Anderlecht, Everton Agree Loan Extension For Henry; Rohr To Scout Striker On Sunday
Published: May 03, 2018
Anderlecht and Everton have reached an agreement over the extension of the loan deal for Henry Onyekuru for another season, according to reports in the Belgian media.The print edition of Het Laatste Nieuws sighted by this website is reporting that it is not yet done and dusted that the Nigeria international will wear t...
Crotone's Simy On Super Eagles Call-Up: No Contact With Rohr, Targets Strong Finish
Published: May 02, 2018
Crotone striker Simeon Tochukwu Nwankwo is one of the names being bandied about by the local media for a shock inclusion in the Super Eagles provisional squad list for the 2018 World Cup.Although Nwankwo would not hesitate if he is summoned to the national team, he has made it crystal clear that his priority is to fini...
Agent Confirms Russian-Based Super Eagles Striker Will Miss World Cup
Published: May 02, 2018
The 27-year-old Nigeria international Sylvester Igboun has been a regular player at FK Ufa from day one, and this season, Igboun has six goals in 24 matches and is even the club's top scorer in the Russian Premier League.The World Cup will be staged in Russia this summer, but the Super Eagles will be without Igboun, wh...
Man City Loanee Kayode Banned For Three Games For Violent Conduct In Ukraine
Published: May 02, 2018
Manchester City loanee Olarenwaju Kayode has been banned for one match plus two matches conditionally following the incident that occurred in the Ukrainian Premier League match between his team Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kiv on April 14, 2018, writes the official website of the FFU.The Control and Disciplinary Committ...
Barcelona's Croatia Star: We Like To Get A Win, 3 Points Against Nigeria
Published: May 02, 2018
Croatia have not made it to the knockout stage of the World Cup since 1998 and know the importance of their first game against Nigeria on June 16, 2018.Given the players that they have, the individual talents in their ranks and overall quality, Croatia are without doubt the favourites to qualify for the last sixteen in...
Big Injury Boost For Nigeria: Iwobi Trains Without Any Issues Before Arsenal's Trip
Published: May 02, 2018
Nigeria, and manager Gernot Rohr in particular, have been handed a big injury boost two weeks before naming their provisional World Cup roster, with news that Arsenal winger Alex Iwobi is no longer listed as out.Arsenal youth team guru Jeorge Bird has informed allnigeriasoccer.com that Iwobi trained without any issues ...
Osayi-Samuel Wants To Improve Goalscoring Stats After First QPR Goal
Published: May 02, 2018
Queens Park Rangers winger Bright Osayi-Samuel has admitted that he wants to improve his goalscoring stats after netting his first goal in the Championship against Birmingham City last weekend.In general, nobody can criticize Osayi-Samuel because of his silky skills and pace but it took him 17 matches before opening hi...
Exclusive: Rohr, NFF To Make Big Decision As Leicester's Ndidi Is Ruled Out For Six Weeks
Published: May 02, 2018
Wilfred Ndidi will be on the sidelines for the next six weeks, Leicester City have confirmed Nigeria's worst fears before manager Gernot Rohr announces a 35-man provisional roster for the 2018 World Cup.The central midfielder subbed out in the 51st minute of the Foxes 5-0 loss to Crystal Palace on April 28 due ...
Moses Looking Forward To Facing Ex-England Teammates Welbeck, Henderson, Smalling
Published: May 01, 2018
Victor Moses is looking forward to facing his former teammates in the Young Lions when Nigeria tackle England in a pre-World Cup friendly at the National Stadium in London on June 2, 2018.The Super Eagle turned out for England's U16, U17, U19 and U21 national teams before he pledged his allegiance to Nigeria in 2011.Ap...
Manchester City Confirm Highly-Rated Striker Is Eligible To Play For Nigeria
Published: May 01, 2018
If there were doubts about the eligibility of Lukas Nmecha to represent the Nigerian national team, they have been erased with Manchester City confirming that the teenage striker can suit up for the Super Eagles.Born in Hamburg, Lukas Nmecha has played for England youth teams but his international future is up ...
The 1994 Nigeria World Cup Squad: Where Are They Now?
Published: May 01, 2018
With the World Cup tournament just around the corner, allnigeriasoccer.com would continue to recount the past events of the competition and this piece would focus on the country's debut squad in the '94s.Clemens Westerhof took Nigeria to the 1994 World Cup in USA and after easily navigating through a group which consis...
CIES: Super Eagles Will Be Knocked Out In World Cup Group Stage, Finish 3rd Group D
Published: May 01, 2018
Swiss-based football data company, CIES Football Observatory has conducted a study in which it tried to predict the likely winner of the 2018 World Cup based on its exclusive power index.Twenty-three players were selected for each team participating in the World Cup based on their appearances during the qualifying camp...
Everton Loanee Henry Edging Closer Towards Match Fitness With 60 Minutes For Reserves
Published: May 01, 2018
Everton loanee Henry Onyekuru is edging closer towards match fitness after starting for RSC Anderlecht reserve team in their 2-2 draw with Standard Liege in the Reserve Pro League on Monday evening.Having lasted less than 30 minutes against Sporting Lokeren last week, the Nigeria international started against Standard ...
Nigeria Receive Good News On Russia-Bound Iwobi: Passed Fit After Injury Scare
Published: May 01, 2018
Super Eagles winger Alex Iwobi is in line to play some part in Arsenal's crucial semifinals second leg match of the Europa League Thursday night against Atletico Madrid.Allnigeriasoccer.com reliably gathered from a source close to the Nigerian international that a fitness test was conducted on Monday to ascertain wheth...
Rohr's Favourite Player Continues Life On The Bench At Bursaspor
Published: April 30, 2018
There is no doubt now that Super Eagles defender William Troost-Ekong has lost his first-choice status at Turkish club Bursaspor after he was named on the bench for this evening's Super Lig match against Konyaspor, starting 1800 hours.Troost-Ekong was also not in the starting line-up for games against Göztepe and Kara...