Monthly Archives: August, 2015
Juventus appear to be suffering from a predictable early-season slump in the wake of a summer spent fumbling around the transfer market in a bid to rebuild a team that had grown to dominate Serie A. Juve have captured four straight league titles, including runaway wins in the last two…
The Premier League closed off its fourth round of matches going into the first international break of the season having sold a total of more than 1.4 million tickets – a remarkable 95.8% of all tickets available. There were just 60,171 seats unfilled in 40 matches and out of a…
After 19 exciting years in the domestic league, former Nigerian International, Victor Ezeji, has brought the curtain down on his glittering career. Ezeji emerged not only as a distinguished professional, but also the most decorated domestic player with laurels in his trophy cabinet from the League and Cup competitions. Interestingly,…
Nigeria Premier League side, Heartland FC of Owerri have frowned at allegations that they had manipulated Article A.2.1.2. of the League Management Company (LMC) which allows the registration of and or withdrawal of feeder team players from the main team. Club’s Media Manager, Cajetan Nkwopara said in a statement in…
Manchester United defender Tyler Blackett has joined Celtic on loan until the end of the season. The 21-year-old was presented to the Celtic faithful at half-time during their league match against St Johnstone on Saturday. Hulme-born Blackett, a member of United’s 2011 Youth Cup winning squad, made his senior…
Kevin De Bruyne has now produced the obligatory airport picture, a staple of any good transfer saga, ahead of completing his 54m pound move to Manchester City The Belgian playmaker was pictured touching down at Manchester Airport this morning, and this is confirmation if it was needed that the…
Tyler Blackett is closing in on a loan move to Celtic, according to the Daily Mail. The Scottish club are keen on adding a clause into the deal which would allow them to buy the defender for £4m should they want to keep him at the end of the sesaon.…
United are set to make a late bid to land Real Madrid star Gareth Bale, according to the Daily Star. The Red Devils are willing to offer wantaway goalkeeper David De Gea and £65million to land the Welsh winger. Bale is in no hurry to leave Madrid but it is…
Kevin De Bruyne will complete his move to Manchester City by Saturday, according to Wolfsburg’s director of sport Klaus Allofs. Sky Sports News HQ reported earlier on Friday that a general agreement was in place between the Premier League and Bundesliga clubs for the 24-year-old midfielder. However, despite the transfer seeming…
West Brom have agreed a fee of of £6m plus £2m add-ons with Manchester United for defender Jonny Evans, according to Sky sources. The Northern Ireland international is set for a medical on Saturday and if that is completed and the move goes through, West Brom’s Joleon Lescott is likely…
VfL Wolfsburg, with Manchester City target Kevin De Bruyne missing from the squad, went top of the Bundesliga by beating Schalke 04 3-0 thanks to two goals in three minutes on Friday. The absence of the Belgium midfielder, who is expected to join City for a Bundesliga record transfer, did…
The Chairman cum owner of Ebonyi United Football Club Senator Obinna Ogba has tipped the Samson Siasia tutored Dream Team VI to win the gold medal of the football event in the 2015 All Africa Games. Ogba who led his team Ebonyi United to Abuja on Wednesday for a friendly…
Maverick striker Mario Balotelli blamed his poor Liverpool stint on manager Brendan Rodgers’ tactics after completing his season-long loan move to AC Milan on Thursday. The controversial player failed to make an impact at Anfield last season, scoring only one goal in 16 Premier League appearances as the club finished…
The list includes Ikechukwu Ezenwa(Sunshine Stars),Solomon Kwambe(Warri Wolves),Chima Akas(Sharks),Austin Obaroakpo(Abia Warriors), Usman Mohammed (Taraba) and Prince Aggreh (Sunshine Stars).The surprise omission from the list is captain of the team, Gbolahan Salami who is reported to have Passport issues with the Norwegian embassy as per sources. ”After impressing playing for Warri…
Juventus have increased their offer for Schalke ace Julian Draxler to an initial €23 million with the promise of a further €6m in bonuses. The Bianconeri originally went to the Bundesliga outfit with a €20m package for the attacker, who still has three years left on his contract. However, Schalke…
