Portsmouth ahead of Sheffield Wednesday, Derby in race to sign former Reading U18 captain
Published: July 15, 2021
Portsmouth have reportedly emerged as frontrunners to sign former Reading U18 skipper Akin Odimayo. According to Football League World, Portsmouth are set to beat Sheffield Wednesday and Derby County to the signing of the Anglo-Nigerian who played for Swindon Town last season. Odimayo, a free agent, was offered f...
Watford join Arsenal, Rangers in race to sign Faustino Anjorin's cousin but Portsmouth pull out
Published: July 15, 2021
English Premier League new boys Watford have joined the race to sign Abdul Abdulmalik, the cousin of Chelsea wonderkid Faustino Anjorin, according to reports.The Daily Mail says the Hornets are running the rule over the England youth international with a view to offering him a contract. Abdulmalik is currently a free ...
Arsenal's Nigeria-eligible defender training with Sheffield Wednesday ahead of potential move
Published: July 14, 2021
League One club Sheffield Wednesday have firmed up their interest in Tolaji Bola by inviting him for tests with a view to a potential transfer. Gunners youth team expert Jeorge Bird writes on his website that the Nigeria-eligible defender is on trial at Sheffield Wednesday and featured in their recent friendlies ag...
2019 Super Eagles invitee reveals why he wasn't offered a contract at Chelsea after 3 months of trials
Published: July 14, 2021
Viv Solomon-Otabor has claimed that he wasn't offered a contract at Chelsea due to non-football reasons. The 2019 Super Eagles invitee was spotted by a Chelsea scout named Rambridge whilst playing Sunday League football and was handed a trial that lasted for three months.   Solomon-Otabor has highlighted that he ...
19-year-old Nigerian striker promoted to first team training at Tottenham Hotspur
Published: July 14, 2021
New Tottenham Hotspur manager Nuno Espirito Santo has been checking out highly-rated Derbyshire-born Nigerian striker Kion Etete in pre-season with a view to handing him his unofficial debut before the start of the new Premier League season. The Portuguese football tactician has not set his eyes on attack-minded du...
Genk set N17.7b asking price for West Ham, Brighton-linked Super Eagles striker
Published: July 14, 2021
According to influential Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad via voetbalnieuws, Belgian First Division A side Racing Genk have set their asking price for Paul Onuachu. The website reports that Racing Genk Technical Director Dimitri de Condé will demand at least thirty million million euros (N17.7 billion in Nigerian ...
'An accident' - Arteta defends Nigerian GK after error on unofficial debut for Arsenal
Published: July 14, 2021
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has defended Nigeria-eligible goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo after his mistake led to the opening goal netted by Hibernian in Tuesday's friendly at Easter Road. More than ten years after he joined the club as a schoolboy, Okonkwo made his non-competitive debut for the Gunners, playing only the...
Photo : Man Utd, Chelsea, Spurs target Debayo completes move to Leeds from Watford academy
Published: July 14, 2021
James Debayo's transfer to English Premier League side Leeds United is now in the bag, allnigeriasoccer.com can report. Leeds United have pulled off a transfer coup by signing the Anglo-Nigerian central defender as he was coveted by several Premier League clubs after opting not to extend his stay at Vicarage Road. ...
Chelsea boss Tuchel running the rule over two Nigerian players in pre-season
Published: July 14, 2021
Less than a month before the start of the new Premier League season, European champions Chelsea have stepped up their preparations for the upcoming campaign with a training session held at Cobham on Tuesday, July 13, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. With up to seventeen Chelsea first-teamers involved in the 2020 Europe...
Nigerian midfielder signs new contract at Manchester United
Published: July 13, 2021
English Premier League giants Manchester United are set to confirm their new intake of academy scholars for the 2021-2022 season in the coming days. Allnigeriasoccer.com can exclusively report that promising Nigerian midfielder Maximilano Oyedele will be among the new scholars at the Red Devils, having signed a two...
Done deal : Nigeria U23 international completes transfer to Coventry City
Published: July 13, 2021
Through their official website, League One club Coventry City have announced the signing of Nigeria U23 international Bright Enobakhare. The Wolverhampton Wanderers academy product has joined the Sky Blues on a free transfer following the expiry of his contract with Indian Super League side SC East Bengal. Enobakh...
Ex-Arsenal starlet of Nigerian descent makes unofficial debut for West Ham first team
Published: July 13, 2021
Eighteen days after his signing was confirmed by West Ham United, Irish-Nigerian winger Armstrong Okoflex made his unofficial debut for the Hammers first team as they were held to a goalless draw by Leyton Orient in a pre-season friendly staged at Breyer Group Stadium on Tuesday evening. Okoflex was brought into th...
19-year-old goalkeeper Okonkwo makes non-competitive debut for Arsenal first team
Published: July 13, 2021
Nigerian goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo, 19,  made his non-competitive debut for Arsenal in their first game of the pre-season against Scottish team Hibernian on Tuesday evening. Fresh from signing a new three-year contract that binds him to the Emirates Stadium outfit until the end of the 2023-2024 season, he was name...
Scottish giants Celtic set to sign another Nigerian youngster
Published: July 13, 2021
Scottish Premiership giants Glasgow Celtic are on the brink of announcing the signing of Nigeria-eligible midfielder Bosun Lawal. According to The Athletic’s Watford correspondent Adam Leventhal via The Scotsman, Celtic have agreed a three-year deal with Lawal who has been compared to Everton star Abdoulaye Douco...
Club Brugge ahead of Rangers, Aston Villa, Norwich in race for Northampton's Chukwuemeka
Published: July 13, 2021
Belgian champions Club Brugge are reportedly in pole position to sign Northampton Town's Anglo-Nigerian striker Caleb Chukwuemeka. Football League World citing Pete O’Rourke has reported that the Cobblers are set to lose Chukwuemeka with the striker close to signing a contract with Club Brugge. The 19-year-old w...