Two New Signings Debut As Manchester United Thrash LA Galaxy 5-2 In Friendly
Published: July 16, 2017
Manchester United began their pre-season schedule with a 5-2 thrashing of LA Galaxy in front of 25,667 spectators at StubHub Center on Saturday evening.Red Devils manager Jose Mourinho handed debuts to new signings Victor Lindelöf and Romelu Lukaku, who joined the club in the summer transfer window from Benfica and Ev...
Ex-England U19 Stars Moses, Tomori, Aluko Feature As Chelsea Take Fulham To The Cleaners
Published: July 15, 2017
Premier League champions Chelsea thrashed Championship side Fulham 8-2 in a behind-closed-doors friendly staged at Cobham on Saturday evening.Three former England U19 internationals of Nigerian descent Victor Moses, Sone Aluko and Fikayo Tomori were all involved for their respective teams, with the first two named in t...
Kenneth Omeruo Sparkles, Ike Ugbo Starts As Chelsea Are Held By Red Devils
Published: July 15, 2017
Kenneth Omeruo made a rare appearance for Chelsea at any level in their 1-1 draw with EFL League Two club Crawley Town in a pre-season friendly at the Checkatrade.com Stadium on Saturday evening.Back home, most of the talk leading up to the game was that the former Sunshine Stars defender was going to make his debut fo...
Super Eagles Star Iwobi Notches Assist Again As Arsenal Beat WS Wanderers
Published: July 15, 2017
Premier League side Arsenal recorded an impressive 3-1 win over A-League side Western Sydney Wanderers at ANZ Stadium on Saturday afternoon.Nigeria international Alex Iwobi made his first start for the Gunners since March 4, 2017 when he lasted 90 minutes against Liverpool, and was in action for 67 minutes today agains...
Manchester United Lose 3-0 In Friendly Game, Return To England Today
Published: July 15, 2017
Manchester United Academy and Reserve teams will return to England on Saturday, July 15 after their training camp in Austria. In a practice game held on Friday afternoon, Manchester United's U23s lost 3-0 to German club TSV Freilassing in Salzburg.Nigerian youngsters Matthew Olosunde and Tosin Kehinde were in the Red D...
Why Liverpool's World Cup-Winning Winger Did Not Face Old Club Wigan
Published: July 15, 2017
Liverpool continued their preparations for the forthcoming season with another friendly on Friday evening against League One club Wigan Athletic.England U20 international Sheyi Ojo missed  the chance to face his former team after he was left out of the traveling party to the DW Stadium while Ovie Ejaria was snubbed fo...
Omeruo Absent From Chelsea Training; Moses & Tomori Deployed As Wing-Backs
Published: July 14, 2017
Speculations linking Kenneth Omeruo with an imminent departure from Chelsea were reignited on Friday after the Nigeria international did not train with the first team for the first time this week.Italian manager Antonio Conte continued to run the rule over Victor Moses and Fikayo Tomori, and the England U20 internation...
Five New Signings Feature As Manchester United Thrash SV Ebensee 6-0
Published: July 14, 2017
Manchester United U18s kicked off their pre-season schedule with a 6-0 hammering of SV Ebensee in a scrimmage on Thursday, July 13.According to Red Devils Youth Team expert jb8521 , five new signings Largie Ramazani, Aliou Badara Traore, Arnau Puigmal, Ethan Galbraith and Millen Baars were handed a run out against the ...
Why Chelsea Striker Abraham Has Not Reported For Training At Swansea City
Published: July 14, 2017
Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham will link up with Swansea City at their training camp in the United States of America this weekend, the Welsh side have officially announced.The Three Lions sensation was given an extended vacation because of his international commitments with the England U21s at the European Under-21 Cham...
Arsenal Talent Iwobi Pleased To Assist Lacazette For His Debut Goal
Published: July 13, 2017
Nigeria international Alex Iwobi was pleased to figure in Arsenal's routine 2-0 victory over Sydney FC on Thursday, and delighted to assist Gunners newcomer Alexandre Lacazette score on his debut.For the third consecutive season, the Arsenal number seventeen is training with the first team in pre-season, and will be ho...
Chelsea Wing-Back Victor Moses, Kenneth Omeruo Train Separately
Published: July 13, 2017
Super Eagles stars Victor Moses and Kenneth Omeruo worked separately from the rest of the Chelsea first team on Thursday morning.The two Nigerian internationals, who are classified as defenders, worked out in the gym, while the strikers and midfielders were sweating it out on the pitch.A Chelsea insider who witnessed t...
Iwobi Sets Up Arsenal's Record Signing Lacazette For Debut Goal In Win vs Sydney FC
Published: July 13, 2017
Super Eagles rising star Alex Iwobi was involved in Arsenal's first-preseason fixture on Thursday, playing the last 22 minutes of their 2-0 win over defending A-League champions Sydney FC at ANZ Stadium.The visitors were 1-0 up at the end of the first half courtesy of Per Mertesacker's acrobatic effort in the fourth mi...
Chelsea Confirm Kenneth Omeruo, Ike Ugbo Are Set To Make First Team Debut Vs Red Devils
Published: July 13, 2017
Premier League champions Chelsea have confirmed that Nigeria international Kenneth Omeruo is in line to make his first-team debut in Saturday's friendly against Crawley Town.The Red Devils have published on their official webpage The Blues 16-man traveling party to the Checkatrade Stadium.Omeruo is among the six defend...
Best U20 Player On The Planet, Of Nigerian Descent, Wows Liverpool Coach On Debut
Published: July 13, 2017
Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp was impressed with the performance the English-born Nigerian striker Dominic Solanke put in against Tranmere Rovers in their first pre-season friendly on Wednesday night.The Golden Ball winner at this summer's Fifa U20 World Cup looked lively after entering into the fray in the 46th minu...
Former Chelsea Wonderkid Makes Debut For Liverpool, New Paul Pogba Missing
Published: July 12, 2017
Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has announced his starting line-up for his side's first pre-season fixture against National League side Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park on Wednesday night.The German tactician will closely monitor his new recruit Dominic Solanke, who will make his debut for the Reds after completing his ...