Super Eagles camp update: Zaidu, Ahmed Musa link up with squad ahead of AFCONQ 
Published: June 12, 2023
According to the Nigeria Football Federation, only two of the invited players summoned for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Sierra Leone have not reported for international duty, allnigeriasoccer.com reports.    Today, Monday, two more players linked up with the squad in the country's...
Confirmed: German-Nigerian striker joins Brentford on a full deal for club-record fee 
Published: June 12, 2023
English Premier League side Brentford have confirmed the signature of Germany International of Nigerian descent Kevin Schade on a permanent deal from Freiburg.   Announcing on their official website, Schade was signed for a club-record undisclosed fee and has penned down a 5-year contract. ​ ​ ​The 21-y...
Standard Liege on the brink of signing Southampton's Belgian winger of Nigerian descent
Published: June 12, 2023
Belgium underage international of Nigerian descent Kazeem Olaigbe is being linked with a move to Jupiler Pro League side Standard Liege.   According to several reports in the Belgian press including Het Nieuwsblad, Olaigbe's transfer to Standard Liege is imminent, with the winger expected to sign a three-ye...
Chelsea boss Pochettino to decide on loaning Chukwuemeka without an option to buy clause
Published: June 12, 2023
New Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino will have to make a decision on whether or not to loan Carney Chukwuemeka without an option to buy clause in the summer transfer window.   This is according to transfer Guru, Fabrizio Romano who tweeted on Monday morning that the future of the England underage International o...
'I doubt if he has been in Nigeria' - Friday Ekpo backs Eze's decision to represent England 
Published: June 12, 2023
Former Super Eagles playmaker Friday Ekpo has spared a thought for Crystal Palace's midfielder Eberechi Eze as he gets set to team up with the England squad this month for the 2024 UEFA Championship qualifiers.    The Three Lions will face Malta and North Macedonia in the qualifiers with Eze among the midfi...
Ex-Juventus RB reckons Dessers is in the mould of Morelos who scored 124 goals for Rangers 
Published: June 12, 2023
Former Juventus right-back Sergio Porrini believes that Cyriel Dessers is in the same bracket as prolific Colombian striker Alfredo Morelos.    After six years of service to the Light Blues in which he scored 124 goals in 269 appearances, Morelos will be departing the Ibrox Stadium upon the expiry of his co...
Super Eagles camp update: Iwobi, Aribo, 17 others report for international duty pre-Sierra Leone 
Published: June 12, 2023
Everton star Alex Iwobi and Southampton midfielder Joe Aribo are among nineteen players who have reported for international duty in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos ahead of the national team's 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Sierra Leone.   Twelve other European-based players ...
Barcelona beat Chelsea to the services of talented African centre-back
Published: June 12, 2023
Spanish champions Barcelona have won the race for the signature of Senegalese wonderkid Mikayil Faye.   Italian transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano has reported that Barcelona are set to sign talented centre-back Faye from Croatian outfit NK Kustošija Zagreb.    Romano is certain that it's a do...
2023 Flying Eagles invitee Ejeheri keeps twentieth clean sheet since August
Published: June 11, 2023
Arsenal-owned goalkeeper Ovie Ejeheri kept his twentieth clean sheet since August 2022 as SJK Seinäjoki secured a 2-0 road win over IFK Mariehamn in a Finnish Veikkausliiga clash at the Wiklöf Holding Arena on Sunday evening.   Ejeheri was officially called up to train with the Flying Eagles in January, befo...
'They like Osimhen' - Romano provides update on Chelsea's search for a new striker 
Published: June 11, 2023
Providing an update on Chelsea's search for a new striker, Italian transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano has reiterated that Victor Osimhen is among the players on the radar of the Premier League giants.    None of Chelsea's strikers stood out in the recently concluded season, with Germany internationa...
2023 AFCONQ: The centre-back conundrum facing Peseiro ahead of Sierra Leone clash
Published: June 11, 2023
The Super of Eagles will kickstart their preparation for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone tomorrow. Head coach, Jose Peseiro's side need at least a draw to secure their place in the African showpiece next year but they can't afford to take things for ...
Peseiro watches three Super Eagles invitees ahead of AFCON qualifier v Sierra Leone 
Published: June 11, 2023
Super Eagles manager Jose Peseiro was in attendance at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Onikan, Lagos on Friday as Rivers United and Bendel Insurance faced off in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) playoffs, allnigeriasoccer.com reports.   The Portuguese football tactician was at the venue of the match to...
AC Milan eyeing loan deal with option to buy for talented Chelsea midfielder of Nigerian descent 
Published: June 11, 2023
Italian giants AC Milan are reportedly  keeping tabs on Chelsea midfielder of Nigerian descent,  Carney Chukwuemeka. According to Italian transfer market guru, Gianluca Di Marzio, the England U20 international could be joining AC Milan on loan with an option to buy inserted into the agreement.  The Rosson...
'Hopefully I'll earn that special call-up' - Man Utd-reared winger wants to play for Super Eagles
Published: June 11, 2023
Manchester United academy product Tosin Kehinde has said that he is targeting a call-up to the Super Eagles following his move to Hungarian champions Ferencvaros.    Born in Lagos twenty four years ago, Kehinde is eligible to play for Nigeria as well as England where he grew up, but has pledged his internation...
Burna Boy tells Kate Abdo why he's a Man Utd fan despite idolising Arsenal icon Thierry Henry
Published: June 11, 2023
Manchester City reached the pinnacle of European football on Saturday night after beating Inter Milan 1-0 in a hard-fought UEFA Champions League final staged at the Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadı in İstanbul.    It wasn't Norwegian goal machine Erling Haaland that got the goal that mattered,but his teammate ...