NFF Set For Collision Course With Super Eagles As Pinnick Reveals Players Will Be Paid In Naira
Published: April 15, 2020
The Nigeria Football Federation are set for a collision course with the Super Eagles stars after the President of the NFF, Amaju Pinnick revealed that the players will be paid their bonuses in the local currency, a move that has been resisted by the national team players in the past. The Super Eagles players stand ...
What Mahrez Told Ndidi After AFCON Win Vs Nigeria, Leicester Ace Has Not Spoken To Kante
Published: April 15, 2020
Riyad Mahrez was honest in his assessment of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations semifinal tie between Algeria and Nigeria in which the North Africans earned a narrow 2-1 win thanks to a sublime free-kick curled in by the Manchester City star from just outside the box in the last minute of stoppage time. With extra time...
Nigeria's Top Scorer In La Liga History Has No Regrets Not Playing In England; Hails Chukwueze
Published: April 14, 2020
Former Villarreal striker Ikechukwu Uche has insisted that he has no regrets not playing in England when he was in the prime of his career.  Now 36 and unattached, the one-time Nigeria international is the highest scoring Nigerian in La Liga history with 43 goals combined for five different clubs namely Villarreal, Re...
Ighalo Namechecks Two Good Exciting Players To Explain Why He Won't Return To Super Eagles
Published: April 14, 2020
Odion Ighalo has ruled out the possibility of reversing his decision to retire from the Super Eagles for now, insisting that the young players in the team are doing well. The Manchester United striker called time on his international career in July 2019, few days after helping the Super Eagles win a bronze medal at t...
Heracles' Dessers Fears There Would Be An Asterisk Next To His Name If Season Is Not Finished
Published: April 14, 2020
With 15 goals from 26 appearances, Super Eagles hopeful Cyriel Dessers is the joint top scorer in the Dutch Eredivsie along with Feyenoord's Steven Berghuis. The Eredivisie has been suspended, like most leagues in Europe, due to the coronavirus outbreak and Dessers fears there would be an asterisk next to his name a...
'I Hope I'll Achieve It One Day' - Porto Loanee Awaziem Dreams Of Playing For Real Madrid
Published: April 13, 2020
Porto-owned central defender Chidozie Awaziem will be the subject of transfer speculation at the end of the season considering that his loan deal with CD Leganes will expire in June 2020. Joining Leganes on a permanent deal is an option but it may not come to fruition as Los Pepineros are battling to stay afloat, wi...
Pinnick: Top Coaches Have Showed Interest In Super Eagles, Super Falcons Jobs; NFF Will Take Difficult Decisions
Published: April 13, 2020
Nigeria Football Federation president Amaju Pinnick was live on Channels Television Monday morning and monitored by allnigeriasoccer.com where he talked about the contract update of Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr, employment of a new Super Falcons coach and the impact of the Covid 19 global pandemic. Excerpts... ...
FIFA CLO Suggests : Victor Moses, Awaziem, Ojo, Etebo To Return To Parents Clubs July 1
Published: April 13, 2020
FIFA Chief Legal Officer Emilio García Silvero has claimed that it would be impossible to automatically extend the contracts of players that expire on June 30 as proposed by football governing body, FIFA last week. Football activities have been suspended across the globe as a precautionary measure to slow the spre...
Chukwueze Ignored Villarreal's Advice To Feature For The Flying Eagles At U20 World Cup
Published: April 13, 2020
Samuel Chukwueze has opened up on the circumstances to led to him missing out on the Flying Eagles squad to the 2019 FIFA U20 World Cup despite his inclusion on the provisional roster. The right winger revealed that he had a difficult choice to make - either to play for the Nigeria U20s at the World Cup or to be a ...
Belgian Scout Reveals Several French Clubs Failed To Take A Gamble On Osimhen Before Lille Move
Published: April 12, 2020
Belgian scout Stéphane Pauwels, who has worked for French clubs FC Metz, Monaco and Valenciennes FC, has revealed that he recommended Victor Osimhen to several French clubs before Lille swooped for his services in the summer of 2019. The unnamed French Ligue 1 clubs were not willing to take a gamble on Osimhen who ...
'I'm Not Thinking About Making More Money' - Brown Ideye Comments On Aris Future
Published: April 11, 2020
Nigeria international Brown Ideye has insisted that the financial part will not play a role before he decides whether or not to extend his contract with Greek Super League side Aris Thessaloniki. Having spent seven months without a club, the former Olympiakos striker returned to Greece to join Aris in July 2019, sig...
Rohr's Former Pupil Agali, GK Coach Agu Scouring The NPFL For Next Super Eagles Gem
Published: April 11, 2020
Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr has mandated his former pupil at OGC Nice, Victor Agali and goalkeeping coach Alloy Agu to scour the Nigeria Professional Football League for potential Super Eagles players. Rohr has been criticized by Nigerian Federation boss Amaju Pinnick for not giving chances to players based in the ...
USA 94: Fans React As FIFA Reminisce Nigeria Vs Italy Game In Which Okocha Set World Cup Dribble Record
Published: April 10, 2020
In a #WorldCupAtHome Twitter trend on Friday evening, FIFA has reminisced Nigeria's round of 16 bout with Italy during the 1994 World Cup. In the tensed game in a packed Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, Emmanuel Amunike gave the Super Eagles an early lead but the Azzurri hit back through a double from talismanic striker, ...
Enyeama Names Nine Good Players He Played With In National Team Including Victor Moses And Mikel
Published: April 10, 2020
Super Eagles great Vincent Enyeama namechecked Austin Okocha, John Obi Mikel, Emmanuel Emenike, Victor Moses, Osaze Odemwingie, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Joseph Yobo, Kenneth Omeruo and Ahmed Musa when he was pressed to reveal the best player he played with in his career. The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations-winning goalkeeper was...
Super Eagles Assistant Coach Yobo Monitoring Ezenwa, Anaemena, Samuel Kalu On Rohr's Behalf
Published: April 10, 2020
Former Everton defender Joseph Yobo, who is now the assistant coach of the Super Eagles, has been mandated to monitor goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Ifeanyi Anaemena and Samuel Kalu on behalf of manager Gernot Rohr. Bordeaux winger Samuel Kalu was given permission to fly to Lagos to be with his family due to the coro...