Seven Nigerian Starlets Help Chelsea Reach 1,000 Day Milestone Without Home Defeat
Published: January 03, 2018
Last week, Chelsea U18s celebrated the milestone passing of 1000 days without tasting defeat at home, and seven players of Nigerian descent helped the London club achieve this feat.Middlesbrough U18 were the last team to beat the U18 champions at home on April 4, 2015, and they have preserved their unbeaten run at home...
Isaac Okoronkwo Fears For Super Eagles If They Meet Russia At World Cup
Published: January 03, 2018
Isaac Okoronkwo has commented on the possibility of the Super Eagles meeting hosts Russia in the quarterfinals of the 2018 World Cup.Based on the match schedule, Nigeria and Russia could trade tackles either in Nizhny Novgorod or in Sochi if they qualify from their respective groups. '' First of all, I will worry for m...
Premier League Champions Chelsea Sign Talented Striker From FC Viktoria Köln
Published: January 02, 2018
Premier League champions Chelsea are on the brink of announcing the acquisition of talented Austrian striker Thierno Ballo.The teenager was on the radar of the London club for more than a year but his transfer could not be formalized because of his age. Reports emanating from the Austrian media revealed that Chel...
Manchester United's Argentina World Cup Star Linked With Return To Racing Club
Published: January 02, 2018
Manchester United goalkeeper Sergio Romero is being linked with a return to his homeland ahead of the 2018 World Cup.Reports out of Argentina suggest Argentine giants Racing Club are interested in signing the Red Devils netminder but the transfer is complicated.The 2014 World Cup star is behind Spaniard David de Gea in...
Ezenwa, Ifeanyi, Ali, Okpotu Key Players In Nigeria's 23-Man Squad For CHAN
Published: January 02, 2018
Head Coach Salisu Yusuf on Tuesday released his final squad of the Super Eagles B for the 5th African Nations Championship starting in Morocco next week, with goalkeeper and skipper Ikechukwu Ezenwa, midfield Trojan Rabiu Ali and marksman Anthony Okpotu listed.Ezenwa is joined for the goalkeeping duties by Oladele Ajib...
Official: Odense Boldklub Confirm Izunna Uzochukwu Is Leaving The Club
Published: January 02, 2018
Through their official website, Danish Super Liga club Odense Boldklub have announced that they have parted company with Super Eagles midfielder Izunna Uzochukwu, paving the way for him to join a new employer in the January transfer window.OB stressed that they ended their association with Uzochukwu because of hi...
Official: Talented Nigerian Striker Returns To Queens Park Rangers
Published: January 02, 2018
With a statement on their official website, EFL Championship club Queens Park Rangers have confirmed that former Super Eagles invitee Eberechi Eze has returned to the club after a successful loan spell with Wycombe Wanderers.The 19-year-old will resume training with the London club's first team in the coming days and i...
Watford Striker Okaka Tipped To Replace Nigeria U23 Ace At Torino
Published: January 02, 2018
Nigeria U23 international Sadiq Umar has not convinced the leadership of Torino in the first half of the season and might be sent back to parent club Roma before the close of the winter transfer market as per reports.Tuttomercatoweb.com writes on its website that the sporting director of Torino Gianluca Petrachi is mon...
Chelsea Coach : Kenneth Omeruo, Ola Aina Will Not Be Recalled From Loan Clubs
Published: January 02, 2018
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has hinted that several players loaned out by the club will not be recalled in the January transfer window.Five players of Nigerian descent in the shape of Ola Aina, Fikayo Tomori, Kenneth Omeruo, Ike Ugbo and Tammy Abraham have been shipped out on loan in the hope that they get regular pl...
Enyeama & Three Super Eagles Stars Who Need A Change Of Clubs In January
Published: January 02, 2018
As the transfer window reopens in the new year, allnigeriasoccer.com brings to notice Nigerian players plying their trade abroad who would do their world cup chances no harm with a switch to a new club, with plausible game time the pre-requisite after all.Ahmed Musa — Musa's decline since jumping ship from the cosy c...
Wenger Provides Fresh Update On Sanchez, Nixes Talk Of Bid For Key Chelsea Star
Published: January 02, 2018
Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger has denied reports that in January the London club will make bids for Chelsea defender David Luiz and Monaco midfielder Thomas Lemar.''I don’t want to speak about any names, but these reports are wrong,'' Wenger told the national press in England, including football.london.The French manag...
Nigerian Striker Obafemi Shortlisted For Southampton Goal Of The Month
Published: January 02, 2018
Nigerian striker Michael Obafemi is in the running for Southampton's Sure Goal of the Month for December 2017.The 17-year-old's brilliant strike against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the third round of the FA Youth Cup has been nominated for the award. Obafemi was shortlisted for the award along with Matt Targett and Char...
Official : Cheltenham Town Loan In West Ham Product Onariase
Published: January 02, 2018
League Two club Cheltenham Town have announced that Nigerian defender Emmanuel Onariase has re-joined the club on loan for the remainder of the 2017-2018 campaign.Onariase has found playing opportunities limited since signing for League One club Rotherham United in August 2017, with Nigerian trio Semi Ajayi, Josh Emman...
Okoronkwo: Nigeria Impressed Me Against Argentina; Messi, Higuain, Dybala Their Top Players
Published: January 02, 2018
Former Super Eagles defender Isaac Okoronkwo sung the praises of the Nigerian national team for beating Argentina 4-2 in an international friendly in Krasnodar in November, saying that they would have still won if Barcelona's Lionel Messi had featured.The ex-Wolverhampton Wanderers star went the distance in Nigeria's 1...
First Goal Scored By A Nigerian Player In 2018? The Honour Goes To.....
Published: January 02, 2018
Catch up on the Nigerians who scored for their different clubs in England on January 1, 2018.Jonathan Obika was on the score-sheet for the second game running in Oxford United's 3-1 win over Milton Keynes Dons in the EFL League One.The attacker scored his side's third of the afternoon in the 59th minute to hand United ...