Perth Glory 0 Chelsea 1: Aina Plays In His Natural Position, Abraham Subbed In, Tomori Bench
Published: July 23, 2018
Chelsea beat pre-season opponents, Perth Glory 1-0 in their encounter at the Optus Stadium on Monday afternoon, with two Nigerian starlets seeing game time in the win.In a game which saw new manager, Maurizio Sarri name two 17-year-olds (Ethan Ampadu and Callum Hudson-Odoi) in his team's starting XI alongside England i...
Two Players Of Nigerian Descent Included In West Ham Squad For SuperCupNI
Published: July 23, 2018
Two players of Nigerian descent have been included in West Ham's squad for the 2018 Super Cup NI which begins in Northern Ireland on Monday morning. According to the official website of the organizers, Pharrell Oseni and Lucas Lorenzo Kayode Oladejo-O'Gilvie have been named in the Hammers U13s traveling party. Th...
Liverpool Boss Is Blaming Two Nigerian Players For Not Converting Their Chances In Loss Vs Dortmund
Published: July 23, 2018
Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp was frustrated after the Anfield side failed to convert their chances as they suffered a 3-1 defeat against Borussia Dortmund in an International Champions Cup clash in Charlotte on Sunday. With the scoreboard reading 1-0 Liverpool, Nigerian winger Sheyi Ojo would have doubled the advant...
Man Utd 0 San Jose Earthquakes 0 : Nigerian Striker Who Wants To Play For Super Eagles Stars
Published: July 23, 2018
Manchester United were held to another goalless stalemate by San Jose Earthquakes in their second pre-season game in the United States at the Levi's Stadium on Sunday night.Earthquakes number 25 Quincy Amarikwa was named in the starting XI for the opponentsYoung Red Devils right-back, Matthew Olosunde was not among th...
Two Players Of Nigerian Descent Named In Spurs USA Tour Squad, Onomah Shock Omission
Published: July 22, 2018
Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has included two players of Nigerian descent on his roster for the tour of the United States. England U17 World Cup-winning defender Timothy Eyoma and defensive midfielder Luke Amos have been handed an opportunity to aim for a first-team spot in the new season, with both y...
England Call-Up For Chelsea Goalkeeper Of Nigerian Descent
Published: July 22, 2018
Kelechi Chibueze has been called up to the England U16 squad for two international friendlies against Croatia this month. Chibueze is among five Chelsea starlets named on the roster by manager Kevin Betsy, the others being Levi Colwill, Samuel Iling, Jamal Musiala and Xavier Simons. The goalkeeper was in between ...
Nigerian Winger Omitted From Manchester United Final Roster For Super Cup NI
Published: July 22, 2018
Nigerian winger Shola Shoretire has not been included in Manchester United's final roster for the 2018 edition of the SuperCupNI. Last week, the organizers had suggested that the highly-rated youngster  was set to feature in the tournament but he is not in United U15s traveling party to Northern Ireland. Manche...
Everton Loanee Henry Scores His First Goal For Galatasaray Against Valencia
Published: July 22, 2018
Henry Onyekuru netted his maiden goal in the colours of Galatasaray in their 2-1 loss to Spanish club Valencia in a pre-season friendly on Saturday, July 21. Prior to yesterday's fixture at the St. Leonard Stadion (Freiburg), the Nigeria international last found the net in Anderlecht's 3-1 loss to RSC Charleroi on D...
Two Offensive Players Of Nigerian Descent Named In Liverpool Tour Squad, Awoniyi Out
Published: July 21, 2018
England U20 World Cup-winning stars of Nigerian descent, Dominic Solanke and Sheyi Ojo, have been included in Liverpool squad for their tour of America, informs the official website of the Reds. As previously reported by allnigeriasoccer.com, Nigeria U23 international Taiwo Awoniyi will not be named in the traveling p...
Manchester City 0 Borussia Dortmund 1: Nmecha Shines, Dele-Bashiru Features, Tosin & Ogbeta Benched
Published: July 21, 2018
Manchester City fell to a narrow 1-0 loss against their International Champions Cup opponents, Borrusia Dortmund on Saturday morning in one of their pre-season activities held at the Soldier Field Stadium.Three players of Nigerian descent were named in the Citizens matchday squad in Chicago, attacker Lukas Nmecha start...
Iwobi Named In Arsenal's 25-Man Tour Squad To Singapore, Akpom Omitted Amid Transfer Link
Published: July 20, 2018
Arsenal have more or less confirmed a summer move is on the cards for Super Eagles hopeful Chuba Akpom, with the Hale End Academy product left out of the squad for their tour of Singapore. Akpom, who trained with the Nigerian National Team in March 2017 along with Ola Aina, is close to completing a switch to Belgian...
Chelsea Remember One Of Their Legendary Players Mikel Who Joined The Club 12 Years Ago
Published: July 19, 2018
Chelsea have taken out time to reminisce on one of their greatest ex-players, Super Eagles captain, John Obi Mikel, posting a compiled video of the midfielder in action for the Blues on Twitter. Mikel's move to Stamford Bridge back in 2006 was embroiled in one of the greatest transfer controversies as Manchester Uni...
(Photo Confirmation) Kenneth Omeruo Reports For Pre-Season Training At Chelsea
Published: July 19, 2018
Nigeria national-teamer Kenneth Omeruo has finally reported for pre-season training at his parent club Chelsea ahead of the new season. The central defender and compatriot Victor Moses have been omitted from Chelsea's tour squad which departed to Australia on Wednesday night due to their late arrival at Cobham Train...
Brighton's Balogun Reflects On World Cup: I Played Against The Best Player In The World
Published: July 19, 2018
Brighton & Hove summer signing Leon Balogun has reflected on his maiden appearance at the World Cup, and has spoken of his happiness at facing the best player in the world, Lionel Messi. Four years ago, the central defender was in the running to be included in the Super Eagles World Cup roster but an injury he suffe...
Everton Loanee Henry Debuts For Galatasaray In Friendly Vs PSV Eindhoven
Published: July 18, 2018
Nigeria international Henry Onyekuru made his maiden appearance for Galatasaray in a pre-season friendly against Dutch club PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday. Onyekuru was loaned out by his parent club Everton who had sent him on a season long loan to Belgian giants Anderlecht in the 2017/2018 season where he copped an injury...