Nigerian-Born Winger Poised To Debut For Liverpool In UEFA Youth League
Published: September 07, 2017
Liverpool's roster for the group stage of the UEFA Youth League has been announced, with a player of Nigerian descent included in the squad list.It is all but confirmed that Ibadan-born winger Bobby Adekanye will make his debut in the prestigious youth competition, as he has been named to the 40-player squad list.An an...
Tammy Abraham Once Played On The Same Chelsea Youth Team As Mbappe
Published: September 07, 2017
The very promising Nigerian striker Tammy Abraham once played on the same Chelsea youth team as Monaco teen sensation Kylian Mbappé, according to various reports in the foreign press.The electronic edition of The Telegraph says the new Paris Saint-Germain big-money signing trained with Chelsea as a talented 11-year-ol...
Moses Resumes Training With Chelsea Ahead Of Trip To Iheanacho's Leicester
Published: September 07, 2017
Victor Moses has resumed training with Premier League champions Chelsea ahead of their trip to the King Power Stadium where they face Leicester City on match day four.On Wednesday, the Super Eagles sensation trained with other first-teamers who were involved on international duties with their respective countries in th...
England U20 World Cup Winning Defender : Aina Advised Me To Join Hull City
Published: September 06, 2017
England U20 World Cup-winning central defender Fikayo Tomori has revealed that Super Eagles invitee Ola Aina convinced him to join Hull City on transfer deadline day.Chelsea have loaned out three defenders in the shape of Ola Aina, Fikayo Tomori and Michael Hector to the Tigers for the entirety of the 2017-2018 season,...
Arsenal Loanee Nwakali : I Chose Number 25 Jersey Because Of Kanu
Published: September 06, 2017
Arsenal loanee Kelechi Nwakali has chosen to wear the number twenty-five jersey at his new Dutch Eredivisie club VVV Venlo, allnigerisoccer.com can exclusively report.VVV Venlo had announced the capture of the attacking midfielder on the so-called transfer deadline day, August 31, without revealing his kit number.It wa...
Iwobi Headlines Players Of Nigerian Descent Named In Arsenal UEL Squad
Published: September 05, 2017
Emirates FA Cup winners Arsenal have confirmed their roster for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League, with four players of Nigerian descent included by manager Arsene Wenger.Nigeria international Alex Iwobi has been included along with fellow Hale End Academy product Chuba Akpom, Tolaji Bola and Aaron Eyoma.The fo...
Ejaria Trains With Liverpool First Team Pre-Manchester City
Published: September 05, 2017
Liverpool continued their preparations for the Premier League clash with Manchester City at City of Manchester Stadium, with a training session held at Melwood on Monday morning.Based on the photos published by the official website of the Reds, former Nigeria U17 trainee Ovie Ejaria may be drafted into the first team b...
Moses Named In Chelsea Champions League Roster, Uwakwe Eligible
Published: September 05, 2017
Chelsea have published their squad list for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League, with only one player of Nigerian descent included in the roster by manager Antonio Conte. Super Eagles star Victor Moses is among the 24 players selected by the Italian coach and is classed as a homegrown player.The UEFA definiti...
Chelsea Praise Performance Of Moses : He Was Prominent For Super Eagles
Published: September 05, 2017
In their review of players on international duty with their respective national teams, Premier League champions Chelsea were pleased with the performance of Victor Moses in the World Cup qualifier against Cameroon on Monday evening.Another invited Super Eagles player with close ties to Chelsea, Ola Aina, received clear...
Nigerian Midfielder Eligible To Represent Manchester United In UEFA CL As Mourinho Names Squad
Published: September 04, 2017
Nigerian midfielder Tosin Kehinde and United States youth international Matthew Olosunde have both been omitted from Manchester United Champions League squad.Kehinde, 19, can still play for the Red Devils in the competition if manager Jose Mourinho submits his name to UEFA by no later than 24:00CET the day before a gro...
England National Teams Wrap: Uwakwe, Edun Debut, Solanke Features, Alli Assists, Tomori Bench
Published: September 03, 2017
Catch up on the performances of players of Nigerian descent for the English national teams in recent matches. Chelsea midfielder Tariq Uwakwe made his debut for England U19 team in their 7-1 rout of Poland at St. George's Park, Burton on September 1. He came off the bench in the 60th minute.Hat-tricks from George Hirst...
Tottenham Submit Names Of Eight Players Of Nigerian Descent To Premier League
Published: September 03, 2017
Tottenham Hotspur have submitted their 25-man roster to the Premier League following the conclusion of the summer transfer window.Despite being a first-team regular, England star Dele Alli was included on the U21 list.The names of seven other players of Nigerian descent were also submitted to the Premier League on Frid...
Iwobi & Akpom Among Ten Nigerian Players Named In Arsenal's Premier League Squad
Published: September 02, 2017
Nigeria international Alex Iwobi headlines the list of Nigerian players chosen to represent Arsenal in the Premier League until the January transfer window.As many as ten players of Nigerian descent, including Iwobi's childhood pal Chuba Akpom, have been selected by manager Arsene Wenger in the Gunners squad list submi...
Chelsea Include Moses, Six Players Of Nigerian Descent In Premier League Roster
Published: September 02, 2017
Chelsea have submitted their squad list for the first half of the 2017-2018 campaign to the Premier League following the close of the summer transfer window on Thursday night.Seven players of Nigerian descent, including in-form Nigeria international Victor Moses, were included on Antonio Conte’s roster.However, fou...
Two Nigerian Wonderkids Eligible To Play For Manchester United In The Premier League
Published: September 02, 2017
Manchester United have submitted their Premier League squad list following the close of the summer transfer window.All Premier League teams had until 4pm on September 1 to submit their 25-man roster for the 2017-2018 season, and the list must contain no more than 17 players who do not fulfill the "Home Grown Player" (H...