Striker Suffers Injury Relapse
Published: October 21, 2016
Watford striker Isaac Success will undergo a late fitness test ahead of Saturday’s Premier League clash against Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium.The Hornets number ten has not participated in full training all through this week after sustaining a muscle injury versus Middlesbrough on his full debut for...
Wilfred Ndidi Scores Another Wonder Goal As Genk Beat Athletic Bilbao
Published: October 20, 2016
Super Eagles right fullback Wilfred Ndidi scored his first goal in a European club competition on Thursday night in Racing Genk’s 2-0 win over Athletic Club at Luminus Arena.Brabec started the scoring for the Belgian side in the 40th minute, before Ndidi fired home a shot with the outside of his foot in the 83rd ...
Super Eagles Goalkeeper Move To Atletico Madrid On The Brink Of Collapse
Published: October 20, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that FC Ifeanyi Ubah netminder Ikechukwu Ezenwa’s dream move to Atletico Madrid in the January transfer window might fall through. The Super Eagles reserve goalkeeper recently confirmed to a South African television channel that Los Colchoneros were interested in his signature, an...
Chelsea Star Mikel : Super Eagles Have Not Made Any Demand They Must Be Paid In Dollars
Published: October 20, 2016
Chelsea star John Obi Mikel has dismissed reports in the local media that claimed that he told the NFF leadership the players of the Super Eagles will no longer receive their match bonuses and allowances in the local currency, Naira.The players were paid N1 million each as win bonus for the African Cup of Nations quali...
Mikel, Taribo West, Oruma, Okechukwu Among Ten Oldest Nigerians To Play In Champions League
Published: October 20, 2016
Former Fenerbahce stopper and Super Eagles skipper Uche Okechukwu is the oldest Nigerian player to feature in the Champions League. The central defender was aged 34 years 26 days when he started the Yellow Canaries 2-1 loss to Karibe Ojigwe’s Bayer Leverkusen at ülker Stadyumu FB Å�ükrü SaracoÄ�l...
Nigeria Top 50 Youngsters (10- 6) : Chelsea Trio Omeruo, Abraham & Tomori; Nigeria U23 Star Etebo; Wolves Defender Iorfa
Published: October 20, 2016
In continuation of allnigeriasoccer.com Top 50 Nigerian youngsters, we reveal numbers 10-6. All players yet to celebrate their 24th birthday are eligible to appear on the list.10) Fikayo Tomori (Chelsea)Age : 18Market Value : €3,000,000Comments : Barring injury, a certainty to make England’s U20 squad for ne...
Official : Ex-Arsenal Striker Adeboyejo Joins Rangers As Ogbonna Departs
Published: October 20, 2016
Soham Town Rangers have announced the signing of Nigerian-born frontman Victor Adeboyejo on loan from League Two club Leyton Orient. The 18-year-old is returning to Rangers for a second spell having represented the Ryman League Division One North club in September. On his curriculum vitae, Adeboyejo spent his formative...
Super Falcons Start Preparations For AWCON Without Coach Omagbemi, Asisat Oshoala And Foreign Pros
Published: October 20, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that Super Falcons manager Florence Omagbemi is expected to return to Nigeria this weekend to begin training the national team ahead of the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations.The seven-time African champions have started preparations for the competition which will hold in Cameroon from 19...
Super Eagles Rise Four Spots In Latest Fifa Ranking
Published: October 20, 2016
Football governing body, Fifa, on Thursday morning published its latest ranking of National Teams. Compared to their position the previous month, the Super Eagles of Nigeria have climbed four places, and now occupy the 60th position, while they are eleventh in the continental ranking. Ivory Coast, Senegal, Algeria...
Much-Heralded Kid Selbol Scores On Champions League, Sporting Kansas Debut
Published: October 20, 2016
Former Dream Team VI trainee Nansel Selbol was on target in his first ever appearance in the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League as Sporting Kansas City beat Central FC 3-1 on Wednesday.Few days before the contest at Children’s Mercy Park, the 19-year-old was drafted into the first team squad and repaid the fait...
(Photo) Iwobi Celebrates With Arsenal Star Ozil After First Professional Hat-Trick
Published: October 20, 2016
Nigeria international Alex Iwobi was delighted following Arsenal’s 6-0 hammering of Ludogorets in the Champions League on Wednesday night and took to social media to celebrate the handsome win.The Gunners number 17 has posted a picture where he was sighted celebrating with eight of his teammates in the shape of G...