Nigerian Right Wing-Back Allocated New Shirt Number By Chelsea
Published: July 22, 2017
Canadian-born England U20 international of Nigerian parentage Fikayo Tomori has been allocated a new shirt number at Chelsea ahead of the forthcoming season.Tomori wore the number 31 shirt in Chelsea's 3-0 win over Arsenal in a pre-season friendly staged at the Beijing National Stadium (Beijing) on Saturday.The 19-year...
New Signing From Ajax Shines As Manchester United Beat Northern Ireland In SuperCupNI
Published: July 22, 2017
Manchester United U18s began their campaign in the SuperCupNI with a 1-0 win over Northern Ireland U18 at the Coleraine Showgrounds on Saturday, July 22.Two days after Manchester United confirmed the signing of Millen Barrs, the ex-Ajax Amsterdam wonderkid was named in the starting line-up by manager Kieran McKenna and...
Sunderland Rising Star Maja Tallies Fourth Goal In Pre-Season But Gets Injured
Published: July 22, 2017
Sunderland continued their pre-season preparations with a 3-2 win over Bradford City at Valley Parade on Saturday.The in-form Nigerian striker Josh Maja has a strong case to force his way into the first team picture in the new season after scoring another goal for the Black Cats.The sore point is that he had to be repl...
Liverpool 2 Leicester City 1: Egyptian Messi Strikes, Solanke Stars As Liverpool Win First Trophy
Published: July 22, 2017
Africa's most expensive player Mohammed Salah netted his second goal in a Liverpool shirt in their 2-1 win over Leicester City in the final of the Premier League Asia Trophy.Nigeria internationals Wilfred Ndidi and Ahmed Musa entered into the fray in the 56th and 65th minute respectively for the Foxes, and Liverpool ne...
Chelsea 3 Arsenal 0: Batshuayi Bags Brace, Moses And Tomori Impress, Iwobi Starts
Published: July 22, 2017
Premier League champions Chelsea produced a devastating display to beat FA Cup winners Arsenal 3-0 at the Beijing National Stadium (Beijing) in a pre-season friendly on Saturday afternoon.All three players of Nigerian descent Victor Moses, Fikayo Tomori and Alex Iwobi were in action, with the Arsenal number seventeen a...
Chelsea To Decide Between Number Eight And Nine Jersey For Record Signing Morata
Published: July 22, 2017
Chelsea are set to make a decision on whether to hand club-record signing álvaro Morata the number eight or nine jersey for the forthcoming season.The Premier League champions announced the acquisition of the Spain international on a five-year deal from Real Madrid on Friday, July 21, and immediately updated his profi...
Arsenal Coach Wenger Warns Moses, Tomori, Chelsea : This Is Not A Friendly
Published: July 22, 2017
Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger has said that his team will not be treating Saturday's showdown with Chelsea at the  Beijing National Stadium (Beijing) like a friendly.Ahead of this pre-season fixture, the pressure appears to be on Chelsea because they lost twice to the Gunners last season, including the showpiece game of...
Nigerian Midfielder Dele-Bashiru Scores Twice For Manchester City In Friendly Win
Published: July 21, 2017
Manchester City U23s thrashed a Croatian regional team 6-0 in a pre-season friendly on Friday.The promising English-born Nigerian midfielder Tom Dele-Bashiru, who has stated that he would love to play for the Super Eagles in future, helped himself to two goals.Richards (2), Jacob Davenport and Smith also registered the...
Liverpool Target Scores Winner For Uruguay Against Birmingham City In Friendly
Published: July 21, 2017
Liverpool target Agustín Dávila netted the winner for Uruguay U18s in their 1-0 win over Birmingham City U19s in a friendly on Thursday, July 20.After a swift counter attack, the highly-rated teenager fired home for the South Americans in the 25th minute.Uruguay are holding a training camp in England and their next t...
Chelsea Dazzler Moses Message To Chinese Fans : Come & Cheer Us Against Arsenal
Published: July 21, 2017
Ahead of Chelsea's pre-season friendly against Arsenal on Saturday, July 22, Super Eagles star Victor Moses has called on the Chinese fans to support the team against their London rivals.Although Chelsea have been linked with a swoop for Real Madrid's Danilo Luiz da Silva, Moses remains in the plans of manager Antonio ...
Manchester United Young Star Kehinde Admits : I Would Have Struggled In Pre-Season If.....
Published: July 21, 2017
Manchester United midfielder Tosin Kehinde has admitted that he has noticed that pre-season training has been tough, despite training on his own in the off-season.The Nigerian-born talent has been speaking to the official website of the Red Devils about the U23s preparations for the forthcoming season after they return...
Nigerian Defender Praised For Display Vs Man Utd : He's The New Vincent Kompany
Published: July 21, 2017
Nigerian starlet Tosin Adarabioyo has been praised for his performance against Manchester United, despite Man City losing 2-0 to their neighbours in a pre-season friendly in the United States on Thursday night.The England youth international partnered the experienced Vincent Kompany in central defense in the first half...
Man Utd 2 Man City 0: Three In Three For Rashford, Two In Two Lukaku, Nigerian Defender Starts
Published: July 21, 2017
Manchester United defeated rivals Manchester City 2-0 in an International Champions Cup clash staged at NRG Stadium (Houston, Texas) on Thursday night local time.The Red Devils were two goals to the good at half-time, thanks to strikes from Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford .The Belgium international beat Ederson to th...
Liverpool Coach Klopp Hails Scouts Who Recommended Solanke : I Had No Idea About Him
Published: July 20, 2017
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has admitted that he had little or no knowledge about Dominic Solanke before he was recommended by the club's scouts.Despite his reputation as one of the top youngsters in Europe, the England U20 star was frozen out of the first-team picture at Chelsea after he refused to sign a new deal....
Conte Gives Hint Of Starting XI Vs Arsenal: How Chelsea Team A & B Lined Up At Training
Published: July 20, 2017
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has given a hint of his starting line-up for Saturday afternoon's friendly against Arsenal at the Beijing National Stadium.The Blues held two training sessions on Thursday as they continued preparations for their first pre-season match.Chelsea expert CarefreeYouth has informed allnigeriaso...