England Coach Names One Player Who Will Definitely Start Against Nigeria
Published: June 01, 2018
Manchester United's England midfielder Jesse Lingard will pick up his eleventh England cap when they face Nigeria in an international friendly on Saturday evening. Speaking at ongoing press conference on Friday afternoon, Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate has stressed that Lingard was not vying for a first team spot...
Carl Ikeme More Than Devastated Not To Represent Nigeria At World Cup
Published: June 01, 2018
Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Carl Ikeme is gutted that he won't be representing Nigeria at the upcoming World Cup in Russia and has sent an encouraging good luck message to his international teammates. The 31-year-old, who played a part in Nigeria's World Cup qualification story, featuring over both legs again...
Manchester United Defender Ruled Out Of Nigeria Friendly
Published: June 01, 2018
England will not call upon Manchester United central defender Phil Jones for Saturday's international friendly against the Super Eagles of Nigeria as his wife is due to give birth, Belfast Telegraph reports on Friday morning.Head coach Gareth Southgate had the full complement of his squad with the Nigerian side albeit...
Croatia Scout: Rohr Has Doubts About Super Eagles GKs & Fullbacks
Published: June 01, 2018
Croatia National Team scout Ognjen Vukojević has revealed that Super Eagles boss Gernot Rohr has doubts about his goalkeepers and fullbacks ahead of the 2018 World Cup. Everyone can predict that the likes of Troost-Ekong, Leon Balogun, Obi Mikel, Victor Moses, Odion Ighalo, Alex Iwobi and Eddy Onazi are the likely ...
Joel Obi Might Not Be Excited About The Referee For England Vs Nigeria Friendly
Published: June 01, 2018
Torino star Joel Obi might not be excited about the appointment of Italian Marco Guida as the referee for the international friendly between England and Nigeria on Saturday. Since the central midfielder made his Serie A debut in October 2010, he has been shown fourteen yellow cards and Guida, who is a commercial con...
Troost-Ekong Reveals How England Captain Kane Helped Him At Tottenham Hotspur
Published: June 01, 2018
Super Eagles defensive stalwart William Troost-Ekong has revealed how England scoring sensation Harry Kane helped him at Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur during his time with the Academy. Dutch-born Ekong departed Spurs in 2013 without a single first team appearance to his name while Kane ranks among the best s...
Rohr Gives Clues To Starting XI Vs England: How Team A & B Lined Up On Thursday
Published: June 01, 2018
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has hinted at resting almost half of the players that started Monday evening's friendly against Democratic Republic of Congo, if yesterday's training session is anything to go by. After the warmup exercises, the outfield players participated in cone drills while Francis Uzoho, Ikechukw...
Super Eagles Training: Rohr Continues To Test Out Five-Man Midfield Variation; Aina Involved
Published: May 31, 2018
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has continued to test out a five-man midfield variation at training ahead of Saturday's friendly against England, and this might be his preferred formation at the 2018 World Cup. He divided the squad into two teams containing eleven players each fo...
Mikel & Iheanacho Ahead Of Friendly: We Know England Like The Back Of Our Hand
Published: May 31, 2018
Former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel and Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho fancies the Super Eagles chances when they trade tackles with England in a friendly at Wembley on Saturday. The Super Eagles captain has reminded everybody that he spent more than ten years at Chelsea, winning the Premier League, F...
Ndidi All But Ruled Out Of England Friendly, Ebuehi Fit, Victor Moses Trains Fully
Published: May 31, 2018
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that Wilfred Ndidi is all but ruled out of the upcoming friendly between England and Nigeria as he has not been given the green light to resume full training by the medical team. The Leicester City midfielder had an individual training session for the sixth time since the national te...
England Relocate To Arsenal Base Ahead Of Nigeria Friendly
Published: May 31, 2018
On Thursday, May 31, the English National Team continued their preparations for the international friendly against Nigeria with another training session which was not held at St George's Park. The English Football Association has tweeted that the Three Lions trained at Arsenal’s base at London Colney today, having...
Obi Mikel On Rohr's High Standards: If You Don't Train Properly, You Are Leaving Camp
Published: May 31, 2018
Super Eagles captain, John Obi Mikel has credited the national team manager, Gernot Rohr with the upturn in fortunes for the team as a result of his insistence on certain high standards while acclaiming his strict disciplinary measures.Prior to the appointment of the German two years ago, Nigeria had lost much of their...
Nigeria Dazzler Victor Moses Set For First Training Session At The Hive Pre-England
Published: May 31, 2018
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that the Super Eagles are set for their first training session on English soil ahead of a glamour friendly against the Three Lions at Wembley. As at the time of filing this report, the Super Eagles players and coaching staff were preparing to depart their hotel, Hilton London Wembley...
Croatia Scout On Injured Moses Simon: He Is A Good Player But Replaceable
Published: May 31, 2018
Croatia national team scout Ognjen Vukojević is of the opinion that Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr will not lose sleep over the injury sustained by Gent winger Moses Simon because the player is replaceable. One of the worst kept secrets is Simon is the 'mysterious' fifth player that will be axed from the Super Ea...
Croatia Scout Impressed With Simeon Nwankwo's Abilities: He Is Fast And Agile
Published: May 31, 2018
Croatia national team scout Ognjen Vukojević monitored the international friendly between Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday and has picked one Super Eagles player that impressed him. The former Dynamo Kyiv midfielder and teammate of Olarenwaju Kayode at Austria Vienna has praised the qualities of S...