Harry Kane's potential replacement: Gent boss unsure about future of Tottenham target Orban
Published: August 10, 2023
KAA Gent manager Hein Vanhaezebrouck has admitted that he can't guarantee the future of Tottenham Hotspur-linked striker Gent Orban at the club.   The 21-year-old is being lined by the north London-based club as a potential replacement for Bayern Munich-bound forward Harry Kane.   According to The Ath...
Fit Gent striker Gift Orban left on the bench amid links with Tottenham Hotspur 
Published: August 07, 2023
Prolific Nigerian attacker Gift Orban was a non-playing substitute as KAA Gent registered a 1-0 road win over KV Mechelen in a Jupiler Pro League clash at the AFAS Stadion on Sunday evening, even though he is in good physical condition.    Orban has been linked with a possible move to Tottenham Hotspur in rec...
'We don't want to trade' - Genk coach admits Southampton striker Onuachu is too expensive 
Published: July 25, 2023
Racing Genk manager Wouter Vrancken has said that a move for Super Eagles striker Paul Onuachu will be too expensive for the club. Onuachu had been linked with a return to the Jupiler Pro League side barely six months after he left for Southampton. ​ ​ The 29-year-old was bought by the Saints for a fee of 1...
Manchester City's Flying Eagles-eligible winger wanted by AZ Alkmaar and Westerlo
Published: July 24, 2023
Dutch Eredivisie outfit AZ Alkmaar and Jupiler Pro League side Westerlo are set to battle it out for the signature of Manchester City's Flying Eagles-eligible winger Adedire Mebude.    As reported by Fabrizio Romano on his Twitter page on Monday evening, Az Alkmaar and Westerlo have submitted separate bids...
2023 Flying Eagles invitee scores for Rangers B in friendly v OH Leuven first team 
Published: July 22, 2023
In a friendly match played across three 35-minute periods, 2023 Flying Eagles invitee Thompson Ishaka scored a goal for  Rangers B in their 4-1 pre-season loss to Belgian Pro League side OH Leuven at the Leicester City Training Ground earlier today.   Ishaka got his goal after Zak Lovelace provided a lovely thro...
Ex-Barcelona, Milan and Bayern star runs the rule over 18yo Antwerp striker Udoh 
Published: July 02, 2023
Teenage Nigerian striker Victor Udoh has been promoted to first team training at Belgian Pro League champions Royal Antwerp.    Former Barcelona, AC Milan and Bayern Munich defensive midfielder Mark van Bommel has been running the rule over the Nigerian teenager in pre-season.    Mark van Bommel gave...
2022 Super Eagles invitee Alhassan Yusuf not a player of interest to Sporting Lisbon
Published: June 28, 2023
Royal Antwerp central midfielder Alhassan Yusuf is reportedly not a player of interest to Portuguese Primeira Liga giants Sporting Lisbon.   It was previously claimed that the 2022 Super Eagles invitee was a potential reinforcement for Sporting CP for the 2023-2024 season but the information has been disputed ...
Top five transfers of JPL season: Romano names Gift Orban as the best, Boniface third
Published: June 26, 2023
Italian transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano has picked his top five transfers of the Jupiler Pro League season, with two Nigerian strikers making the cut.     In first place is Gift Orban, who swapped Stabæk for KAA Gent just before the close of the January transfer window, and in third position is Victor B...
Gent goal machine Gift Orban is most valuable player in Belgium, Boniface joint-seventh 
Published: June 09, 2023
Transfermarkt on Friday, June 9 updated the market value of players in the Jupiler Pro League.    KAA Gent striker Gift Orban now has the honour of being considered the most valuable player in the whole of Belgium, with a market value of 20 million euros (approximately N10 billion in Nigerian currency).   ...
Man City, Bayern Munich and Villarreal monitoring Flying Eagles centre-back Fredrick
Published: June 01, 2023
German Bundesliga champions, Bayern Munich, Premier League winner, Manchester City and Spanish outfit, Villarreal are keeping tabs on  Benjamin Fredrick.   ​ This is according to transfer guru, Fabrizio Romano who says the aforementioned clubs are 'following' Fredrick, who is starring for the Flying ...
Union SG striker Boniface nominated for JPL Player of the Season, why Orban was omitted
Published: May 31, 2023
Victor Boniface is in the running for the Jupiler Pro League Player of the Season Award following his exceptional performances for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise this season.  ​​ ​ Boniface has registered 9 goals and eight assists for USG in 36 appearances in the Belgian top-flight this campaign. ​ ​ Th...
'He is an incredible weapon that everyone wants' - Gent boss lavishes praise on Orban 
Published: May 27, 2023
Gent boss Hein Vanhaezebrouck has praised Nigerian striker, Gift Orban for his magnificent prowess in front of goal. Orban has been firing on all cylinders since moving to Gent. in the January transfer window from the Norwegian side, Stabæk.   He hit the ground running from his first game in the Belgian Pr...
Lille plotting move for Gift Orban as replacement for Jonathan David 
Published: May 25, 2023
French Ligue 1 club Lille have shown an interest in signing prolific Nigerian attacker Gift Orban in the summer transfer window.   Italian transfer market guru Fabrizio Romano confirmed on his social media page that Lille have made contact with the representative of Orban, who shares the same agent as Super Eag...
Best player of African descent in Belgium: Podium finishes for Orban, Boniface; Genk star crowned 
Published: May 23, 2023
Paul Onuachu's former teammate at Genk,Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye has beaten Nigerian forward, Victor Boniface and Gift Orban to the Ebony Shoe, otherwise called the Golden Shoe Award. It is an annual award given to the best African or African origin player in the Belgian Pro League.    Boniface and Or...
Gift Orban's goal helps Gent qualify for next season's Europa Conference League 
Published: May 20, 2023
Gift Orban was on the scoresheet yet again for Gent as they battled to a 2-2 draw with Circle Brugge at the Ghelamco Arena in the Jupiler League playoffs on Saturday. Kévin Denkey gave Cercle Brugge the lead in the 18th minute before Gift Orban drew level for the home side in the 49th minute when he slotted the b...