The Super Eagles will conclude their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification campaign against Sao Tome and Principe at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on Sunday evening. The game is effectively a dead rubber as Nigeria have already made it to the AFCON finals in the Ivory Coast next year while the Sao Tomeans are guaranteed of finishing bottom of Group A even if they...
Super Eagles of Nigeria forward Taiwo Awoniyi and Cameroon star Bryan Mbeumo have both been nominated for the Premier League Player of the Month award for August following their brilliant beginning to the 2023–24 campaign. Awoniyi was in red-hot form in August, helping Nottingham Forest with three goals in their opening three games. The 26-year-old extended his scoring streak to seven consecutive league games going back...
Sofyan Amrabat has revealed the impact Manchester United manger Erik ten Hag has had on his career. The Morocco midfielder is a new signing at Old Trafford having completed a transfer deadline day loan move from Fiorentina. The 27-year-old 2022 FIFA World Cup semi-finalist will reunite with Ten Hag who managed him at Dutch Eredivisie side Utrecht between 2015 and 2017. Amrabat was a regular under...
Eddie Nketiah cited Arsenal legend Thierry Henry as a positive influence on his career after being called up by the England senior squad. Nketiah was coached by Henry as a 16-year-old in the Gunners academy before the Frenchman joined Belgium as assistant manager in 2016. A common theme Nketiah shares with Henry is wearing the number 14 shirt. "Thierry has been magnificent for me. I was...
Eric Bailly has left Manchester United to a join Turkish Super Lig giants Besiktas on a permanent transfer. The 29-year-old Ivory Coast international has not been part of manager Erik ten Hag's plans and spent last season on loan at Marseille. He was the first signing of Jose Mourinho in 2016 when he joined from Villarreal and went on to play 113 times for the Red...
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