Nigeria-eligible GK at the Emirates Stadium but not in squad as Arsenal are beaten by Liverpool
Published: March 16, 2022
Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino were on target as Liverpool defeated Arsenal 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium Wednesday night and are now a point adrift of league leaders Manchester City. Nigeria eligible goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo who is Arsenal’s third choice goalkeeper arrived the stadium as the 21st Arsenal in the cours...
Newcastle United ready to make improved offer for most expensive African-born player in history
Published: March 16, 2022
Premier League moneybags Newcastle United are considering returning to Napoli with an improved offer for their Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen, according to reports. Italian sports daily Corriere Dello Sport claims the Magpies offered around 84 million pounds to sign Osimhen but no agreement was reached. Newcas...
Nigeria handed fitness boost pre-Ghana as Aribo is named in Rangers provisional squad vs Red Star
Published: March 16, 2022
Nigeria have been handed a major fitness boost ahead of their upcoming World Cup playoff match with Ghana as one of the players tipped to start, Joe Aribo has returned to training with his Scottish club Rangers, allnigeriasoccer.com reports.  The Nigeria number 10 was previously rated as doubtful for next Friday's cl...
Nigeria-eligible midfielder makes his competitive debut for Chelsea U18s
Published: March 16, 2022
Chelsea were denied a win late on after conceding in the 87th minute as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Reading in an U18 Premier League match on Wednesday afternoon. Chelsea U18 boss Ed Brand rested several players of Nigerian descent for the trip to Berkshire, with goalkeeper Prince Adegoke, fullbacks Derrick Abu ...
Report : Leicester City could sell Super Eagles star this summer amid interest from other clubs
Published: March 16, 2022
According to reports, Leicester City could be parting company with at least one of their key players this summer.The Daily Mail claims that Belgium star Youri Tielemans is likely to depart the King Power Stadium as he has approximately one year to run on his contract and his midfield partner Wilfred Ndidi is on the rad...
West Ham targeting summer move for Anglo-Nigerian central defender
Published: March 16, 2022
English Premier League side West Ham United are reportedly targeting a summer move for Anglo-Nigerian central defender Tosin Adarabioyo.Football League World says the Hammers have the Fulham star on their radar ahead of the reopening of the transfer window.Adarabioyo had a release clause of ten million pounds after Ful...
Arsenal loanee Balogun scores a beauty to help Middlesbrough beat Birmingham City
Published: March 16, 2022
Folarin Balogun registered his name on the scoresheet to help Middlesbrough claim a 2-0 victory over Birmingham City in a Championship match at St Andrew's Stadium on Tuesday night.Having fired blanks in his first eleven games for Boro in all competitions, the Arsenal loanee has now found the net in two of his last thr...
PL2 : Azeez on target as Arsenal surrender two-goal lead to draw with Blackburn Rovers
Published: March 15, 2022
Miguel Azeez was on target as Arsenal let slip a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Blackburn Rovers in a Premier League 2 encounter at Meadow Park on Monday night. The England U20  international was one of five youngsters of Nigerian descent that started for the Gunners, the others being Mazeed Ogungbo, James Olayinka...
Eguavoen reveals he attempted to lure Aston Villa icon Agbonlahor to play for Nigeria but was snubbed
Published: March 15, 2022
Augustine Eguavoen has revealed that he attempted to lure Gabriel Agbonlahor to play for the Super Eagles but was snubbed by the Aston Villa legend in 2006, his first stint as interim boss of the national team. Born in Birmingham, Agbonlahor, who is now retired and is a pundit, qualified to play for three countries ...
Former Crystal Palace star offers his view on incident involving 'big' Arsenal CB and Iheanacho
Published: March 15, 2022
Former Crystal Palace striker Clinton Morrison has offered his view on the incident involving Arsenal's Brazilian central defender Gabriel Magalhães and Leicester City star Kelechi Iheanacho during the first half of the Premier League meeting between both teams at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday evening. Around the ...
Poland U18 call-ups for Manchester United, Polonia Warsaw starlets of Nigerian descent
Published: March 15, 2022
The Polish Football Association have set the wheels in motion to beat their Nigerian counterparts to the services of two promising teenagers in the shape of Manchester United midfielder Maximillian Oyedele and Polonia Warsaw fullback Jakub Okusami. Oyedele and Okusami have both been named in Poland U18s 24-player ro...
Ghana-eligible forward beats Manchester United starlet Shoretire to win PL2 Player of the Month
Published: March 14, 2022
Crystal Palace's Ghana-eligible striker Jesurun Rak-Sakyi has won February 2022's Premier League 2 Player of the Month award, the official website of the Premier League informed on Monday. The England U20 international won the award thanks to an outstanding month that saw him score three goals in three appearances i...
On-loan Chelsea striker of Nigerian descent named in latest Norway U19 squad
Published: March 14, 2022
On-loan Chelsea striker Bryan Fiabema has been named in the latest Norway U19 squad, according to the official website of the Norway Football Federation. Born to a Norwegian mother and Nigerian father, the 2003-born player sealed a loan move to Eliteserien giants Rosenborg earlier this month and has gone on to make ...
Crystal Palace boss promotes 2003-born Irish-Nigerian LB to first team training pre-Man City
Published: March 14, 2022
Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira promoted 2003-born Irish-Nigerian left-back Tayo Adaramola to first team training ahead of his side's Premier League clash against Manchester City on Monday night. Palace have published their latest training images on their official website, and added that Adaramola trained wit...
Aston Villa legend reckons Chelsea, Arsenal target Olise is now worth N43.4b
Published: March 14, 2022
Aston Villa legend Dion Dublin reckons that Michael Olise is now worth an exaggerated £80 million (approximately N43.4 billion in Nigerian currency) based on his current form for Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace paid Reading eight million pounds to land the versatile winger during the summer transfer window and it's a...