Nigeria U23 Players Cost A Total Of 29.05 Million Euros; Chelsea Star Mikel Is Most Expensive
Published: August 23, 2016
The 18 players that represented Nigeria at the 2016 Olympic Games cost €29.05 million in total , according to the experts at the authoritative German website transfermarkt.As you would expect, the most expensive player in the Nigerian squad is Team Nigeria captain and Chelsea star John Obi Mikel, who is valued at ...
Nigerian Defender Set To Make Chelsea First - Team Debut Eight Years After Joining Club
Published: August 23, 2016
Nigerian defender Ola Aina is poised to make his competitive debut for Chelsea when they tackle Bristol Rovers in the Football League Cup Second round at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night.With manager Antonio Conte expected to rotate his squad as he eyes the Premier League tie with Burnley, Aina is expected to be in act...
12 Nigeria U23 Players, 7 Officials Arrive In Lagos; No Plans To Host Team
Published: August 22, 2016
Players and officials of the Dream Team landed in Lagos on Monday evening from Brazil after representing Nigeria at the recently concluded Olympic Games. The delegation consisted of twelve players and seven officials, according to the Media Officer of the Nigeria U23s Timi Ebikagboro.Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel, ...
Ex-Super Eagles Coach Oliseh Says Atlanta 1996 Squad Was Better Than Mikel & Co
Published: August 22, 2016
Former Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh has rated the Atlanta 1996 team a better squad than the class of 2016 that finished third at the Olympic Games. A couple of players in the 1996 team, including Austin Okocha, Sunday Oliseh, Uche Okechukwu, Emmanuel Amuneke and Daniel Amokachi represented Nigeria at the World Cup ...
Prolific Striker Ugbo Scores, Tomori Stars In Chelsea Rout Of Liverpool
Published: August 22, 2016
Chelsea U23s picked up their first three points of the new season with a resounding 4-1 win against Liverpool in the Premier League 2 on Monday night. The Blues manager Adi Viveash lined up his team in a 3-4-2-1 formation, with Fikayo Tomori one of the three central defenders and England youth international Ike Ugbo le...
Watford Ace Anya To Face Off Against Effiong As Scotland Name Squad For WCQ
Published: August 22, 2016
Watford star Ikechi Anya is poised to add to his international caps during the upcoming international break.The versatile player has been named in Scotland’s 27-man roster for a World Cup qualifier against Malta at the National Stadium, Ta’Qali on Sunday 4th September. Glasgow-born Anya has been invited by ...
Nathan Oduwa Sparkles As Tottenham Hotspur Return To Winning Ways
Published: August 22, 2016
Tottenham Hotspur U23s returned to winning ways in emphatic style by thrashing their Reading counterparts 4-1 at Hogwood Park Training Ground (Finchampstead, Berkshire) in the Premier League 2 on Monday afternoon.As for team news, Nigeria U23 international Nathan Oduwa was named in the starting line-up of the White Har...
Watford, Hamburg Target Wilfred Ndidi Staying Put At Racing Genk ?
Published: August 22, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com has been informed that Nigeria international Wilfred Ndidi is unlikely to leave Racing Genk this summer.The defensive midfielder was heavily courted by Hamburg and Watford in the summer transfer window, with the Bundesliga team earlier thought be in pole position to land his signature. The update f...
Obi Mikel Thanks Chelsea Coach, Terry, Fabregas, Kante, Others After Helping Nigeria Win Bronze
Published: August 22, 2016
Nigeria U23s skipper John Obi Mikel has thanked Chelsea staff and the fans for their support during his participation at the recently concluded 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.Aged 29, the central midfielder was one of the two players above the age limit included in Nigeria’s 18-man squad for the Games, and the Blues h...
Work Permit Delays Transfer Of Liverpool Striker Awoniyi To NEC
Published: August 22, 2016
Dutch Eredivisie club NEC Nijmegen are expected to announce the capture of the signature of Nigeria U23 international Taiwo Awoniyi as from this week. The Liverpool young star passed his medical examination with NEC Nijmegen early last week, but the Goffertstadion outfit have been keeping their lips sealed on the trans...
Everton Scout Watches GK Daniel, Troost-Ekong, Seth Against Honduras
Published: August 22, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that a representative of English Premier League club Everton watched the Olympic bronze medal match between Nigeria and Honduras on Saturday afternoon. The Toffees scout was at the Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto to run the rule over Honduras attacker Alberth Elis, who ...
Barcelona, Arsenal, Spurs, Manchester United Scouts Run Rule Over Nigerian Midfielder Mikel
Published: August 22, 2016
Scouts representing top European clubs were at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica  to watch the Primeira Liga clash between Benfica and Vitória Setúbal on Sunday night.English Premier League clubs Arsenal, Manchester United, Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur posted scouts to track some of t...
Chelsea Coach Praises New Kid On The Block Tariq Uwakwe For Brilliant Goal
Published: August 21, 2016
Chelsea Under-18 coach, Jody Morris, has reflected on his side’s 3-2 loss to Southampton in the Under-18 Premier League on Saturday, and reserved special praise for Tariq Uwakwe for his brilliant strike.The 16-year-old Nigerian midfielder netted his first goal for the academy team when he fire a left-footed shot ...
Exclusive : Adanaspor Beat CSKA Moscow, Grasshopper In Race For Eduok; Striker Arrives In Turkey
Published: August 21, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com has been informed that newly promoted Turkish Super Lig club Adanaspor are on the brink of announcing the capture of Emem Eduok.Contrary to reports at home and abroad, the former Dolphins of Port Harcourt poster boy was not a free agent before agreeing terms with Adanaspor, with Esperance set to po...
Aston Villa Goalkeeper Emmanuel Idem Outshines Reading Duo Odimayo, Shokunbi
Published: August 21, 2016
The highly-rated young Nigerian goalkeeper Emmanuel Idem was assisted by his defenders to post his first shutout of the new season in the U18 Premier League on Saturday. Reading U18s were held to a goalless draw by Aston Villa at Bodymoor Heath Training Ground (Warwickshire), with Idem in brilliant form. The 17-year-ol...