Seven Nigeria players featured in the 2023-24 Premier League season for four clubs. Taiwo Awoniyi and Ola Aina played for Nottingham Forest, Gabriel Osho and Femi Onyedinma are in the books of Luton Town, Calvin Bassey and Alex Iwobi featured for Fulham and Frank Onyeka impressed at Brentford. Afrosport ranks the performances of each player ahead of their final league games of the campaign. 1. Alex...
Chippa United goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali, England-based midfielder Alex Iwobi, and eight other players arrived at the Super Eagles camp in Marrakech, Morocco, which opened on Tuesday. Iwobi’s Fulham teammate Calvin Bassey, Semi Ajayi, Nantes midfielder Moses Simon, and fullbacks Jamilu Collins and Bruno Onyemaechi have all touched down in the Eagles camp. Other players in camp are Rangers’ forward Cyriel Dessers, Hatayspor’s midfielder Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, and...
Alex Iwobi has rued Fulham's 2-1 Premier League defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers, describing it as a missed opportunity to be clinical. Wolves took a 2-0 second half lead courtesy of Algeria left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri and a Tom Cairney own goal before Iwobi scored the Cottagers' consolation goal deep in added time. It was the Nigeria international's fifth league goal of the season which was his best...
Former Everton striker Yakubu Ayegbeni has dismissed the comparison of Alex Iwobi’s playing style with his nephew, Jay-Jay Okocha. Iwobi has drawn comparison with Okocha since he opted to play for Nigeria on the international scene and has been taunted to be bring more creativity and chances creation to the team. On Saturday, Iwobi scored a dramatic late goal in the Premier League to give Fulham...
Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey made the difference as they found the back of the net in Fulham's shock 2-1 Premier League win over Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon. The Nigerian duo were making their first start for the Cottagers since returning from the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations where the Super Eagles reached the final but lost to hosts Ivory Coast. Fulham...
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