EPL Wrap : Tomori Opens Chelsea Account; Abraham Hat-trick; Ndidi Almost Scores; Balogun, Iheanacho Not In 18; Idah Bench
Published: September 14, 2019
A round-up of Nigerian players that were in action for their respective clubs in the English Premier League on Saturday, September 14. Nigerian players with dual nationalities and have played competitively for the senior national teams of other countries have been omitted. At the American Express Community Stad...
Liverpool Legend Hails Hat-Trick Hero Tammy Abraham As Proper Striker
Published: September 14, 2019
Liverpool legend Michael Owen praised Tammy Abraham's goalscoring ability following his two goals in the first half of the ongoing game between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Chelsea. Abraham doubled the visitor's advantage with a predatory finish from close range in the 34th minute, before planting a header past Rui ...
Nigerian Winger Makes His Debut For Manchester City In Seven-Goal Thriller Vs Liverpool U18
Published: September 14, 2019
Highly-rated Nigerian winger Samuel Edozie has finally made his competitive debut for Manchester City, two months after joining the Etihad Stadium outfit from Millwall. The 2003-born player was handed a start alongside Delap and Wright-Phillips in attack as The Citizens thrashed Liverpool 5-2 in an U18 Premier League...
Chelsea's Abraham Confirms He Was Wanted By Wolves; Could Equal Ronaldo's Record Today
Published: September 14, 2019
Tammy Abraham has confirmed that he was wanted by Wolverhampton Wanderers in the January transfer window and has revealed his delight that the move fell through.   With an impressive first half of the season on loan at Aston Villa, Wolves did everything possible to bring the England U21 star to the Molineux Stadium t...
Versatile Midfielder Faustino Anjorin Impresses As Chelsea Set New Club Record
Published: September 14, 2019
Chelsea U23s continued their brilliant start to the new Premier League 2 season with a 2-1 win against Brighton & Hove at Stamford Bridge on Friday evening, setting a new club record in the process. Nigeria-eligible midfielder Faustino Anjorin got a taste of action against the Seagulls when he came off the bench to re...
Manchester United's Nigerian Super Kid Makes Quick Recovery From Injury
Published: September 14, 2019
Dutch-born Nigerian striker Dillon Hoogewerf has recovered from his injury sooner than expected, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. The former Ajax Amsterdam wonderkid picked up the undisclosed injury on the last match day before the international break, against Liverpool in the U18 Premier League on August 31. However,...
Victor Osimhen Achieves Goalscoring Feat No Ligue 1 Player Has Managed In 3 Years
Published: September 13, 2019
Nigeria starlet Victor Osimhen was once again on target as Lille claimed a 2-1 win against Angers SCO on match day five in the French Ligue 1 on Friday.   In doing so, the former Wolfsburg striker became the first player to score 5 goals or more in his first 5 Ligue 1 games since Mario Balotelli in September-October 2...
Lampard Issues Two Demands To Tammy Abraham Ahead Of Trip To Wolves
Published: September 13, 2019
Chelsea coach Frank Lampard has demanded more goals from Tammy Abraham ahead of his side's trip to the Molineux, where they face Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Saturday. The England U21 star has shown passion on the pitch since the start of the season and Lampard wants more enthusiasm from his num...
Everton Boss Urges Iwobi To Improve Defensive And Goalscoring Abilities
Published: September 13, 2019
Everton will travel to the Vitality Stadium to face Bournemouth on Sunday and one player is expected to be in Marco Silva's starting lineup. Nigeria international Alex Iwobi, who is enjoying a brilliant start to his Everton career, has perfectly settled down at the Merseyside club having walked straight into the team'...
Lampard Latest Fitness Update Is Good News For Chelsea But Bad For One Nigerian Star
Published: September 13, 2019
Nigerian young star Fikayo Tomori may find himself frozen out of the Chelsea squad in their next Premier League fixture against Wolverhampton Wanderers, with manager Frank Lampard confirming that first choice central defender Antonio Rüdiger is set to return to the team after fully recovering from an injury. Tomor...
Aina, Anjorin Named In Chelsea's UYL Squad; Two Nigeria U17 Invitees Omitted
Published: September 13, 2019
Ola Aina's sibling, Jordan is in contention to make his debut for Chelsea in the UEFA Youth League following his inclusion in the squad list. The versatile fullback and midfielder Faustino Anjorin are part of a 40-player roster published by the official website of UEFA. The format of the UEFA Youth League mirro...
Chelsea Midfielder Beats Arsenal's Balogun To Premier League 2 Award
Published: September 13, 2019
Chelsea midfielder Billy Gilmour has beaten Arsenal starlet Folarin Balogun to the Premier League 2 Player of the Month award for August 2019. The Nigerian wonderkid was nominated for the accolade alongside Gilmour, Harry Chapman (Blackburn), James Garner (Man Utd), Dan Kemp (West Ham United), Emile Smith Rowe (Arse...
Glasgow Rangers Rising Star Likens Himself To Manchester City's Raheem Sterling
Published: September 13, 2019
Promising Nigeria-eligible winger Dapo Mebude has the talent to break into the Glasgow Rangers first team in the coming years. Last season, the 18-year-old was registered by Rangers for the group stage of the Europa League and made his senior debut off the bench in a 2-1 loss to Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premiershi...
Arsenal's Oldest Player Takes Saka Under His Wing Ahead Of Watford Clash
Published: September 12, 2019
Arsenal manager Unai Emery put the players through their paces at London Colney on Thursday with Bukayo Saka called-up to train with the first team for the umpteenth time. If the training pictures published by Arsenal's website, arsenal.com is anything to go by, the oldest player in the squad David Luiz has taken Sa...
Former Premier League Star Backs Iwobi's Everton Move, Counters Kanu's Exit Frustration
Published: September 12, 2019
Super Eagles midfielder Alex Iwobi made the right choice in signing for Everton this summer despite his departure dividing opinions among the club faithful.Reacting to  comments in the media attributed to Arsenal and Nigeria legend Nwankwo Kanu about the Gunners' decision to sell the Nigerian to the Toffees, former Fu...