English Premier League side Brentford have officially promoted Nigeria international defender Benjamin Fredrick to the first team ahead of the start of next season. Benjamin Frederick has consistently featured in the Super Eagles team since his debut at the Unity Cup Last season Fredrick who was voted the player’s player of the year for the B team of the club was on loan to Belgium side FC Dender, but it was cut short in November after he picked up a meniscus injury. Now back

Enterprising Nigerian winger Zadok Yohanna has agreed on a transfer from Swedish side AIK when the summer transfer window opens. Zadok Yohanna is set for a big money move away from AIK, after impressing in his first six months at Sweden Tracked by Spanish giants Real Madrid, he has also been linked to German side RB Leipzig and French Ligue 1 side Rennes as well as two teams from the English Premier League. The manner which he has started the season earned him a first call up

Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle says the attacking duo of Ademola Lookman and Victor Osimhen won’t be available for their upcoming high profile friendly games against Poland and Portugal respectively. Super Eagles will be without talismanic figures, Osimhen and Lookman for friendly games against Portugal and Poland Nigeria yesterday successfully defended the Unity Cup title with a 3-0 win over Jamaica, and will now regroup with an almost differen

The senior national team of Nigeria defeated Jamaica to win their 4th Unity Cup tournament, in as many appearances, to extend the record they set a year ago. Nigeria defeated Jamaica again in the Unity Cup Final A brace from Alhassan Yusuf and another strike from Terem Moffi was enough for Nigeria to defend the Unity Cup title with a comprehensive 3-0 win over Jamaica in the final of the Unity Cup. Yusuf opened scoring as early as the second minute of play taking advantage of

The senior national team of Nigeria got off to a flying start in their first game at the Unity Cup friendly tournament in London. Femi Azeez's debut brace was enough to put Nigeria past Zimbabwe in the first Semi Final of the Unity Cup Debutant Femi Azeez scored both goals for Nigeria to help them book a spot in the final, where they will be defending their title against either of Jamaica or India who will play in the other semi final. We pick five players who were impressiv

Nigeria will take on Zimbabwe in the first semi final game of the Unity Cup friendly tournament in London with head coach Eric Chelle without most of his regular players for the game. Chelle trained with 20 players yesterday with seven of the invited players yet to join the team as at the time of this report. It’s still uncertain if they will be available before the second game. Despite their absence Chelle is keen on the team defending the title they won last year, and has p

Zadok Yohanna has two goals and three assists in seven games for AIK Football Swedish side AIK has revealed that Nigerian team sensation won’t be honouring the invitation to be a a part of the Super Eagles squad for the upcoming Unity Cup tournament in London. Zadok was handed his maiden invitation to the Nigerian team, but a statement from AIK says he won’t be honouring the invitation, because he is still recuperating from the injury he picked up a few days ago. He is expect

Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden is set to miss out when Thomas Tuchel names his 26-man England squad on Friday for this summer's World Cup. Phil Foden (left) has played in one World Cup, while Harry Maguire has played at two Manchester United defender Harry Maguire will also be left out, with the 33-year-old saying he is "shocked and gutted" at the decision. Both were named in Thomas Tuchel's previous squad in March, for the friendlies against Japan and Uruguay, though

The senior national team of Nigeria have been drawn in a relatively easy group in the qualifiers for the 2027 AFCON, which will be co-hosted by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Nigeria will face lower ranked African sides in group L, including tournament co-hosts Tanzania The tournament will feature 48 teams divided into 12 groups of four, with only the top two from each group advancing to the finals. Earlier today the draws for teams to be at the tournament was conducted. The six

Scottish giants Rangers have started planning in earnest for next season after failing to beat Celtic to the league title. Akpe Victory is expected to succeed Emmanuel Fernandez if he eventually leaves They are keen on strengthening their defence with the future of start defender Emmanuel Fernandez not certain. The Nigerian international has been a revelation this season at the club. Already they have started making plans for life without him with their pursuit of another Nig

A team in the English Premier League has agreed a deal for the signing of Nigeria international midfielder Fisayo Dele-Bashiru from Italian Serie A side Lazio. Dele-Bashiru has 4 goals and assists in 5 starts for Lazio A host of teams in the English Premier League had the Nigerian midfielder on their radar, and from what we understand there is an agreement in principle for his signing, when the summer transfer window opens. It is why he hasn’t been a regular at Lazio in the l

The head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has made changes to the squad of the Super Eagles for the upcoming Unity Cup tournament in London. Zadok Yohanna and Nathan Tella are doubts for the Unity Cup tournament Top striker Taiwo Awoniyi who was supposed to be back in the team for the tournament, after ending the season on a high with Nottingham Forest was the first to pull out of the team as he is due for surgery at the end of the season. Another play

Barring a late minute decision, we can exclusively reveal the names of 19 players who will be in the Super Eagles squad for the upcoming Unity Cup tournament in London. Chelle picked 19 foreign based players with the rest of the team set to be called up from the NPFL They will be joined by players from the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) picked by head coach Eric Chelle, after his tour of league venues in Nigeria. Below is the list of players made available to us, and

German giants Borussia Dortmund have moved on from plans to sign freshly capped Nigeria international defender Emmanuel Fernandez from Scottish side Rangers. Emmanuel Fernandez was named Rangers player of the season Dortmund were among the team linked with a summer move for the 24 year old who marked his international debut for Nigeria with a goal in his first start against Jordan, at the four team invitational tournament in Turkey last month. Rangers were said to be demandin

Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle is excited over the prospect of having Millwall winger Femi Azeez in his team following his decision to pledge his international future to Nigeria. Azeez scored 11 goals and assisted 8 others for Millwall this season Born in England to parents of Nigerian descent, Azeez accepted to pledge his future to Nigeria rather than wait for a call up to England, after a very good season in the English Championship. The 24 ye

The impending summer transfer of highly rated Nigerian teen Zadok Yohanna of Swedish side AIK has taken a different turn not envisaged by anyone in the last 72 hours. The 18 year old winger has become one of the hottest young prospects in European football following a series of outstanding performances in Sweden this season, attracting growing attention from top clubs across the continent. Sources close to the situation indicate that a long list of clubs from the Premier Leag

Italian Serie A champions Inter Milan have Nigeria international goalkeeper Maduka Okoye at the top of their summer transfer wishlist. Inter Milan are locked in talks with their first choice goalkeeper Yan Sommer over a short extension of his deal that will expire in the summer, after initially accepting to let the 37 year old leave. They could still be open to his departure, if a deal to sign Okoye from Udinese materialise in the summer per what we exclusively gathered from

Swedish side AIK have accepted the invitation of fast rising Nigerian winger Zadok Yohanna to the senior national team of Nigeria for the upcoming Unity Cup friendly tournament in London. Zadok was among the new players handed a first time call up to the team by head coach Eric Chelle, who wants to use the tournament to blood in new player in lowly rated but competitive European leagues. The 18 year who is strongly linked with a summer transfer to German giants Borussia Dortm

Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle will be made to defend his decision to include Owen Oseni who plays in the English third division for Plymouth in the list of players for the Unity Cup. Oseni has been handed a maiden call up to the team by the coach after scoring seven goals with five assists in the League One. The 23 year old is seen by Chelle as his kind of player due to his physical attributes, running and pressing abilities. However his inclus

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