Celtic, RB Leipzig Monitoring The Situation Of Arsenal GK Of Nigerian Descent
Published: April 23, 2018
It is being speculated that promising English-born Nigerian goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo could depart Arsenal in the summer transfer window.The Mirror UK is reporting that Arsenal risk losing one of their best teenage prospects and he is being targeted by RB Leipzig and Celtic.As previously reported by this website, Okonk...
Nigerian Team Of The Week : Moses, Ighalo, Simy, Idowu, Mikel Named
Published: April 23, 2018
The past week saw a lot of accolades pouring in for Nigerians who proved instrumental yet again for their various clubs in picking up results abroad. Allnigeriasoccer.com has compiled the best of these ones in its Team of the Week as follows..GoalkeeperAustin Ejide (Hapoel Hadera): The Nigerian goalkeeper helped his te...
Eagles Stars Etebo & Ezekiel Unable To Save Las Palmas From Relegation
Published: April 22, 2018
Oghenekaro Etebo, Imoh Ezekiel and Emmanuel Emenike have failed to aid struggling struggling UD Las Palmas's bid for survival after their relegation was confirmed after a 4-0 defeat against Deportivo Alaves on Sunday evening.A double from the opposition's Mohammed Munir as well as strikes from Alvaro Medran and Ruben S...
Rabiu Ibrahim, Igiebor & Udoji Score First Goals For Clubs; Onyeka Grabs Dramatic Equalizer
Published: April 22, 2018
Allnigeriasoccer.com's roundup on the Nigerian players that were on target for their respective foreign clubs in league matches on Sunday, April 22.We start off in Slovakia, where Rabiu Ibrahim currently plies his trade. The 2007 Fifa U17 World Cup-winning midfielder netted his first goal in the Fortuna Liga as Slovan ...
Crotone's Simy Joins Joel Obi As Nigeria's Sixth Top Scorer In Serie A History
Published: April 22, 2018
Simeon Tochukwu Nwankwo continued his recent good form in front of goal after finding the net for Crotone in their impressive 2-1 road win over Udinese in the Italian Serie A on Sunday.Following his heroics against the champions Juventus on Wednesday, manager Walter Zenga had no choice but to include the lanky striker ...
Mainz Defender Leon Balogun Joins Super Eagles Walking Wounded
Published: April 22, 2018
Leon Balogun has joined the Super Eagles walking wounded and was unavailable for selection when Mainz 05 faced off with Augsburg at the WWK Arena on Sunday afternoon in a Bundesliga tie.This will certainly be bad news for Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr as he is also sweating on the fitness of three players he is pla...
Nigeria's Best Moses Impresses As Chelsea Set Up FA Cup Final Date With Man Utd
Published: April 22, 2018
Chelsea moved into the finals of the Emirates FA on Sunday afternoon after beating Southampton 2-0 in their semifinal meeting at Wembley.Victor Moses made his second FA Cup appearance for the Blues this season and was impressive while Argentine goalkeeper, Willy Caballero was also preferred in goal by Chelsea.Caballero...
Leicester City Loanee Ahmed Musa Saves CSKA Moscow From Defeat Again
Published: April 22, 2018
Ahmed Musa saved CSKA Moscow from defeat again after the capital outfit battled back from a goal down and scored twice in the second half to overcome Krasnodar 2-1 on game week 27 on Sunday afternoon.Exactly a week ago, the Leicester City loanee netted a crucial 78th minute equalizer as the Muscovites were forced to a ...
Manchester City's Nigerian Trio Miss Out On Premier League Winners Medal
Published: April 22, 2018
It is now one hundred percent confirmed that Manchester City's Nigerian trio in the shape of defender Tosin Adarabioyo, midfielder Tom Dele-Bashiru and striker Lukas Nmecha will miss out on Premier League winners' medals.City manager Pep Guardiola has announced his match day squad for this afternoon's league match agai...
Alex Iwobi Features As Arsenal Hit West Ham For Four
Published: April 22, 2018
Arsenal toppled Premier League opponents, West Ham 4-1 in their league game at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon, coming out top thanks to late onslaught in the five-goal thriller.Alex Iwobi made his 22nd Premier League appearance for Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, starring from the off.The Super Eagle nearly ...
Chelsea Loanee Tomori Sends Message To EFL: It's Not An Own Goal
Published: April 22, 2018
Chelsea loanee Fikayo Tomori has sent a message to the English Football League, informing the organizers of the Championship that Hull City's second goal against Bristol City on Saturday should be credited to him.There's still a debate over whether the England U21 international should be awarded the disputed goal as hi...
Nigerian Striker Scores Four Goals For Crystal Palace Youth Team Vs Millwall
Published: April 22, 2018
Crystal Palace U16 team demolished Millwall 5-1 on Saturday with young Nigerian striker Josh Ajayi putting in a Man of the Match performance.In the game featuring several U15 players for the Eagles, Ajayi, who can also be deployed as a wing-back and winger, tallied four goals.He debuted for Crystal Palace U18 team at t...
NFF Congratulates Former Chelsea Star, Nigeria Captain Mikel On 31st Birthday
Published: April 22, 2018
The Nigeria Football Federation on Sunday felicitated with Super Eagles captain John Mikel Obi who marks his 31st birthday today.Born to the family of Mr. Michael Obi in 1987, Mikel began his career in Jos, Plateau State albeit his father hails from Neni in Anambra State.The NFF on its twitter handle, @thenff wrote: "H...
Lewandowski Breaks Record: Top Ten Nigerian Goalscorers In Bundesliga History
Published: April 22, 2018
Bayern Munich's Poland captain Robert Lewandowski was on target against Hannover 96 in the 31st round of matches in the German Bundesliga.In doing so, the prolific striker became the highest non-German goalscorer of all time in the top flight for one club with 105 goals, breaking the record he jointly held with Claudio...
Details Of Chelsea Final Workout: Moses Excused From 5-A-Side, Extra Drills For Argentina GK
Published: April 21, 2018
Victor Moses was part of Chelsea's first-team players that reported for training on Saturday ahead of tomorrow's Emirates FA Cup semifinal showdown against Southampton at the National Stadium in London.The Nigeria international did not participate in the full workout as manager Antonio Conte did not want to over-task t...