Golden Eaglets Coach Manu Garba Scouts 'Big' Ghana U17 Players, Neglected By NFF
Published: April 23, 2018
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that Nigeria U17 coach Manu Garba has returned to the country after a scouting trip to Ghana, where he traveled to monitor two-time world champions Black Starlets.Since February 2018, Garba and his lieutenants have been pleading with the Nigeria Football Federation for the Golden Eaglet...
Nigerian Team Of The Week : Moses, Ighalo, Simy, Idowu, Mikel Named
Published: April 23, 2018
The past week saw a lot of accolades pouring in for Nigerians who proved instrumental yet again for their various clubs in picking up results abroad. Allnigeriasoccer.com has compiled the best of these ones in its Team of the Week as follows..GoalkeeperAustin Ejide (Hapoel Hadera): The Nigerian goalkeeper helped his te...
Eagles Stars Etebo & Ezekiel Unable To Save Las Palmas From Relegation
Published: April 22, 2018
Oghenekaro Etebo, Imoh Ezekiel and Emmanuel Emenike have failed to aid struggling struggling UD Las Palmas's bid for survival after their relegation was confirmed after a 4-0 defeat against Deportivo Alaves on Sunday evening.A double from the opposition's Mohammed Munir as well as strikes from Alvaro Medran and Ruben S...
Rabiu Ibrahim, Igiebor & Udoji Score First Goals For Clubs; Onyeka Grabs Dramatic Equalizer
Published: April 22, 2018
Allnigeriasoccer.com's roundup on the Nigerian players that were on target for their respective foreign clubs in league matches on Sunday, April 22.We start off in Slovakia, where Rabiu Ibrahim currently plies his trade. The 2007 Fifa U17 World Cup-winning midfielder netted his first goal in the Fortuna Liga as Slovan ...
Mainz Defender Leon Balogun Joins Super Eagles Walking Wounded
Published: April 22, 2018
Leon Balogun has joined the Super Eagles walking wounded and was unavailable for selection when Mainz 05 faced off with Augsburg at the WWK Arena on Sunday afternoon in a Bundesliga tie.This will certainly be bad news for Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr as he is also sweating on the fitness of three players he is pla...
NFF Congratulates Former Chelsea Star, Nigeria Captain Mikel On 31st Birthday
Published: April 22, 2018
The Nigeria Football Federation on Sunday felicitated with Super Eagles captain John Mikel Obi who marks his 31st birthday today.Born to the family of Mr. Michael Obi in 1987, Mikel began his career in Jos, Plateau State albeit his father hails from Neni in Anambra State.The NFF on its twitter handle, @thenff wrote: "H...
World Cup-Bound GK Uzoho Concedes Three Goals For The First Time In Career
Published: April 21, 2018
Francis Uzoho was in goal as Real Club Deportivo Fabril were thrashed 3-1 at home by Celta de Vigo II in a Segunda B Group 1 game staged at Ciudad Deportiva de Abegondo - Campo 2 on Saturday evening.The Super Eagles goalkeeper will remember this game for the rest of his career as this is the first time he has conceded ...
Rohr's Favorite Player Troost-Ekong Is Demoted At Bursaspor Ahead Of World Cup
Published: April 21, 2018
Danger may be looming for the Super Eagles less than two months before their first game at the 2018 World Cup after one of the central defenders certain to be named in the starting line-up was demoted by his Turkish club.The player in question is none other than Bursaspor's William Troost-Ekong, who was named in the ma...
Super Eagles Top Striker Ighalo Scores Four Goals In Chinese Super League
Published: April 21, 2018
Odion Ighalo scored four well-taken goals for Changchun Yatai in their 5-2 win over Guizhou Hengfeng in a CSL encounter at the Guiyang Olympics Sports Center on Saturday afternoon.Prior to his latest class act, the former Watford striker has failed to find the back of the net for both club and country across five games...
Chelsea To Pay 2.5M Pounds For Ampadu : Nigeria's Top Ten Costliest U19 Transfers
Published: April 21, 2018
The Professional Football Compensation Committee on Friday, April 20 revealed the compensation fee Chelsea will pay to Exeter City for Wales international of Ghanaian descent Ethan Ampadu.The League Two club have published on their official website that Exeter’s total compensation is up to £2.5m: comprising a guaran...
Official: Nigeria Will Be Worried As Torino Provide Update On Condition Of Joel Obi
Published: April 21, 2018
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr and fans of the national team will be worried after Torino provided an update on the condition of midfielder Joel Obi. The 26-year-old had to go off 28 minutes after coming off the bench against AC Milan on April 18 after picking up an injury, few days after he was involved in a serious c...
Tosin Kehinde Demoted To Manchester United Bench After Pledging Future To Nigeria
Published: April 21, 2018
It is now crystal clear that Lagos-born midfielder Tosin Kehinde has been demoted to the Manchester United U23 bench and this comes after he pledged his international future to Nigeria over England.Sources close to United's U23 team earlier informed allnigeriasoccer.com that the Nigerian starlet is behind in the peckin...
Argentina Coach Visits Barcelona, Chelsea, Man Utd Stars Before Naming World Cup Roster
Published: April 21, 2018
Argentina national team coach Jorge Sampaoli jetted out to Barcelona, Spain on Friday to hold talks with the players he is planning to name on his 2018 World Cup roster.According to reports in the Argentina media, including sports newspaper Ole, Sampaoli will travel to six countries, with his first port of call Barcelo...
(Photo) Barcelona Scouts To Keep Tabs On Manchester City's Nigerian Trio In Nyon
Published: April 20, 2018
Top Barcelona scouts and key members of the technical secretariat are already seated at the Centre sportif de Colovray in Nyon to monitor proceedings in the UEFA Youth League semifinal tie between Manchester City and Barcelona.Scouts in Attendance has tweeted that Barcelona's presence for the semifinals on Friday inclu...
Arsenal Legend Kanu Pays Tribute To Wenger As Frenchman Announces Departure
Published: April 20, 2018
Arsenal legend Nwankwo Kanu has paid tribute to his former coach Arsene Wenger following his decision to step down as manager of the Gunners at the end of the 2017-2018 season.The Frenchman won ten trophies for the Gunners and the former Nigeria international helped him achieve success as he was part of the squads that...