What should have been a week focused entirely on a high-stakes El Clasico against Barcelona has instead become dominated by reports of conflict and crisis inside Real Madrid's dressing room. Defeat on Sunday against Barcelona will hand Real's fiercest rivals their second consecutive La Liga title. But while Barca - who were themselves in turmoil not so long ago - continue to prosper, Real Madrid are in chaos, as a result of fan unrest, managerial uncertainty and even allegati

The attack of the senior national team of Nigeria at the upcoming Unity Cup friendly tournament will be led by the trio of on loan Nice forward Terem Moffi, Plymouth striker Owen Oseni and Rafiu Durosinmi from relegated Serie A side Pisa. We can exclusively reveal that despite huge pressure, Chelle passed on the option of handing a recall to the duo of Kelechi Iheanacho or Tolu Arokodare to settle for the above mentioned trio. Moffi is expected to be his number one in attack

The agent of Nigeria international midfielder Ebenezer Akinsamiro says his client has multiple offers in the wake of reports claiming that a permanent deal has been agreed for him to stay on a permanent deal with relegated Italian Serie A side Pisa. Akinsamiro joined newly promoted Pisa at the start of the season, and made an instant impact and caught the attention of the Nigeria national team selectors who rewarded him with a spot in the team for the AFCON. However since ret

Former coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr says Paris FC midfielder Moses Simon has done what no Nigerian player has ever done in the history of the French Ligue 1. Simon has spent six years in the top division in France playing for modest teams in Nantes and now Paris FC. He had somehow maintained his relevance at both teams. Over the weekend he provided an assist in their shock 4-1 win over Monaco taking his tally to 36 goals and 41 assists in 203 Ligue

Derby County midfielder David Uzoh is said to be the next in line to commit his international future to the senior national team of Nigeria from England. The 20 year old was is on loan to English Championship side Derby County from Crystal Palace, and has so far proven to be a good addition to the squad of the Rams. Born in Spain to parents of Nigerian descent and raised in England, he made it clear three years ago when he made his breakthrough at Palace that he is open to th

Nigeria international defender Calvin Bassey sparked debates online after posing with Liverpool’s Rio Ngumoha after his man of the match display against Fulham. Ngumoha picked up the man of the match award with his goal paving the way for Liverpool to beat Fulham 2-0. A result which kept their chances of making the top five alive. Born in England to Nigerian parents, Ngumoha who is yet to play for England at senior level is still eligible to play for Nigeria, and a report whi

Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle is watching development around the international future of Everton’s midfielder Tim Iroegbunam. Tim has been on the radar of the coach for almost a year, but initial approach drew a blank response from the 22 year old who has his sights on stepping up to the senior national team of England. Still eligible for Nigeria despite representing England at various youth levels, latest reports say he is now open to the idea

The president of Italian Serie A side Napoli has explained his regret after rejecting a combine bid of €200m from PSG for the duo of Victor Osimhen and Kvicha Kvaratskhelia while they were at the club. Osimhen left Napoli for Galatasaray after an initial loan spell for a fee of 75 million euros Both players were key to Napoli ending their 33 year wait for their first Serie A title, and as expected were targets of other European giants after the feat. De Laurentiis revealed th

The poor performance of Yira Sor in his debut game for the senior national team of Nigeria has been pegged to a lack of understanding of the manager’s tactics. Sor had a debut to forget in the colours of the Super Eagles, playing from the start in their second game against Jordan at the recently concluded four team invitational tournament in Turkey. He was subbed off in the second half without doing anything notably for the period that he was on. However the Genk winger has r

Head coach of English Premier League side Crystal Palace listed five Nigerians for the second leg of UEFA Conference League clash against Fiorentina. Oliver Glasner who removed Nigerian international Uche Chrisantus from the official list of registered players, after the January transfer window will be hoping his side book a spot in the semi final. They hold a 3-0 lead from the first game in England leaving their Italian opposition with a tall task of scoring four or more goa

AIK of Sweden were yesterday held to a 2-2 draw by IF Brommapojkarna in a top division game in Sweden with as many as two Nigerians in Zadok Yohanna and Obilor Okeke playing against each other. Okeke was tasked with keeping Yohanna who has hit the ground running in Sweden for AIK in check, despite operating majorly as a winger. Zadok bagged an assist before he was subbed off, and added to his tally of four goals and three assists in seven games, since the resumption of the le

Newly promoted English Premier League side Coventry City will trigger the option of signing Nigeria international midfielder Frank Onyeka on a permanent deal. Onyeka joined the team on a loan deal from Brentford, and played a key role in helping them seal promotion to the English Premier League. The 28 year old was signed to bring experience to the team at a time, where it seems they were begining to lose grounds. He immediately lifted their spirits in the 11 games that he pl

When the job of the Super Eagles of Nigeria was made vacant following the exit of Finidi George as coach of the team, no coach was interested in taking over the team aside from the present coach Eric Chelle. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) appointed Austine Eguavoen in interim capacity after German coach Bruno Labbadia backed out of the job, following break down in talks over his wages. Labbadia rejected the job even after he was announced as coach with a week to the st

Tosin Adarabioyo won’t be handed an automatic shirt in the senior national team of Nigeria after deciding to pursue his international career with the Super Eagles. A long term target of the Nigerian team, the former England youth international has maintained that his dream is to make the step up to the senior national team of England, but he suggested a change of mind during an interview with Tribuna on Saturday. He said sequel to his visit to Nigeria in the summer, he follow

The recent clearance given to Wrexham goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo to switch to the senior national team of Nigeria has sparked a debate on who he will likely replace in the current team. Okonkwo who is currently the first choice of Wrexham who are pushing to secure a playoff spot, that could lead to promotion to the English Premier League will add to the options available to head coach Eric Chelle. Highly rated by Chelle, his inclusion will cost one of the trio of Adebayo Adele

One of the first name on the Super Eagles starting lineup these days is that of Sevilla forward Jerome Akor Adams, after winning the trust of head coach Eric Chelle. A year ago from now not even Adams who was doing very well at Montpellier in France could envisage a breakthrough into the Super Eagles starting lineup. Back then the favourite options of Chelle in his well loved 4-4-2 diamond was either Victor Boniface or Tolu Arokodare. Boniface for instance was seen as a vastl

Coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has been accused of not paying attention to Nigerian players playing in top African Leagues regardless of how well they are playing. Since taking over as coach of the Nigerian team over a year ago, the coach has only called the goalkeeping duo of Stanley Nwabali formerly of Chippa United of South Africa and Amas Obasogie of Tanzanian side Singida. The coach is yet to call any outfield player from leagues in Africa, and

The first choice goalkeeper of the senior national team of Nigeria Stanley Nwabali is not in the plans of head coach Eric Chelle for their upcoming friendly games in the month of May and June respectively. Nwabali has been without a club after terminating his deal with South Africa side Chippa United, shortly after returning from the AFCON with the Super Eagles of Nigeria. He was subsequently left out of the team that prosecuted the recently concluded four team invitational t

The chances of Millwall winger Femi Azeez getting a first time call up to the senior national team of Nigeria got a huge boost yesterday when he was confirmed as a nominee for the English Championship player of the season. The 24 year old who has four goals and four assists this season for Millwall who are chasing a play off spot has proven himself as one of the top stars in the English second division. He is already linked to teams in the English Premier League. Top of the c

The most talked about Nigerian player the past one week is relatively unknown winger Zadok Yohanna of Swedish side AIK after his impressive debut in the Allsvenskan. We exclusively reported his transfer eight months ago , and also his impressive performance in pre season and Cup games in the build up to his debut over the weekend in the league. Zadok who was spotted from Kaduna where he represented Ikon Allah Football Academy wasted no time in showing what he is all about. He