Exclusive : Nigeria U23s Striker Umar Aminu Reveals He Will Not Play Against Japan
Published: August 03, 2016
Dream Team VI manager Samson Siasia will have only five outfield players on the substitutes bench in his side’s opener against Japan on Thursday, with Osmanlıspor frontman Umar Aminu revealing that he will miss the game.The Super Eagles rising star will be on duty for the Turkish Super Lig club tomorrow evenin...
Stranded Nigeria U23s Hoping To Fly To Brazil On Wednesday
Published: August 03, 2016
With just over twenty four hours left before the Dream Team’s first game against Japan at the Olympic Games, players and officials have not jetted out to Brazil. The Nigeria U23s were due to fly to Brazil on Friday, July 29 but could not do so because of the unavailability of funds to purchase plane tickets. &ldq...
Nigeria U23s Players Lacking Match Fitness Ahead Of Showdown With Japan
Published: August 03, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that the Nigeria U23s players are not adequately prepared for their Olympic Games opener against Japan at the Amazonian city of Manaus on Thursday, August 4.The squad did not train again on Tuesday, with uncertainties surrounding the exact time and date they will depart their training c...
Stevenage Starlet Dipo Akinyemi Loaned Out To St Albans City
Published: August 02, 2016
With a statement published on their official webpage, League Two club Stevenage have announced that Dipo Akinyemi has been farmed out on loan to National league South club St Albans City.The Nigerian attacker will remain on the books of St Albans City until January 2017 when the agreement between both clubs expire.Aged...
MLS Club Portland Timbers In Talks With Gbenga Arokoyo - Chris Rifer
Published: August 02, 2016
Portland Timbers are working on a deal to sign Gbenga Arokoyo in the summer transfer window, according to reports emanating from the United States. Chris Rifer, a contributor to Stumptown Footy, has reported that the Timbers are hopeful of clinching the signing of a central defender before the end of this week, and sug...
Chelsea Stopper Cahill Recollects West Ham Fan Akabusi Won Bronze At Olympics
Published: August 02, 2016
Chelsea defender Gary Cahill has been answering questions about the Olympic Games from the editors of the official website of the Premier League club. The England international was six years old when 400m hurdler Kriss Akabusi MBE, who represented Great Britain, won the bronze medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.Asked...
Ex-Arsenal Target Austin Amutu Joins Dream Team Star Okechukwu At Yeni Malatyaspor
Published: August 02, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com has been informed that Turkish First League club Yeni Malatyaspor have completed the signing of ex- Dream Team VI trainee Austin Amutu, who has been courted by Arsenal in the past.The deal that took Amutu to Yeni Malatyaspor was brokered by Argentinian agent Marcelo Housemen, who also represents th...
Revealed : Sell-On Clause Inserted Into Kelechi Iheanacho Man City Contract
Published: August 02, 2016
The proprietor of Taye Academy, Kennedy Ezenwere, has claimed that the Owerri-based club negotiated a sell-on clause before Kelechi Iheanacho was sold to Manchester City.The Citizens had acquired their number 72 back in January 2015, parting with 350,000 pounds to prise him from the Nigerian club, and seeing off compet...
Nigerian Defender Pens New Four-Year Deal With Chelsea
Published: August 02, 2016
Nigerian young star Fikayo Tomori has penned a new four-year contract at Premier League club Chelsea, the official website of the Blues has informed. Tomori, who is an England U19 international and eligible to represent the senior team of Canada internationally, has been rewarded with a new deal after starring for Chel...
Why Nigeria National League Side Slashed Players Salaries By 40 Percent
Published: August 02, 2016
The management of Kogi United football club has placed its players on reduced salaries following their disappointing 0-2 loss to Shekarau Babes FC in Kano on Saturday.In a statement released by the club’s chairman, Abdul Sule, it said the measure to slash the players’ salaries by 40 per cent became necessar...
Club Reveal Nigeria Wonderkid Nwakali Is Now In London To Sign Five-Year Arsenal Contract
Published: August 02, 2016
Nigeria U20 skipper Kelechi Nwakali and his intermediary, Allwell, arrived in London on Monday to complete his move to English Premier League powerhouse Arsenal.Having trained with the Gunners earlier this year and passed a medical, the Gunners could not wrap up the deal until now because the central midfielder was wit...
Exclusive: Chelsea Star Mikel Regrets Accepting To Represent Nigeria U23s At Olympics
Published: August 02, 2016
Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel, 29, has regretted accepting to represent the Nigerian Olympic National Team at the 2016 Olympic Games. And this is not related to the fact that the central midfielder could lose his spot in the Blues first team upon his return to Stamford Bridge, having missed a large part of pre-seas...
Dynamic Sporting Solution Win Prestigious DANA Cup For Nigeria
Published: August 02, 2016
Kaduna-based Dynamic Sporting Solution won the Dana Cup in class B19 after beating Jambars FC (USA) 2-0 in the final on Sunday, with Chinedu Pius and Dizza Usman registering their names on the score-sheet.DSS won all their four matches in the group stage, first thrashing Gnarrenburg JSG 7-0 before recording wins agains...
Nigeria U23s Get Back To Business After Two Days Of Inactivity; Troost-Ekong Flies To Brazil
Published: August 02, 2016
The Dream Team VI returned to training on Monday ahead of their trip to Brazil for the Olympic Games, allnigeriasoccer.com has been informed. It would be recalled that the Nigeria U23s did not practice on Saturday because none of the players agreed to pay for a bus that will take them to the Georgia Soccer Park in Atla...
Ejaria Remains Crocked; Ojo On Song As Liverpool Lose To Roma
Published: August 02, 2016
Liverpool were beaten 2-1 in their final game of their tour of the United States, losing 2-1 to Italian opponents AS Roma at the Busch Stadium (St. Louis, Missouri) on Tuesday morning.For the second straight game, former Golden Eaglets trainee Ovie Ejaria did not make the Reds starting line-up, with reports suggesting ...