Former Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi has told his former club to go all out and sign his compatriot Victor Osimhen this summer. The Blues have already spent just under £200m this summer on 12 players, with Pedro Neto the latest to walk through the door after his £54m move from Wolverhampton Wanderers. Now they are looking to add Osimhen to their ranks after previously being linked to the 25-year-old as part of a swap deal involving out-of-favour striker Romelu Lukaku. While speaking on his podcast, Mikel insisted his Chelsea must do everything possible to sign the forward. “I keep saying we…
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Ex-international Augustine Eguavoen is in line to take charge of the Super Eagles for their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin Republic and Rwanda. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is yet to appoint a new head coach for the Super Eagles, after Finidi George resigned his appointment in June. According to a reliable source at the NFF, it’s impossible to employ a new head coach for the Super Eagles before the games against Benin and Rwanda. The source further said Eguavoen, who is currently the technical director of the NFF, is in line to manage the team for…
Kylian Mbappé marked his Real Madrid debut with a goal as Los Blancos made history, beating Atalanta 2-0 in the UEFA Super Cup in Warsaw to lift the trophy for a record-breaking sixth time in nine appearances. All eyes were on the European champions, who lined up with a menacing forward line containing Mbappé, Jude Bellingham and Vinícius Jr. Carlo Ancelotti’s men looked threatening in the early stages too, especially down the right-flank through Federico Valderde and Dani Carvajal, but the Atalanta defence coped reasonably well. The Italian outfit, making their first appearance in the Super Cup, didn’t look out…
Napoli have reportedly offered Victor Osimhen to Chelsea as part of a swap deal for Romelu Lukaku. However, Chelsea are dissatisfied with the sum of cash that the Serie A side have offered for Lukaku, who has two years left on his deal at Stamford Bridge. Napoli have reportedly offered £25.6million for Lukaku, but Chelsea are demanding closer to £40m. Lukaku has spent the last two seasons on loan at Inter Milan and Roma, scoring 35 goals in that time, and wanrts to be reunited with Antonio Conte in Naples. And Giovanni Manna, Napoli’s sporting director, has been conducting talks in…
Kelechi Iheanacho has completed his move to Spanish club, Sevilla as a free agent after the expiration of his contract at Leicester City. The Spanish club announced the signing on their social media pages on Wednesday afternoon. The Super Eagles player has put pen to paper on a two-year contract with the option of another year. The forward has now linked up with his compatriot Chidera Ejuke, who also joined Sevilla in few weeks ago. Iheanacho scored 61 goals and provided 34 assists in 232 matches during his time at Leicester City.
The Super Falcons of the Nigeria have been knocked out of the women’s football event of the ongoing Olympics in Paris, after a 3-1 defeat to Japan in their last group game on Wednesday. Chelsea’s Maika Hamano put the Japanese ahead in the 22nd minute, and Mina Tanaka doubled the lead 10 minutes later. Juventus’ Onyi Echegini reduced the deficit for Nigeria three minutes before halftime, but Hikaru Kitagawa scored the third goal for the Asian side in the added minutes of the first half. The Randy Waldrum-led team needed an outright win to stand a chance of progressing into the knockout stage as…
Nigerian forward Kelechi Iheanacho has arrived Spain to complete his transfer to Spanish LaLiga side Sevilla. Sevilla confirmed Iheanacho’s arrival with a photo of him at the airport and wrote in Igbo: “Nnọọ Kelechi” which in English means “Welcome Kelechi. Sevilla also posted another photo with the caption, “Senior Man is here 🇳🇬” The Super Eagles player would join Sevilla as a free agent after the expiration of his contract at Leicester City, who won promotion back to the Premier League. He is expected to sign a two-year deal with Sevilla. The 27-year-old, who joined Leicester in 2017 from Manchester…
Favour Ofili has expressed disappointment over the omission of her name from the 100m race at the ongoing 2024 Olympics in Paris. The Nigerian sprinter posted on her social media pages on Tuesday night, blaming the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) and the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) for the oversight. Ofili qualified for the women’s 100m as the Nigerian champion after winning the National title in Benin; but her name has been omitted from the official entries for Team Nigeria at the Olympics. “It is with great regret that I have just been told I will not be competing in…
A late Alexia Putellas wonderful long range free-kick earned world champions Spain a 1-0 win over the Super Falcons of Nigeria in their second Group C game of the women’s football event of the 2024 Olympic games in Paris. Putellas scored the winning goal in the 85th minute as her freekick sailed over goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie and into the net. It is now back-to-back defeats for the Falcons while the Spaniards have made it two wins from two games. Falcons coach Randy Waldrum made a few changes with Asisat Oshoala and Esther Okoronkwo starting. Tonight’s loss puts the Falcons at the bottom of…
Argentina sealed a record-breaking 16th Copa América title and a third consecutive major trophy after an extra-time strike from Lautaro Martínez fired Lionel Scaloni’s side to a hard-earned 1-0 victory over Colombia in Miami. With kick-off delayed by over an hour due to major ticketing issues outside the Hard Rock Stadium, both teams wasted no time in asserting their authority on proceedings. First, Julián Álvarez flashed an effort wide for La Selección when well-placed in the box, before at the other end of the pitch, Jhon Córdoba fired a dangerous strike across the face of goal and against the woodwork.…