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Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has contacted 22-year-old English player who plays for Bournemouth to dump Denmark for Nigeria, the midfielder Philip Billing was approached before the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, to pledge his allegiance to Nigeria but the 23-year-old English player did not say anything. Philip Billing has been one of Huddersfield Town’s standout players this season in the English Premier League side and has featured in all almost all their games before the lockdown due to coronavirus. The highly-rated 23-year-old English player is eligible to represent the Super Eagles by his parentage roots. He was born…

Former Super Eagles and Everton player Joseph Yobo was in his first meeting with Super Eagles as they held their first technical crew meeting since the lock-down due to the coronavirus pandemic. The technical crew of the Super Eagles of Nigeria has admitted newly appointed assistant coach of the team, Joseph Yobo, into its fold, the former Super Eagles captain is the newest face in the crew. The meeting was video call conference meeting and it has an attendance of about seven or more people with Joseph Yobo inclusive. Toyin Ibitoye who is the Media Officer of the team confirmed…

Barcelona will resume their La Liga title defence playing against Real Mallorca, that will be the first game for the Spanish giant since lock-down in La Liga and Spain as a whole. All sporting activities in Spain was suspended on the 12th of March but according to their Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez he said they can now go ahead and restart the league. Barcelona is currently topping the La Liga table and is two points ahead of rivals Real Madrid, they will travel to Real Mallorca on the 13th of June (21:00 BST kick-off), two days after the season gets…

England and Borussia Dortmund forward Jadon Sancho who is a major target for Manchester United in the next transfer window recorded his first-ever hat-trick for German side yesterday when they played against bottom place Paderborn. Sancho has joined the number of sports stars adding their voice to worldwide protests against racism in the world. A Protests have been on-going after an unarmed black-American George Floyd who was held and chocked to death by Minneapolis police in the United States of America. Jadon Sancho unveiled a ‘Justice for George Floyd’ T-shirt after scoring for Borussia Dortmund against Paderborn. Also, earlier in…

Former Nigerian and Chinese Shanghai Shenhua Lloanee Odion Ighalo could extend his contract by at least one more year with Manchester United after his loan deal was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. He is however still unable to reach a reasonable agreement with Manchester United for the extension of the loan deal. The 30-year-old attacker arrived the Old Trafford club on the deadline day during the transfer window on a six-month loan deal which was to expire to expire on the 31st of May 2020. According to News reports, Manchester United United have reached an agreement with the Chinese…

Turkish giants Fenerbahce have joined the league of clubs chasing 22-year-old Nigeria and Club Brugge forward Emmanuel Dennis, the Turkish side is preparing heavily for the attacker in the next summer transfer window. Before now clubs from the English Premier League and Italian Serie A have been monitoring the player to sign him in the next transfer window. Arsenal and West Ham in the English Premier League have been looking to sign the young Nigerian for some time now but it seems he is happy at Club Brugge. Italian Seria A giant Napoli also declared their interest in the player…

Two Nigerian players in the English Premier League player stands at risk as their head coach was tested positive for coronavirus. Former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodger who currently the head coach of Leicester City was confirmed positive for coronavirus and was placed in self-isolation for some time. The two Nigerian players Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho are playing under Brendan Rodgers at Leicester City and with the manager been infected raised concerns for the players. But right now, the English Premier League community will heave a sigh of relief after the manager Brendan Rodgers disclosed that he has fully recovered…

Nigeria and Monaco loanee Henry Onyekuru is keen to remain with Turkish Super Lig champions Galatasaray amid interest from Greek giants Olympiacos. Reports have it that the Greece side is looking to land the player but he prefers his present club Galatasaray. The Nigeria international rejoined Galatasaray on loan in January after failing to secure regular playing time at the French Ligue One side AS Monaco. Henry Onyekuru was linked up with Monaco from Everton last summer, he made only four league appearances for the English Premier League side before the move to AS Monaco before he was loaned to…

Chelsea and French midfielder Ngolo Kante has been officially served summon due to a contract dispute between himself and his former agent Nouari Khiari which reportedly dates back to 2016. French news outlet L’Equipe says that Khiari is accusing the two-times Premier League player of the season of owing him £3.4m which they are yet to settle. The summon was filed and sent to the Chelsea player’s home as well as his club headquarters on 11th of March. The two people were said to have split in 2019, but the agent claims the player owes him remuneration terms on the…

Former Nigerian junior international forward Fanendo Adi has donated 2000 10kg bags of rice to the Benue State Government for distribution to the needy indigenes of the north-central state of Nigeria. This is to help in feeding the people in the IDP camps and also, to reduce the harsh effect of the Coronavirus Pandemic in Benue State. Fanendo Adi’s donation was received by the deputy governor of the state on behalf of the Executive Governor, Mr Samuel Orton. Adi is currently playing in the United States of America, he plays Major League Soccer (MLS) side, Columbus Crew SC. According to…

Spanish La Liga will resume on the 11th of June and the first game will be between Real Betis and outSevilla, and they also agreed on next season’s resumption date to be on the 12th of September. La Liga organisers want to finish the season on the weekend of 18-19 July “depending on the evolution” of coronavirus. The Spanish government’s department for sport said agreements had been reached with La Liga and the Spanish soccer federation (RFEF). Football in Spain was suspended on the 12th of March but Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said it can resume from 8 June. Spanish…

As the deal to bring Nigerian point man Victor Oshimhen seems unrealistic, Napoli has turned their attention to another Nigerian striker Emmanuel Dennis. Victor Osimhen rejected a move to the Italian Seria A side despite concrete talks with his French club Lille. The Nigerian is eyeing an English Premier League move and many clubs are already coming for him. Napoli has turned their attention to Emmanuel Dennis who starred for Club Brugge in the Belgian Pro League last season. Emmanuel Dennis was the star man in the Champions League group stage game which ended 2-2 with Real Madrid where he…

Another Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) player just died, the NPFL player is said to be a member of the Nigerian National League side Bendel Insurance. The club announced the news of his shocking death yesterday, the player who is the goalkeeper and goes by the name Umar Ahmad Jalingo died in Gombe after a brief illness. Before his untimely death, Umar Jalingo was hospitalized at the Federal Teaching Hospital in Gombe, where he was treated after serious illness. The Nigerian Professional Football League and other sporting activities are currently on suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic. The player was…

Super Eagles number one man Francis Uzoho has come out to defend his age, stating the mystery behind his looks and his age, the Nigerian goalkeeper’s face is way older than his age. Francis Uzoho revealed that his looks are as a result of too much training, according to him he said his looks changed as a result of the kind of training and the amount of time he spent on training. The 21-year-old who looks over 30 has come under intense criticism in recent times from a section of the fans who believe he lied about his original age.…

Watford captain Troy Deeney says people told him they wished his baby son would contract coronavirus after he chose not to return to training. Troy Deeney was trying to protect the lives of his family and his son when he said he was not going to resume with other players. But he has been receiving some very bad comment about the decision. Deeney said he did not want to put his child, who has had breathing difficulties, “in more danger” and raised concerns over the increased risk to black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) players. Deeney said: “I saw some…

Brescia owner Massimo Cellino has expressed his regrets in signing former Manchester City and Liverpool forward Mario Balotelli. The 29-year-old has so far scored five goals for Brescia before the league was interrupted by the outbreak of coronavirus. Massimo Cellino said Balotelli can leave the club if he wants, they are currently at the bottom of the Seria A table with nine points from safety ahead of Seria A league resumption. This was because the former Inter Milan and AC Milan player has been showing very bad attitude towards training. Massimo Cellino also said: “He doesn’t show up to training,…

Lille president Gerard Lopez is willing to drop the market value for Nigerian 21-year-old striker Victor Osimhen. Many European clubs have been bidding for the attacker with the likes of Liverpool, Juventus Leicester and even Barcelona all looking to sign the bronze Afcon medalist. Victor Osimhen has attracted the interest of many big clubs since joining the French Ligue One side. The 21-year-old scored 18 goals and recorded six assists in 36 appearances across all competitions for Lille. The clubs’ president Gerald Lopez initially placed a price tag of €80-90m on the Nigerian. The club has seen that they will…

In today’s transfer news Manchester United Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo is longing to extend his loan contract with Manchester United as his loan spell at the club is set to finish. We will be looking at players who are trending in the transfer news and are looking to sign contract with their clubs and those that leaving to other leagues and clubs. Transfer News in English Premier League EPL English Premier League title favorite Liverpool have declared interested in signing Wolves’ Spanish 24-year-old winger Adama Traore. Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is currently contacting the player personally to ensure the player comes to Arnfield…

Scotland Premiership side Rangers have signed Romania 21-year-old international Ianis Hagi from Belgium club side KRK Gent. The player has been bought for an undisclosed fee after negotiation with the Belgium top division side KRC Genk, the price for which he was signed still remains undisclosed. The player has been on with the Scottish side since January from KRK Gent, Rangers has finally made his deal permanent one. Ianis Hagi is a son of former Barcelona and Real Madrid great legend Gheorghe Hagi, and he has scored three goals in 12 games since moving to Ibrox on loan in January.…

Former Manchester United forward Dimitar Berbatov has said Manchester United manager and the management should consider extending Nigerian striker’s loan contract because he believes the Nigerian has done very well so far. Manchester United will reach an agreement with Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua over his loan deal and Berbatov hopes they will extend his contract. Odion Ighalo joined Manchester United from Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua on a six-month loan in January. The 30-year-old has scored four goals in eight appearances for the Red Devils so far. The loan deal is to expire at the end of this month…

The president of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has announced that Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has just extended his contract with the Super Eagles. The discussion over the extension of his contract has been on since last 2019 with various issues arising from the decision made by Nigeria Football Federation in which they were saying he spends more time in Nigeria. With the extension of the contract, Gernot Rohr will now remain in charge of the Super Eagles team for the next two years. The 66-year-old contract was due to run out next month but he has…