SODIQ SALIU Begins Tests With Standard Liege
Published: July 10, 2012
36 Lions Academy midfielder Sodiq Saliu has arrived Belgium to begin tests with Standard Liege. The 17-year-old could join his friend and compatriot Imoh Ezekiel at the 10-time Belgium champions.It would be recalled that Ezekiel initially joined Standard on loan in the winter transfer market. At the end of the season, ...
VICTOR OBINNA On Target For Lokomotiv Moscow
Published: July 10, 2012
Ahead of the resumption of the Russian League, Lokomotiv Moscow have defeated Partizan Belgrade 2-0 in a test game held in Slovenia.Out of favor Nigeria international Victor Obinna was on target in the 8th minute for the Railway Men. Dennis Glushakov had given the capital team the lead seconds before Obinna's strike.Ob...
Sunshine Stars Deny Approach For GODFREY OBOABONA
Published: July 10, 2012
Sunshine Stars Head Coach Gbenga Ogunbote has denied media reports that South African club Bloemfontein Celtic are scouting the Nigeria international Godfrey Oboabona.Clinton Larsen, coach of Celtic, watched Sunshine Stars in their 0-2 defeat to Esperance on Sunday fueling speculations that he was in Nigeria to run the...
HARUNA LUKMAN With Five Star Performance For Dynamo Kiev
Published: July 10, 2012
Dynamo Kiev defeated Azerbaijani club Neftchi 5:0 in the final match of the team's second training camp in Austria. The Ukrainian vice-champions fielded their three Nigerian imports in the game - Lukman Haruna, Brown Ideye and Yussuf Ayila.Surprisingly, Lukman Haruna was brilliant in the game. The Nigerian contributed ...
Future of ABIOLA DAUDA Is Unclear
Published: July 09, 2012
Source: Fotbolltransfers.comAbiola Dauda, 24, has six goals for Kalmar FF this season. It is more than a third of the team's goals in the Allsvenskan.The Nigerian attacker's contract expires after the season and the club and player negotiate an extension. But Dauda's future is unclear in the current situation.''We have...
SYLVESTER IGBOUN Not Ruling Out An Exit From FC Midtjylland
Published: July 09, 2012
FC Midtjylland front-man Sylvester Igboun has not ruled out an exit from the Danish club in the summer transfer window.  Igboun, 21, arrived FC Midtjylland from nursery club FC Ebedei six years ago.The young forward is on the radar of teams in Germany, France and Belgium, but there have been no concrete offers for...
IKECHUKWU UCHE May Reject Recreativo de Huelva Advances
Published: July 09, 2012
The future of in-form Nigeria international Ikechukwu Uche at Villarreal remains unresolved. Uche joined the Yellow Submarines in last summer's transfer market. Without kicking a ball, he was loaned to Granada for the 2011 - 2012 campaign.Uche will play for his parent club Villarreal next season if no club comes with a...
Official: Boluspor Unveil AKEEM AGBETU
Published: July 09, 2012
After passing a medical examination, Turkish first division side Boluspor have announced the acquisition of Nigerian striker Akeem Agbetu. The terms and financial details of Agbetu's contract were not disclosed by the buying club.The transfer of the former FC Ebedei player ends speculation in the Press linking him with...
WILLIAM JIDAYI Could Join ODUAMADI At Juve Stabia
Published: July 09, 2012
Juve Stabia have reached an agreement with AC Milan for Nigerian winger Nnamdi Oduamadi to be loaned to the Serie B club. Oduamadi starred for Torino, newly promoted to the Serie A, last season. On the expiration of his loan deal on June 30, the Turin based club have not exercised their option of buying him outright. I...
ANTHONY UJAH Making Progress In Pre-Season
Published: July 09, 2012
This coming season could be the year of former Lillestrom hero Anthony Ujah. Bundesliga outfit Mainz 05 paid a lot of money for the 21-year-old, but he failed to sparkle in his first season.Now, if pre-season is used a yardstick, Ujah is back to his best, banging in goals. In a test game held with TSV-Langenlonsheim la...
UWA ECHIEJILE Starts Training With Sporting Braga
Published: July 09, 2012
Nigeria international Uwa Echiejile on Monday started pre-season training with Sporting Braga. The future of Echiejile at his Portuguese club remains a debate in the local media. The 24-year-old wide player is said to be attracting interest from teams in England(Norwich City), Spain(Mallorca), Greece(Olympiakos) .A ret...
AC Milan To Offload TAYE TAIWO, Marseille On Alert
Published: July 09, 2012
AC Milan have given permission to Nigeria left back Taye Taiwo to arrive the team's training camp tomorrow, Tuesday July 10.Though Taiwo has been summoned by the Milan chiefs to join the rest of the players at pre-season training, the future of the ex Lobi Stars defender is covered in mist.Italy's number one sports dai...
Espanyol Thinking Of Selling KALU UCHE
Published: July 08, 2012
Espanyol CEO Joan Collet says the club is willing to listen to offers for the Nigerian offensive player Kalu Uche, who is reportedly on the radar of clubs in Mexico and Turkey. Galatasaray, Bursaspor and UANL Tigres are some of the clubs that have expressed interest in having Kalu Uche in their ranks next season.As it ...
Jeunesse Sportive Madinet de Bejaia Invites DOMINIC EWARAFA For Trials
Published: July 08, 2012
Little known Nigerian forward Dominic Ewarafa, 21, will arrive Algeria on Tuesday to begin tests with Ligue 1 club Jeunesse Sportive Madinet de Béjaia, informs Le Buteur.The general manager of JSMB, Rachid Redjradj, last week sent an invitation letter to Ewarafa. He is expected in Bejaia on Tuesday, July 10 ahea...
ISAH ELIAKWU Starts Tests With FC Mordovia Saransk
Published: July 08, 2012
Newly promoted Russian Premier League club FC Mordovia Saransk have a Nigerian player on trial.Former Inter Milan super-kid Isah Eliakwu is undergoing tests with the first division champions with a view of landing a permanent deal, the official website has reported.Eliakwu spent last season at FC Anzhi Makhachkala, mak...