Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen has finally joined Italian club Napoli. The Nigerian player is reported to have signed five-year deal worth around €60m. Blueprint understands that the deal includes an option for a further year that would rise to €81m + bonuses. Victor will wear jersey no 9, though the new club is yet to make official announcement. With Read More
Victor Osimhen has moved a big step to completing a record-breaking transfer to Napoli when he passed his medical at the Italian club, the scorenigeria reports. Napoli are now set to make a formal announcement of the transfer, reported to be around 80 million Euros, but which has had its fair share of controversies. Osimhen, 21, is to sign a Read More
Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen escaped but three Lille midfielders Renato Sanches, Jonathan Ikone and Jonathan Bamba have tested positive for COVID-19, coach Christophe Galtier said on Saturday, calling for more firmness in enforcing social distancing. All three tested positive last Monday, Galtier said after a 2-1 friendly win at Belgian first-division club Mouscron. He said Sanches, a Euro 2016 Read More
Super Eagles hit-man Samuel Chukwueze came off the bench to propel his teammates, then Villarreal grabbed a much deserved but narrow 1-0 win over Celta Vigo at an empty Estadio de Balaídos in both sides first game following the restart of La Liga. The Nigerian winger was introduced for his 27th La Liga appearance on the hour mark for Gerard Read More
Reports from Italy suggest that Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen is nearing a five-year deal to join Serie A side Napoli. The striker is said to have agreed a contract worth €4M per annum excluding bonuses. The 21-year-old linked up with Lille from Belgian Pro League club Sporting Charleroi last summer. The former Wolfsburg striker scored 18 goals and bagged Read More
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and Super Eagles handler Gernot Rohr have finally agreed a two and half year contract extension. Confirming the latest development via his Twitter handle, NFF President Amaju Pinnick said, “I’m happy to announce that the NFF and Coach Gernot Rohr have concluded all contractual discussions and he will stay on as Coach of the Super Read More
Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr is happy to extend his contract with the Nigeria Football Federation, the Franco-German has declared. The Nigeria Football Federation and the coach had been in discussions in recent weeks over the renewal of the contract between both parties and the coach has confirmed agreements have been reached and he is delighted to continue as manager Read More
Nigeria’s Super Eagles informed striker Victor Osimhen’s father is dead. Osimhen who is 21-year-old revealed the sad news via his verified Twitter page. He said, “RIP Dad. No words to describe this feeling,” he tweeted with tears and heartbroken emoji. Elder Patrick Osimhen as he was known was the sole surviving parent of the Super Eagles star who plies his Read More
Leicester and Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi is currently doing nothing on the pitch, but off the pitch, he has been trending after his wife was delivered of a bouncing. His picture with the new baby shared on the social is catching many attention.
Former Super Eagles player Jude Ighoteguonor, who is the estranged husband of Nigerian sprinter and Olympic silver medalist, Blessing Okagbare, has spoken of their divorce saga. Ighoteguonor, who, according to the Guardian, said he had moved on, debunked earlier report that he was seeking N100 million naira from the sprinter who had filed for divorce. The former Eagles player, who Read More
As new contract is anticipated for Super Eagles technical adviser Gernot Rohr, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has handed stiff conditions which the German-Franco tactician must agree to and fulfill. President of NFF Amaju Pinnick who revealed this when he appeared before a live programme on Arise television Monday morning lined up the conditions to include; 1. He must stay Read More
Expected fresh contract renewal for Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr might have collapsed as the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) is yet to initiate talks with the German-Franco tactician. Rohr who revealed this in an interview said he won’t force any contract renewal discussion with the NFF. Rohr has three months left on his current deal with the NFF which he signed Read More
Report says English Premier League returnee Odion Ighalo will reportedly earn the sum of N1.4bn (£2.98m) during his six months loan spell at Manchester United. Ighalo joined United on loan until the end of the season in a surprise move as a cover upfront for Marcus Rashford, who is facing an extended spell out after suffering a double stress fracture in Read More
Manchester United have assigned jersey number 25 to Odion Ighalo, who joined the club for a short-term loan from Shanghai Shenhua. Also, the former Super Eagles striker has unveiled his Manchester United boots less than a week after making a sensational return to Premier League, and interestingly the beautiful pair was dedicated to his late sister Mary Atole. The club Read More
Former Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo is about to become the first ever Nigerian to play for Manchester United after agreeing personal terms to a 6 month loan deal from China. Details loading…
Former Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo has emerged as a loan target for Manchester United following Marcus Rashford’s injury, according to a report by Sky Sports News. Ighalo who was a former player for Watford, is currently with Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua and has two years left on his contract. Rashford’s injury has certainly left United lighter up front following Read More
Super Eahles France-German coach Gernot Rohr has disclosed that his wards have the strength in depth to weather the storm and ensure progress after Nigeria was drawn against Cape Verde, Central African Republic (CAR) and Liberia in the penultimate round of the qualifying race for the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals in Qatar. At a simple but colourful ceremony inside Read More
Former Super Eagles player Victor Moses has completed his loan move with an option to buy for €12m from Chelsea. The Nigeria international had signed his contract two days ago, after passing his medical in Milan, but the paperwork needed from his last club Fenerbahce hadn’t come through. Since January 2019, the 29-year-old had been loaned out to the Istanbul Read More
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development has disclosed that home based athletes who will represent Nigeria in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be sent abroad to prepare for the world tournament. He made this disclosure while speaking with the press on preparations for the Olympics. The minister said that the foreign based athletes will benefit from the advanced sporting Read More
Morocco and Dortmund star Achraf Hakimi crowned African Youth POTY. Hakimi beat Nigeria duo Samuel Chukwueze and Victor Osimhen to African Youth Player of the Year.
Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho got on the scoring sheet for Leicester City as they beat West Ham in one of the English Premier League games decided Saturday night. Leicester had lost their previous two matches before returning to winning ways this weekend. The latest goal is the third from Iheanacho who has endured deep form in recent times. Similarly, Read More
Nigerian striker Leke James currently in blistering form netted brace that led his club Molde Fk to win Norwegian league title with two games to spare. With the latest development, Leke grabbed his first-ever league title in Europe after his club trounced Stromsgodset 4-0 in a Norwegian league game. Molde are now champions with 62 points in 28 games, an Read More
Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, has admitted that he is in dilemma on the choice of players he will parade for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin Republic and also Lesotho next month. Our source said that the coach is worried about the return to fitness of some regular players that missed the friendlies against Ukraine in Read More
Despite giving it a good and praiseworthy fight, the Super Eagles B were undone by heavy deficit from the first leg and failed to qualify for next year’s African Nations Championship finals after a 3-4 aggregate loss to Togo’s Sparrow Hawks. Togo won the first leg 4-1 in Lome last month and were confident of picking their first –ever ticket Read More
Nigerian Forward Leke James has continued to impress at his club Molde FK in Norway as second leading scorer in the top flight league. The experienced striker is still rolling back the years after he notched his 16th goal for the season for table topping Molde just before the fifa window. The club is currently topping the table with 53 Read More
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