'They Are Not Good Enough' - Super Eagles Coach Rohr Explains Why He Doesn't Use NPFL Stars
Published: June 26, 2020
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has explained that he doesn't utilize Nigeria Professional Football League players for national team matches because they are not on the same level as their foreign-based counterparts. With the exception of Heartland goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa, local-based players hardly get a look-i...
'A Preferred Candidate' - Rohr Admits He Wants Bayern Munich Striker To Play For Super Eagles
Published: June 26, 2020
Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr has reiterated that he wants Bayern Munich wonderkid Joshua Zirkzee to play for the Super Eagles but admitted that it won't be easy for the striker to switch his international allegiance from Netherlands to Nigeria. Born in Schiedam nineteen years ago, Zirkzee qualifies to represent Niger...
Osimhen Still Stranded In Nigeria; Lille Ready To Send Private Jet To Bring Back Striker
Published: June 26, 2020
Victor Osimhen has yet to resume pre-season preparations with French Ligue 1 club Lille. The Nigeria international was granted compassionate leave to attend the burial of his father and was expected to return to France this week but he's stranded in Nigeria because the borders are closed to curb the spread of coronavi...
Official : Aina Released By Chelsea; Victor Moses Among 4 Nigeria-Eligible Players Retained
Published: June 26, 2020
2013 Africa Cup of Nations winner Victor Moses is among four Nigeria-eligible players retained by Chelsea for the 2020-2021 season, informs the official website of the English Premier League. The right wing-back will enter the final twelve months of his contract with The Blues on July 1 and is expected to see out t...
Official : Super Eagles Defender Joins Wigan Athletic On Permanent Deal Until July 2020
Published: June 25, 2020
English Premier League side Brighton & Hove have officially announced that Nigeria national-teamer Leon Balogun has completed a permanent transfer to second-tier club Wigan Athletic. The central defender has secured a transfer to the Latics until the end of the 2019-2020 season, specifically July 21, 2020, the date ...
KFCO Beerschot, Union Sportive de Tataouine In Contention To Sign Super Eagles Striker
Published: June 24, 2020
Belgium's KFCO Beerschot are in contention with other foreign clubs such as North Macedonia's KF Shkëndija, Union Sportive de Tataouine, Tunisia and Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City FC for Super Eagles goal machine, Ibrahim Mustapha.The Plateau United striker who scored 11 goals and provided seven assists in 21 games of the...
Nigerian Exports : Mjoendalen's Ibrahim, Liefering's Adamu, Zalgiris' Otele, KuPS Duo Find The Net
Published: June 24, 2020
Allnigeriasoccer.com's round-up of the Nigerian players that were on target for their European clubs in league and Cup matches across Europe on Wednesday, June 24. In Finland, Aniekpeno Udoh and Usmani Sale scored in the 6th and 79th minute respectively as Kuopio Palloseura failed to advance to the semifinals of th...
'We Don't Have Many In Belgium Like That' - Ex-Coaches Highlight Qualities Of Genk-Bound Dessers
Published: June 24, 2020
Cyriel Dessers is on his way to Racing Genk after the Belgian First Division A side reached an agreement with Heracles Almelo to sign the striker on a four-year deal. With 15 goals from 26 games, Dessers finished the 2019-2020 campaign as the joint top scorer in the Dutch Eredivisie and was guaranteed to move onto ...
Official : Sevilla Confirm Departure Of Nigeria International Kanu; Striker Joins Linkopings FC
Published: June 23, 2020
Sevilla have announced via their official website that Super Falcons striker Uchenna Kanu has been released. The 23-year-old and seven other players namely Jeni Morilla, Aldana Cometti, Yanara Aedo , Sabrina Flores , Claire Falknor , Nadya Karpova and Olga Carmona have not been retained by Las Rojiblancas for the 2...
Should Manchester United's Odion Ighalo Be Recalled To The Super Eagles?
Published: June 23, 2020
Odion Ighalo has made a positive start to life at Manchester United, leading to suggestions that a return to the Super Eagles could be on the cards for the forward.Ighalo's deadline-day move from Shanghai Shenhua to Manchester United came as a shock to many, but he has made a strong impression in England, and has been ...
Super Eagles Star Omeruo The Bright Spark For Leganes In Goalless Draw Vs Granada
Published: June 23, 2020
CD Leganes are running out of opportunities to save themselves from relegation with seven rounds left to the end of the 2019-2020 season following their goalless draw with Granada at the Estadio Municipal de Butarque on Monday night, allnigeriasoccer.com reports.  Javier Aguirre's men were presented with the best cha...
Nigeria Joint 48th In The Ranking Of Number Of Coaches In Foreign Leagues
Published: June 23, 2020
Neuchâtel-based organization, the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES), has published the demographic analysis of  professional football coaches in the world, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. The study analyzed the characteristics of the coaches at the head of 1,646 teams from 110 leagues in 79 countries w...
Super Eagles Winger Yet To Report For Pre-Season Training With Bordeaux
Published: June 22, 2020
Nigeria international Samuel Kalu was conspicuously absent from the training session at French Ligue 1 club FC Girondins de Bordeaux on Monday, June 22. Bordeaux have started preparations for the new season but without two of their African stars Kalu and Edson Mexer. French journalist Clement Carpentier has twee...
The Most Popular Sports In Nigeria
Published: June 21, 2020
Nigeria is, among the nations that make up the African continent, one of the best forges of sporting talents in different disciplines. Over the years, especially from the mid-90s onwards, Nigerian athletes have conquered high peaks in international sport, sometimes imposing themselves in front of more distinguished col...
The Best Nigerian Football Player In History
Published: June 21, 2020
Since the early 1990s, the African continent has exported its best football players to prestigious championships such as the English Premier League, the Italian Serie A and the Spanish La Liga. Examples in the recent history are Salah and Manè, essential players for Klopp's unbeatable Liverpool, but also Samuel Et...