Official: West Ham confirm signing of Balogun from Manchester United on scholarship deal
Published: July 17, 2024
Through a statement on their official website, Premier League side West Ham United have announced the intake of new academy scholars ahead of the upcoming campaign. The Hammers have confirmed that Majid Balogun has joined the club from Manchester United, after putting pen to paper on a two-year scholarship contract....
Bournemouth and Stoke City register interest in signing Celtic's Nigerian defender
Published: July 17, 2024
Celtic's Irish-born Nigerian central defender Bosun Lawal is being linked with a departure from the Scottish Premiership champions in the summer transfer window.  According to Football Insider, Premier League team Bournemouth and Championship outfit Stoke City have registered their interest in signing Lawal but...
17yo Nigerian winger training with Newcastle United first team in Germany 
Published: July 17, 2024
English-born Nigerian winger Trevan Sanusi,17, has joined the Newcastle United first team for their pre-season training camp. Eddie Howe is without a host of players including Bruno Guimarães, Kieran Trippier and Anthony Gordon who represented their countries in the just concluded European championship and Copa Ame...
Two teenagers of Nigerian descent train with Arsenal first team ahead of pre-season trip to USA
Published: July 16, 2024
According to Arsenal youth expert Jeorge Bird, two teenagers of Nigerian descent Ethan Nwaneri and Josh Nicols trained with Arsenal first team today ahead of their pre-season tour to the United States. The first team players resumed for pre-season this week with skipper Martin Ødegaard and Gabriel Jesus among those...
Trabzonspor prepared to wait until the last moment to sign Southampton striker Onuachu 
Published: July 16, 2024
According to reports in Turkey, Trabzonspor are ready to wait until the last moment to sign Southampton center forward Paul Onuachu in the summer transfer window.  The Turkish side, who have completed their pre-season training camp in Hungary, are hoping to re-sign the Super Eagles striker Paul Onuachu following a...
Nottingham Forest working on a deal to re-sign Arsenal's Hale End product Akpom 
Published: July 16, 2024
Allnigeriasoccer.com can exclusively report with certainty that English Premier League club Nottingham Forest are working on a deal to re-sign Arsenal's Hale End Academy product Chuba Akpom in the ongoing summer transfer window. The Super Eagles hopeful is a Nottingham Forest alum, having spent a portion of the ...
All but confirmed history-making striker Obi-Martin is leaving Arsenal, future to be decided as from next week 
Published: July 16, 2024
Allnigeriasoccer.com can exclusively report that it is all but confirmed that Danish-born Nigerian center forward Chido Obi-Martin is leaving Arsenal in the ongoing transfer window.  The 2007-born player is technically a free agent following the expiration of his schoolboy registration with Arsenal on June 30, 202...
'Mother is Nigerian father Cameroonian' - Chelsea star films Argentina players singing racist chants about Mbappe, France
Published: July 16, 2024
Argentina players were involved in a racist scandal in which they racially abused Real Madrid's tri-national superstar Kylian Mbappe and France national team players of African descent after the Copa America final win against Colombia. During an Instagram live stream by Enzo Fernandez, the Albiceleste players ca...
'This is something Chelsea will not do' - Fabrizio Romano insists PL club will not pay crazy money for Osimhen
Published: July 15, 2024
Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano is not ruling out Chelsea reigniting their interest in 2022/2023 Serie A Best Striker  Victor Osimhen. The Blues have always been an admirer of the 25-year-old and were considered one of the favorites to sign him but withdrew their interests to focus on younger forwards. T...
'Not an easy character to manage' - Oliseh reveals what Arsenal icon Wenger told him about Emiliano Martinez
Published: July 15, 2024
Former Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh has revealed that Arsenal icon Arsene Wenger told him that Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez was a difficult player to manage during the goalkeeper's time at the Emirates Stadium.  A late bloomer, Martinez spent ten seasons at Arsenal before joining Aston Villa on ...
Tosin inherits Chelsea shirt number worn by former captains Gullit, Townsend, Venables, Ron Harris
Published: July 15, 2024
Through a statement on their official website, Premier League side Chelsea have released their updated squad numbers before heading to the United States to play pre-season games.  New signing, Tosin Adarabioyo will play with the number 4 on the back of his jersey, same number he wore on the back of his shirt in his...
'Saka might be doing more defending than Cucurella' - English-born ex-Super Eagles star Sodje on Euro final 
Published: July 14, 2024
London-born retired Nigeria international central defender Sam Sodje is understandably backing his country of birth England to beat Spain in the final of the 2024 European Championship scheduled to hold at the Olympiastadion Berlin on Sunday, kick off 2000 hours Nigerian time. The Three Lions, coached by Gareth Sou...
Two teenage Nigerian defenders named in Man Utd travelling squad to face Norwegian giants
Published: July 14, 2024
Erik ten Hag has named two teenage Nigeria-eligible players among his Manchester United's 25-man squad to face Norwegian giants Rosenborg in a pre-season fixture on Monday. The two players are defender Maximillian Oyedele (19) and fullback Habeeb Ogunneye (18) with the duo being named alongside Jonny Evans and s...
Trabzonspor shake hands with Onuachu but no agreement yet with Southampton 
Published: July 14, 2024
Turkish Super Lig club Trabzonspor have agreed personal terms with Paul Onuachu, according to reports.  Turkish sports daily Fanatik says Trabzonspor shook hands with the Nigeria international but a deal is not in place yet because no agreement has been reached with Premier League new boys Southampton as of now.  ...
Bassey attests to how good Eden Hazard was, cried after Chelsea's loss to Man Utd in UCL final 
Published: July 14, 2024
Ferencváros star Fortune Bassey has revealed that he supported Chelsea while growing up as a young footballer in Benin City.  The pacey striker got a lot of media coverage back home in his native Nigeria, during the 2022-2023 season, where he featured in five matches in the group stage of UEFA Champions League, in...