Versatile Nigerian Midfielder Named In Real Madrid's Champions League Squad
Published: October 11, 2020
Spanish-born youngster of Nigerian descent, Marvin Akinlabi could be in line to make his debut in the UEFA Champions League this season, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. La Liga champions Real Madrid have submitted a 35-man squad list to UEFA with the versatile midfielder making the cut. The 2000-born Akinlabi is a...
Rohr's Assistant Reveals How The Super Eagles Players Felt After Third Consecutive Loss To Algeria
Published: October 11, 2020
Gernot Rohr's assistant Tunde Adelakun has revealed how the Super Eagles players shortly after losing their consecutive match to African champions Algeria on Friday. Algeria scored what proved to be the game-winning goal in the sixth minute when Ramy Bensebaini's left-footed shot from the centre of the box found t...
Serie A Players Salaries : Osimhen Fourth Best Paid U21 Player; Third Among Napoli Players
Published: October 11, 2020
Celebrated Italian sports daily Gazzetta dello Sport has published the annual salaries of all the players in the Italian Serie A for the 2020-2021 season. In Napoli, the club's most expensive signing in history Victor Osimhen is the joint third highest-paid player with a salary of 4.5 million euros per year (around...
England Make Move To Beat Nigeria To The Services Of Manchester United Wonderkid
Published: October 10, 2020
The English Football Association have made the first move to beat their Nigerian counterparts to the services of highly-rated Manchester United youngster Habeeb Ogunneye. United youth-team expert jb_8521 has tweeted that Ogunneye has received a call-up to the England U16 squad for a training camp this month. Og...
'Moses Could Have Ended Up In Spartak Last Season' - Ex-Lokomotiv Chief On Chelsea Winger
Published: October 10, 2020
Ex-Lokomotiv Moscow chief executive Ilya Gerkus has revealed that Spartak Moscow made an attempt to sign Victor Moses last season but Tomas Zorn wasn't given the green light by the powers that be. The Chelsea winger shares the same agent as Sweden international Jordan Larsson, who moved to Spartak Moscow from IFK N...
Ex-Fulham Youth-Teamer Adebayo Saves Walsall From First Defeat Of 2020-2021 Season
Published: October 10, 2020
Former Fulham youth-teamer Elijah Adebayo saved Walsall from their first defeat of the new League Two season as the Saddlers and Colchester United shared the spoils with a 1-1 draw at the Banks' Stadium on Saturday afternoon, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. Prior to today's fixture, Darrell Clarke's side were unbeaten...
Reading's Olise Thunderbolt Nominated For Championship Goal Of The Month
Published: October 10, 2020
Reading starlet Michael Olise is in the running to win the Championship Goal of the Month for September 2020, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. The former Chelsea schoolboy, in his 32nd appearance for the Royals first team, netted his first professional goal in a 2-0 victory over Barnsley on September 19. With 14 min...
'We Tried Our Best To Draw' - Hoffenheim's Akpoguma Reacts After Debut For Nigeria
Published: October 10, 2020
Hoffenheim center back Kevin Akpoguma made his senior debut for the Super Eagles in a 1-0 loss to Algeria in an international friendly on Friday evening, six years after he was first approached by the Nigeria Football Federation to switch his international allegiance from Germany to Nigeria. Akpoguma came on in the...
Arsenal New Boys Ideho, Akinola Left Out Of Europa League Squad List
Published: October 10, 2020
Arsenal new boys Joel Ideho and Tim Akinola will not make their Europa League debuts in the group stage of this season's competition, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. The Gunners have submitted a 24-man list to UEFA following the close of the summer transfer window, with no Nigeria-eligible player making the List A. ...
Swedish Club Hammarby To Run The Rule Over 'Next Akinkunmi Amoo' In Lagos Next Month
Published: October 10, 2020
Allnigeriasoccer.com can confirm that Mikael Hjelmberg, chief scout of Hammarby, will travel to Lagos next month to run the rule over the 'next Akinkunmi Amoo' with a view to a possible move to the Swedish Allsvenskan side as from the January transfer window. Hjelmberg will be accompanied on the trip by renowned Swed...
Netherlands Or Nigeria? New Arsenal Signing Likened To Zaha Reveals Who Have Made Contact
Published: October 10, 2020
New Arsenal signing from Ajax Amsterdam, Joel Ideho has suggested that the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) are ahead of the Nigeria Football Federation in the race for his services at international level. The 17-year-old was included in Netherlands U18 provisional squad for two friendlies against France on ...
Algeria Coach Admits Rohr Disrupted His Tactical Plans By Fielding Different Nigeria Starting XI
Published: October 10, 2020
2019 Africa Cup of Nations-winning coach Djamel Belmadi has admitted that manager Gernot Rohr disrupted his tactical plans by fielding a different Nigeria starting lineup in Friday's international friendly at the Wörthersee Stadium, Klagenfurt. Rohr made seven changes to the team that beat Lesotho 4-2 with full de...
Super Eagles Player Ratings : Sanusi Promising; Balogun Assured; Ebuehi Confident; Onuachu, Onyeka Low Marks
Published: October 09, 2020
The Super Eagles were beaten 1-0 in Friday's international friendly against the Desert Foxes of Algeria. Allnigeriasoccer.com's Izuchukwu Okosi here rates the players on the night. The Starters Maduka Okoye (GK) : The goalkeeper made some outstanding saves in the game but was unable to keep out Ramy Bensebain...
Rohr Reacts To Super Eagles Narrow Loss In Tough Game Against Algeria
Published: October 09, 2020
African champions Algeria extended their unbeaten streak to nineteen matches after a hard-fought 1-0 win against Nigeria at the Wörthersee Stadium, Klagenfurt on Friday evening, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. Algeria defender Ramy Bensebaini scored what proved to be the game-winning goal in the sixth minute of the c...
Five Takeaways From Super Eagles 1-0 Loss To African Champions Algeria
Published: October 09, 2020
The Super Eagles were once again beaten by a more tactical Algerian side in the first of their two international friendly games in Austria.Allnigeriasoccer.com's Izuchukwu Okosi highlights the five takeaways from the friendly.1.  Poor First Half, Improved Eagles In The SecondThe Nigerian players struggled to break dow...