Done deals : Chelsea complete last-minute signings of two players of African descent
Published: September 02, 2022
English Premier League giants Chelsea completed two last-minute signings on transfer deadline day.   Arguably their marquee signing of the summer transfer window, former Arsenal captain and bona fide African star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has joined the Blues on a permanent transfer from Barcelona.   The ...
Confirmed : Chelsea announce inbound and outbound transfers of two players
Published: August 31, 2022
Through their official website, English Premier League giants Chelsea announced the inbound and outbound transfers of two players of African descent on Wednesday, August 31.   Ivory Coast-eligible central defender Wesley Fofana has completed his move from Leicester City after putting pen to paper on a seven-year...
Norwegian club pass up opportunity to sign Arsenal's African-born winger
Published: August 29, 2022
Norwegian club Sandefjord have opted against signing Arsenal's African-born winger George Lewis, according to the online edition of Tromsø-based newspaper iTromsø.   Lewis trained at the Eliteserien outfit last week with a view to a transfer but has not been offered a deal following the conclusion of the t...
Arsenal's Rwandan-born winger training with Norwegian club ahead of possible move
Published: August 27, 2022
Arsenal's Rwandan-born winger George Lewis is training with Norwegian club Sandefjord Football ahead of a possible move.   Espen Bugge Pettersen, Sandefjord Football's general manager, has told Sandefjords Blad that the Norwegian-Rwandan player has some of the qualities that the club is looking for. �...
Official : Arsenal loan out Africa's most expensive player to four-time French champions
Published: August 25, 2022
Nicolas Pépé's return to the French Ligue 1 is done and dusted, with both Arsenal and OGC Nice confirming the transfer of the Ivory Coast national teamer on their official websites.   The 27-year-old, the most expensive African player in history at 72 million pounds, has joined the four-time French champio...
Announcement imminent : Arsenal loan out African star to Ligue 1 club
Published: August 24, 2022
Ivorian international, Nicolas Pepe will be joining French Ligue 1 outfit, OGC Nice on a season long loan from Arsenal.   The deal which takes the 27-year-old back to France doesn't include an option to buy.   According to Sky Sports, the last details of the deal will be finalized in the next 48 hours...
Lampard uses Super Eagles star as deep-lying playmaker as Everton lose to Aston Villa
Published: August 13, 2022
Everton and Aston Villa clashed at Villa Park on Saturday in an action-packed game in the second game-week of the new Premier League season with the final score ending in a 2-1 defeat for the Toffees.   Ex-Chelsea legendary midfielder Frank Lampard continued his experiment of utilizing Nigeria international midfie...
Leading African Football Coaches
Published: June 07, 2022
African football stars playing in different leagues around the world usually dominate all the football headlines in the continent. However, less attention goes to the African football coaches who are doing exploits at the club and country level. Perhaps only football fans wagering on the sport might be the ones who kno...
Four top Nigerians out Of contract this summer - and where they may end up
Published: May 26, 2022
Everyone is acutely aware of the sheer quality of footballers being produced both in Nigeria and of Nigerian heritage. The likes of Napoli’s Victor Osimhen, and Leicester City’s duo Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho all represent the Super Eagles. Admittedly, those three and their teammates haven’t qualified fo...
Manchester United ask Napoli chief the cost of signing Super Eagles striker
Published: May 09, 2022
English Premier League giants Manchester United have reportedly asked Napoli to name their asking price for Nigeria international Victor Osimhen.   Italian sports daily Corriere dello Sport, via Spazio Napoli says Manchester United would have asked De Laurentiis the cost of the number 9 card and the president...
Man Utd's Nigeria-eligible midfielder unlikely to make squad vs Arsenal, starts in PL 2
Published: April 22, 2022
Shola Shoretire is unlikely to be included in Manchester United's traveling squad for Saturday's crucial Premier League meeting with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, just as allnigeriasoccer.com suggested earlier today. The England youth international of Nigerian descent was involved in the Red Devils penultimate w...
2023 AFCONQ : Super Eagles drawn with Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome/Mauritius
Published: April 19, 2022
The draw for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers group stages was held in the studios of SuperSport in Johannesburg, South Africa on Tuesday evening. Forty eight countries that qualified for the second round of qualifiers were seeded into four pots based on the Fifa ranking released on March 31, 2022, meaning t...
UCL : Chukwueze subbed in; another Nigerian-born winger nets winner for Villarreal vs Bayern
Published: April 06, 2022
Super Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze overcame his injury setback from the international break against Ghana in the World Cup playoff and started on Villarreal substitutes bench Wednesday evening in their Champions League quarterfinals 1-0 win over Bayern Munich at the Estadio de la Cerámica.Chukwueze came off the benc...
Ex-CSKA defender offers tactical blueprint on how Super Eagles can overcome Black Stars
Published: March 29, 2022
Former CSKA Moscow defender Chidi Odiah has backed Austin Eguavoen and Emmanuel Amuneke to lead the Super Eagles to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar with a victory this evening in the crucial playoff against the Black Stars of Ghana at the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja. Both sides played out a goalless draw in the first ...
Youngest invitee Amoo impresses senior players Iheanacho, Musa, Ighalo in Super Eagles training
Published: March 27, 2022
FC Copenhagen attacking midfielder Akinkunmi Amoo has been catching the eye in the training sessions since the start of preparations for the doubleheader against Ghana in the 2022 World Cup playoff. Aged 19 years and 293 days today, the former Golden Eaglets star is the youngest player named in the Super Eagles' ex...