Jordan Aina Starts As Chelsea Are Beaten 3-1 By Anderlecht In Pre-Season Friendly
Published: July 29, 2018
English champions, Chelsea U18s suffered defeat in their latest pre-season friendly after they were beaten 3-1 by Belgian side Anderlecht on Sunday, July 29.  The Chelsea teamsheet contained fifteen players, with Jordan Aina, Ola Aina's sibling, named in the starting lineup. After four minutes, it was 1-0 Anderle...
Victor Moses, Tammy Abraham React To Chelsea Win Against Inter Milan
Published: July 29, 2018
Victor Moses and Tammy Abraham have taken to social media to react to Chelsea's shootout win against Inter Milan in the International Champions Cup on Saturday evening. The two former England U19 internationals were second half substitutes against the Nerazzurri and confidently converted their spot kicks in the shoo...
Nigerian CM Receives Highest Praise Possible From Spurs Boss After MOTM Display Vs Barcelona
Published: July 29, 2018
Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino had nothing but praise for Nigerian midfielder Luke Amos following his man of the match display against mighty Barcelona in an International Champions Cup encounter held in Rose Bowl this morning. Despite Barcelona and Spurs permitted to make eleven changes each, Amos wa...
Man City Next Big Hope, Eligible For Nigeria, England & Germany, On Target Against Bayern
Published: July 29, 2018
Lukas Nmecha netted his first goal in pre-season as Manchester City came from two goals down to defeat Bundesilga champions Bayern Munich at the Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida) on Saturday. Two players of Nigerian descent started the game, David Alaba for the Germans and Nmecha for the English champs, whi...
Liverpool's Nigerian Winger Scores Against Manchester United
Published: July 29, 2018
Nigerian winger Sheyi Ojo was amongst the scorers in Liverpool's 4-1 rout of Manchester United in an International Champions Cup tie held at Michigan Stadium (Ann Arbor, Michigan) on Saturday. The England U21 international replaced Sadio Mane at half-time, while Dominic Solanke who was named in the starting XI was s...
Chelsea 1 Inter 1 (5-4 Pens) : Moses Plays In Attack; Eagles Star Scores In Shootout
Published: July 28, 2018
Honours remained even after a grueling ninety minutes at the Allianz Riviera Stadium as Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw versus Italian opponents, Internazionale before nicking a victory via penalties in their International Champions Cup meeting on Saturday evening.While Chelsea's Nigerian duo of Kenneth Omeruo and Ola ...
Nigeria U20 Star Promoted To First Team By Premier League Club
Published: July 28, 2018
Nigeria U20 international Nnamdi Ofoborh has been promoted to the first team by English Premier League side Bournemouth. The official website of the Cherries has confirmed the first-team players' squad numbers for the 2018-2019 campaign; the central midfielder was listed in the group and handed the number 59 jersey....
Arsenal Boss Explains How Iwobi Impressed Him Against PSG
Published: July 28, 2018
Arsenal coach Unai Emery has expressed his satisfaction at the performance of Alex Iwobi in his side's 5-1 victory over PSG at the National Stadium in Singapore, stressing that it was the winger's first pre-season game and he missed the start of preparations due to his commitments with the Super Eagles in Russia. Iw...
Kelechi Iheanacho Reveals The One Thing Super Eagles Gained From The World Cup
Published: July 28, 2018
It's now one month and two days the Super Eagles were eliminated from the 2018 World Cup after suffering a painful 2-1 loss to South Americans Argentina in their final game in Group D. Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho has revealed that the Super Eagles, who were the youngest squad in Russia, have gained expe...
Arsenal 5 PSG 1: Iwobi Passes First Audition Under New Gunners Coach
Published: July 28, 2018
Arsenal put in a rampant display in Singapore to trash Paris Saint Germain 5-1 in their International Champions Cup clash on Saturday afternoon. Super Eagles star, Alex Iwobi was deployed upfront alongside attackers, Pierre Aubameyang, Mesut Ozil and Henrikh Mkhitaryan for Arsenal at The National Stadium.Ten minutes...
Liverpool Loanee Awoniyi's Debut Woes Continue As Gent Lose To Standard Liege
Published: July 28, 2018
Nigeria U23 international Taiwo Awoniyi made his competitive debut for Gent in their 3-2 loss to Standard Liege in a Belgian First Division A clash staged at Stade Maurice Dufrasne (Liège) on Friday evening. The Liverpool loanee pulled on a Gent jersey with the number fourteen on its back when he was introduced in ...
Four Reasons Why Ola Aina Should Stay At Chelsea & Fight For A Place
Published: July 28, 2018
Chelsea's Nigerian defender, Ola Aina will undoubtedly feel hard done by if new manager, Maurizio Sarri does not find a way of integrating him into the team when the new season gets underway.In Sarri's first game in charge of the Blues which took place at the Optus Stadium in Perth four days ago, the versatile player r...
Two Super Eagles Stars Omitted From Chelsea Squad For Inter Milan Clash
Published: July 27, 2018
Chelsea new boss Maurizio Sarri has dropped the biggest hint yet that two Nigeria internationals are not in his plans for the forthcoming season after they were omitted from the squad that traveled to France on Friday evening. Allnigeriasoccer.com has been informed by a Chelsea insider that Kenneth Omeruo, who shone...
Victor Moses Trains With Chelsea Teammates For The First Time In Pre-Season
Published: July 26, 2018
Nigeria star Victor Moses has resumed full training with the Chelsea first team ahead of the 2018-2019 season. Chelsea have uploaded photos via social media confirming that their number fifteen has joined the rest of the group at Cobham, along with fellow World Cup participants César Azpilicueta, Willy Caballero an...
Manchester United Right-Back Crisis : Nigerian Defender Injured
Published: July 26, 2018
American-born Nigerian defender Matthew Olosunde cannot solve Manchester United's right-back crisis because he is injured. Speaking to the official website, Red Devils boss Jose Mourinho has admitted that he has a selection issue at the right-back position ahead of pre-season friendlies against Liverpool, Real Madr...