Oliseh Says He refused To Participate In Illegal Activities, Club Claims He Threatened Players
Published: February 14, 2018
Sunday Oliseh has responded via Twitter in the wake of his suspension by Fortuna Sittard, saying the Dutch second-tier club severed ties with him because he refused to participate in illegal activities.  According to the board of Fortuna Sittard, the decision to put the 43-year-old Oliseh on non-active is not motivate...
Oliseh Suspended By Fortuna Sittard Over Strained Relations With Players, Management
Published: February 14, 2018
Dutch club Fortuna Sittard suspended former Nigeria captain Sunday Oliseh on Wednesday afternoon due to his frosty relationship with players, staff and management of the club.Oliseh had been under fire with the higher-ups at Fortuna Sittard with the club suffering four defeats in a row and he fell out with the owner of...
Croatia NT Coach Dalic: First Match With Nigeria Is The Decider
Published: February 14, 2018
Speaking at a lecture to trainers regarding Croatia national team preparations for the 2018 World Cup, manager Zlatko Dalic has reiterated that the most important game in their group is the opener against Nigeria on June 16.The Croatians are in the so called Group of Death which also contains two-time world champions A...
Nigerian Coach Puts Ex-Chelsea Ace Mikel On The Same Level As Croatia's Real Madrid & Barca Stars
Published: February 14, 2018
Former Nigeria coach Samson Siasia is of the opinion that the most famous Super Eagles player John Obi Mikel is on the same level as the two main stars on the Croatia national team, Real Madrid ace Lukas Modric and Barcelona's Ivan Rakitic.Nigeria will face off with Croatia in both countries World Cup opener at...
Arsenal Starlet Of Nigerian Descent Scores Maiden Goal For England U17s Vs Netherlands
Published: February 14, 2018
In their third and final match in the Torneio Internacional Algarve U17, world champions at U17 level England beat the Netherlands 2-0 on Tuesday afternoon, with Arsenal winger Xavier Amaechi netting his maiden goal for the Young Lions.Goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo who conceded four goals in the Young Lions opener was an u...
Iwobi To Argentina Stars : We Will Beat You Again At World Cup
Published: February 13, 2018
Arsenal winger Alex Iwobi is confident that the Super Eagles have a team that can beat Argentina at the 2018 World Cup.In November 2017 in Krasnodar, the Hale End Academy product was the star man in Nigeria's 4-2 win over the South Americans, who were without the best player on the planet Lionel Messi.Iwobi has argued ...
How Argentina Players Romero, Aguero, Messi Are Faring Ahead Of Showdown With Nigeria
Published: February 13, 2018
Let us make a compendious survey of Nigeria's biggest group rivals in the Russia World Cup, of which is Argentina. This piece would bring to readers how well or bad the Albiceleste players have fared of recent for their respective clubsides since they went down to the Super Eagles 4-2 in their last friendly meeting in ...
Messi: Barcelona 'Helping' Nigeria As Argentina FA Pleas Ignored
Published: February 13, 2018
The president of the Argentine Football Association Claudio Tapia wants the main player for the national team Lionel Messi to be in tip-top condition when he arrives in Russia for the 2018 World Cup, and has advised the striker to play less games for Barcelona.On November 14, 2017, the Argentina captain deliberately sk...
NFF Move To Avert Visa Hitch, Contact Euro Clubs Five Weeks Before Friendlies
Published: February 13, 2018
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that former Watford star Odion Ighalo has not yet been contacted by the Nigerian Federation over a call-up to the national team for the international friendlies against Poland and Serbia in March.Only yesterday, Super Eagles Team Secretary, Dayo Enebi Achor, acting on behalf of the Gene...
New Didier Drogba Applies For Italian Passport Ahead Of Potential Move To Leeds United
Published: February 13, 2018
Carpi frontman Jerry Mbakogu has applied for an Italian passport ahead of a potential move to Leeds United in the summer transfer window, according to reports. The Daily Mail has reported that the 25-year-old Nigerian has applied for a dual Italian passport as he has been in Italy since he was a teenager and that could...
Etebo, Akpeyi Receive Nigeria Call-Ups For Poland, Serbia Pre-World Cup Friendlies
Published: February 13, 2018
According to information gathered by allnigeriasoccer.com, Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr has kept faith with Daniel Akpeyi, with the German tactician handing the goalkeeper a call-up for next month's friendlies against Poland and Serbia.The Chippa United netminder has already received an invitation to attend both ga...
NFF To Iwobi, Moses Et Al: Training For Poland Friendly Starts March 19, To Stay At Radisson Hotel Wroclaw
Published: February 12, 2018
Allnigeriasoccer.com can exclusively report that the Super Eagles will begin preparations for the pre-World Cup friendly against Poland on March 19, four days before they take to the pitch against the Eastern Europeans.It is understood that the Nigeria Football Federation have informed the likes of Chelsea right wing-b...
Adeyemi Makes Full Debut For Germany In Front Of Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal Scouts
Published: February 12, 2018
SpVgg Unterhaching U17 striker of Nigerian descent Karim Adeyemi made his full debut for Germany as their U16 team were beaten 5-4 on penalties by hosts Portugal at the UEFA development tournament on Monday afternoon.For the first time in the tournament, manager Michael Feichtenbeiner included the 16-year-old in the st...
Nmecha Left Out Of Man City Squad To Face Basel (But A Nigerian Teenager Could Feature)
Published: February 12, 2018
Nigerian striker Lukas Nmecha will not make his Champions League bow when Manchester City tackle FC Basel in a Round of 16 clash on Tuesday evening.Recently promoted to the first team by manager Pep Guardiola and registered for the knockout rounds, the highly-rated teenager was not in Manchester City's traveling party ...
Croatia Manager To Monitor Nigeria-England Friendly At Wembley
Published: February 12, 2018
Croatia manager Zlatko Dalić will definitely monitor the high profile pre-World Cup friendly between Nigeria and  England at the National Stadium in London as his side will be in the United Kingdom early June for a friendly. Croatia will battle Brazil at the famous Anfield Stadium, the home ground of Liverpool, on Ju...