'Rashford Will Appreciate Playing With Someone Like This' - Manchester United Icon On Ighalo
Published: March 25, 2020
Manchester United icon Rio Ferdinand reckons that Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and Daniel James stand to benefit if Odion Ighalo is signed on a permanent basis. The former England international likened Ighalo's experience to Henrik Larsson's, adding that the Swede's arrival in 2007 was positive for Wayne Rooney...
Chelsea-Owned Wing-back Victor Moses Makes Decision Regarding His Future
Published: March 24, 2020
If he had his way, Chelsea-owned right wing-back Victor Moses would like to extend his stay at Inter Milan beyond the end of the 2019-2020 season. Turkish sports daily Fanatik is reporting that the former Nigeria international has expressed his happiness at working with his former coach at Chelsea, Antonio Conte and...
'This Guy Has Proved Us All Wrong' - Rio Ferdinand Urges Man Utd To Sign Ighalo Permanently
Published: March 24, 2020
Manchester United icon Rio Ferdinand has urged the Red Devils to sign Odion Ighalo on a permanent deal following a blistering start to his career with the Old Trafford outfit. Several fans and pundits alike had questioned the decision of manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to move for the former Nigeria international in the ...
Leicester City Premier League XI : Ndidi Among 4 Players Nominated To Partner Kante In CM
Published: March 24, 2020
2016 Premier League champions Leicester City are looking to find the club's best Premier League XI on Twitter. The Foxes have gone for a 4-4-2 formation, with goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, right-back Ricardo Pereira, center back Wes Morgan, center back Robert Huth, left-back Christian Fuchs, right winger Riyad Mahr...
Liverpool GK Adrian Names His Former Club Chief At Betis As Best Nigerian Player He Has Seen
Published: March 24, 2020
Liverpool goalkeeper Adrián San Miguel has picked Champions League winner George Finidi as the best Nigerian player he has seen. The 33-year-old previously played on the same Real Betis team as Nosa Igiebor, West Ham team as Victor Moses and Emmanuel Emenike, and has come up against the likes of Peter Odemwingie, ...
Manchester United Hero Ferdinand Hails Partnership Between Saka And Teenage Brazilian Sensation
Published: March 24, 2020
Legendary Manchester United central defender Rio Ferdinand has hailed the partnership between Anglo-Nigerian starlet Bukayo saka and teenage Brazilian sensation Gabriel Martinelli. Ferdinand cited the game against Bournemouth as an example when the two 18-year-olds combined for the opening goal scored by the Gunners. ...
Coronavirus : Galatasaray's Onyekuru Sends Get Well Message To Legendary Coach Terim
Published: March 24, 2020
Monaco loanee Henry Onyekuru has sent a get well message to legendary Galatasaray coach Fatih Terim after he tested positive for coronavirus. The 66-year-old football tactician who is in his fourth stint as coach of the Super Lig giants revealed on Monday that he had tested positive for Covid-19. In a message po...
Ighalo Double Nominated For Manchester United's Goal Of The Month For March
Published: March 23, 2020
Odion Ighalo has been double-nominated for Manchester United's Goal of the Month for March 2020. The official website of the Red Devils has unveiled a shortlist of ten goals for the best goal scored by a Manchester United player across all levels, including the first team, women's team, U18s and U23s. Ighalo faces...
Arsenal's Premier League Top Tacklers Since 2010 : Saka The Second Best This Season
Published: March 23, 2020
Through their official website arsenal.com, Arsenal have listed their top five tacklers from the past ten Premier League seasons. During the period under review, three Nigerian players Alex Iwobi, Chuba Akpom and Bukayo Saka featured for Arsenal in the Premier League but only one of the aforementioned Hale End Acad...
Europa League Team Of The Season So Far : Two Nigerian Players Make List
Published: March 23, 2020
Two Nigerian players in Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka and Partizan Belgrade's Umar Sadiq have been named to the Europa League Team of the Season so far by football statistics website Whoscored. While Arsenal surprisingly failed to progress to the last sixteen of the competition after losing to Olympiakos via the way go...
Arsenal To Consider Flogging Bosnia Star As Arteta Set To Place His Trust In Bukayo Saka
Published: March 23, 2020
Premier League side Arsenal will consider selling Bosnia international Sead Kolasinac in the summer transfer window. according to reports. Football.London says the Gunners are likely to be busy when the transfer window reopens for business with as many as five players tipped to be heading for the Emirates exit door...
Arsenal's Top Chance Creators In EPL Since 2010 : Iwobi Makes Top 5 Two Seasons
Published: March 22, 2020
To mark the 52nd birthday of their former player Paul Merson on March 20, the official website of Arsenal, arsenal.com listed the club's top-five chance creators in the Premier League since 2010. Nigeria international Alex Iwobi was among the top five chance creators in his last two seasons with the Gunners. For ...
Manchester United Linked With Move For Odion Ighalo's Protege
Published: March 22, 2020
Manchester United are being linked with a move for Nigeria international Victor Osimhen, according to reports in the French press. Le 10 Sport has claimed that Osimhen is on the shortlist of players the Red Devils want to sign in the summer transfer window but face competition from several European giants, with the...
Best Available 5-A-Side Lineups : Ndidi Makes Second-Placed Leicester City Team
Published: March 21, 2020
Football statistics gurus Whoscored.com have published an alternative English Premier League table based on the best available five-a-side lineups with Leicester City ranked second behind Liverpool, while Manchester City, Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers complete the top five clubs in that order. For t...
Bruno Fernandes Beats Ighalo To Manchester United Player Of The Month
Published: March 21, 2020
Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes has won Manchester United's Player of the Month award for March 2020, informs the Red Devils on their official website. Odion Ighalo and two other Reds, namely Harry Maguire and Fred, had been in contention for the monthly accolade but lost out to the winter signing from Sporti...