Racing Genk's Onuachu Finishes 2020 As Joint-Top Scoring Nigerian In The World (Top 5 Revealed)
Published: January 01, 2021
Racing Genk striker Paul Onuachu finished the 2020 calendar year as the joint-top scoring Nigerian player in the world, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. The FC Ebedei product tallied 17 goals in the Belgian First Division A, same as little-known FC Prishtina center forward Otto John. John registered his name on th...
Carlo Ancelotti Explains Why Iwobi Is Not In The Everton Matchday Squad Against West Ham
Published: January 01, 2021
Alex Iwobi will not make his fifteenth Premier League appearance of the season in this evening's clash between Everton and West Ham at Goodison Park. Iwobi, who has started the previous seven matches in the top-flight, has not been included in the Toffees matchday 20, with Richarlison coming in for the Nigeria inter...
Balogun, Two Other Nigeria-Eligible Teenagers Train With Arsenal First Team Pre-West Brom
Published: January 01, 2021
Three Nigeria-eligible teenagers are seemingly in contention to make their Premier League debuts in Arsenal's meeting with West Brom on Saturday evening, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. Not for the first time in recent weeks, manager Mikel Arteta monitored at close quarters 19-year-old striker Folarin Balogun and 18-...
Photo Confirmation : Atletico de Madrid Femenino Sign Former Nigeria U17 Captain
Published: January 01, 2021
Through a statement on their official website, Spanish Primera División side Club Atlético de Madrid Femenino have announced the capture of former Nigeria U17 skipper Rasheedat Ajibade. The Super Falcon has inked a deal with Las Rojiblancas until 2022, ending her two-and-a-half-year association with Avaldnes in t...
Stoke Boss Confirms Mikel In Contention To Return To Stoke City's Starting XI Vs Bournemouth
Published: January 01, 2021
Stoke City boss Michael O'Neill has confirmed that former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel is in contention to return to the starting lineup when his side battle Bournemouth in the Championship tomorrow night. Mikel came through his comeback game unscathed, playing the last 22 minutes as the Potters were forced to ...
NPFL : LMC May Destroy The Solid Foundation It Is Building
Published: January 01, 2021
Since the 2020/21 Nigeria Professional Football League began, it has been one accolade or the other for the League governing body, the LMC.The praises are coming in bulk, if it's not about defiling odds to begin the season this year, it would be about having matches on Television for the first time in a long while.The ...
Champions League Winners Interested In West Brom-Linked Striker Ahmed Musa
Published: January 01, 2021
CONCACAF Champions League winners Tigres FC are the latest club showing interest in free agent Ahmed Musa. According to Multimedios Deportes, Tigres are hoping to sign a marque player, as they will be participating in February's Club World Cup organized by FIFA and Musa is the number one candidate. Tigres have t...
'Experienced Players Victor Moses, Mikel Have Ended Their Careers' - Rohr On Young Nigeria Squad
Published: January 01, 2021
Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr has praised the young players in the Super Eagles squad for stepping into the shoes of Chelsea-owned winger Victor Moses and Stoke City's John Obi Mikel. While Moses called time on his international career a month after the 2018 World Cup, his former teammate at the Blues, Mikel followed...
Nigerian-Born Winger Drawing Interest From West Ham, Crystal Palace, Swansea, Stoke City
Published: January 01, 2021
Nigerian-born winger Bright Osayi-Samuel is reportedly drawing interest from Premier League and Championship clubs. Teamtalk says Crystal Palace and West Ham are looking at signing the versatile attacker in the January transfer window but face competition. Aside from the the Eagles and Hammers, Osayi-Samuel is ...
Chelsea U23 Coach Reveals His Thinking Behind Anjorin Making Full Debut In Champions League
Published: December 31, 2020
Reviewing the 2020 calendar year, Chelsea U23 coach Andy Myers revealed his thinking behind one of his pupils Faustino Anjorin making his full debut for the first team in a Champions League clash against Krasnodar. With Chelsea already through to the last sixteen of the competition and injuries to Hakim Ziyech and ...
'You Saw My Reaction' - NFF Boss Pinnick Revisits Super Eagles Dramatic 4-4 Draw Vs Sierra Leone
Published: December 31, 2020
Nigeria Football Federation supremo Amaju Pinnick has revisited the Super Eagles dramatic 4-4 draw with Sierra Leone in a 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City last month. Pundits and fans alike thought the Super Eagles were on their way to a record win after scorin...
Rohr Finally Opens Up On Why Nigeria Lost To Algeria In October's Friendly
Published: December 31, 2020
Coach Gernot Rohr has highlighted that the Super Eagles lost to current African champions Algeria in a friendly staged in Austria two months ago because he was missing the services of several of his regular starters. Victor Osimhen was barred from joining the Super Eagles squad as the Napoli players were ordered ...
'One Could Compare Him To Lionel Messi' - Rohr Recalls Playing Against Maradona Twice
Published: December 31, 2020
Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr has admitted that Argentina legend Diego Maradona was one of the greatest players to grace the game, recalling that he faced the former Napoli midfielder twice before hanging up his boots. Assuming they played in the same era, Rohr argued that Maradona was in the same bracket as his comp...
Belenenses' Super Eagles Left-back Back In The Fold After Long-Term Injury
Published: December 31, 2020
Allnigeriasoccer.com has been told that Nigeria international Chima Akas is nearing a return to full fitness after more than nine months on the sidelines. You have to go back to March 8, 2020 to find the last time the left-back last played for Portuguese setup Belenenses SAD due to a serious injury he suffered. ...
Bologna To Make Decision On 2015 U17 World Cup Winner Okwonkwo As Montreal Impact Loan Ends
Published: December 31, 2020
2015 U17 World Cup-winning winger Orji Okwonkwo is set to return to Italian Serie A club Bologna following the conclusion of his loan spell at Major League Soccer outfit Montreal Impact.   Allnigeriasoccer.com has been told that Montreal Impact considered the possibility of exercising the purchase option inserted in...