Statistics Show Fanendo Adi Is A Better Striker Than Ex-Chelsea Star Drogba
Published: September 09, 2016
Portland Timbers striker Fanendo Adi has forged a great understanding upfront with Diego Valeri this term.The Timbers have scored 42 goals in Major League Soccer in the regular season, with the Nigerian and Argentine accounting for 24 of those strikes. Whilst Fanendo Adi has found the back of the net 13 times, Valeri h...
Super Eagles Midfielder Mikel In Pursuit Of Personal Milestone At Chelsea
Published: September 08, 2016
Nigeria skipper John Obi Mikel is in line to make his 250th Premier League appearance for Chelsea when they face Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday.It took the defensive midfielder longer than expected to be in a position to reach that target because he was away with the Nigerian Olympic National Team when t...
Ex-Nigeria U23 Skipper Handed Number Three Jersey At Greuther Furth (Photo)
Published: September 08, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com has been informed that Nigeria U23 international Erhun Obanor has been handed a shirt number at German 2 Bundesliga outfit SpVgg Greuther Fürth.For the remainder of the 2016-2017 campaign, the former Dream Team VI skipper will wear the number three jersey. Obanor arrived in Bavaria on Wednesda...
Sunderland Confirm Shirt Numbers For Three Nigerian Strikers
Published: September 08, 2016
English Premier League club Sunderland have updated their squad numbers for the 2016-2017 campaign on their official webpage following the arrival of Victor Anichebe, Jason Denayer and Didier Ndong.Nigeria international Anichebe will play with with the number 28 kit until he comes off contract in the summer. In his las...
Nigeria Star Fit And Ready To Go Against Liverpool
Published: September 08, 2016
Super Eagles assistant captain Ahmed Musa is poised to make his fourth appearance in the Premier League when Leicester City tackle Liverpool at Anfield this weekend.Manager Claudio Ranieri revealed during Thursday’s press conference that the Nigerian and the other first team players that traveled for internationa...
Exclusive : Nigeria Set To Make Approach For Arsenal Whizkid
Published: September 08, 2016
Arsenal defender Tolaji Bola is on the radar of the Nigeria Football Federation, with a view to an invitation to one of the national teams in the not too distant future. Born January 04, 1999, the stopper has yet to make his first team debut for the Gunners but is regarded as one of the top prospects at the Emirates. L...
Manchester City Staff Tips Iheanacho To Start Vs Manchester United
Published: September 08, 2016
In his preview of the upcoming Manchester derby, Manchester City club journalist Mark Booth has predicted that manager Pep Guardiola will start Kelechi Iheanacho in attack on Saturday.The striker position has been the subject of debate following the three-game ban handed to Sergio Aguero, and Booth reckons that the Nig...
Official : (Photo Confirmation ) Trencin Announce Signing Of Nigeria International Midfielder
Published: September 08, 2016
Through official sources, Slovakian champs AS TrenÄ�ín have confirmed the signing of Super Eagles midfielder Reuben Gabriel on a 1+2 year contract. The former Kano Pillars and Boavista star was delighted to join TrenÄ�ín, adding that he has been well received by his new teammates, and fellow Nigeria int...
No Debut For Arsenal Loanee Nwakali; Expected To Depart London Next Week
Published: September 08, 2016
Arsenal midfielder Kelechi Nwakali, 18, will not make his competitive debut for MVV Maastricht in Friday’s league game against FC Eindhoven and this is official.The Dutch second-tier outfit have confirmed via their official webpage that the Nigeria U20 international is still in England because his papers are not ...
Arsenal, Newcastle United Join Race For Youngest Nigerian To Play In Premier League
Published: September 08, 2016
Arsenal and Newcastle United have joined the race for Sunderland’s Nigerian wonderkid Joel Asoro, according to reports. Swedish newspaper Expressen has reported that scouts representing the Gunners and the Championship club were at Swedbank Stadion (Malmö) on Monday night when Sweden U21s took on Spain U21s ...
Iheanacho, Iwobi, Two Other Nigerian Wonderkids Included In Top 50 U20 Players In Europe
Published: September 08, 2016
Four players of Nigerian descent- Kelechi Iheanacho, Alex Iwobi, Dominic Solanke and Tammy Abraham- have been named among the top 50 players under the age of 20 in Europe.British newspaper Metro is paying attention to the future of the beautiful game and compiled a list of fifty of the top youngsters.Nigeria internatio...
Fifteen Players Of Nigerian Descent Called Up By England Youth Teams This Season
Published: September 07, 2016
Fifteen Nigerian players have been called up to England’s youth teams since the start of the 2016-2017 season.The authoritative website youthhawk.co.uk has done an analysis of the 135 players called by England from Under 21 to Under 16 and the clubs they represent.Four of the fifteen players of Nigerian descent i...
Fifa 17: Okocha Is A Better Dribbler Than Gareth Bale, Ibrahimovic, Ozil & Suarez But Behind Messi
Published: September 07, 2016
Video Game developer EA Sports acknowledged that retired Nigeria international Austin Okocha is more skillful than Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale in their Fifa 17 Player Ratings. Manchester United’s Ibrahimovic, Barcelona striker Luis Suárez and Arsenal star Mesut özil were behind the former Bolton W...
Nigeria And England Set To Battle For Manchester City Defender Elewa-Ikpakwu
Published: September 07, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that the highly-rated Manchester City defender Edward Elewa-Ikpakwu will have to make a decision whether to commit his international future to the Super Eagles or Three Lions in future. Elewa-Ikpakwu is in the possession of a British passport but eligible to represent Nigeria thro...
Kelechi Nwakali Trains With Arsenal First Team Ahead Of Southampton Clash
Published: September 07, 2016
Nigeria U20 skipper Kelechi Nwakali trained with the first team of Arsenal on Wednesday morning.The 18-year-old is still awaiting the outcome of his work permit application before traveling to the Netherlands, where he will remain on loan at MVV Maastricht until the end of this season.Though Nwakali has been registered...