Super Eagles forward Kayode Olanrewaju has joined Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk on a permanent basis from Manchester City after a successful loan spell.
Kayode made eight appearances for the club in all competitions and recorded three goals and one assist.
“FC Shakhtar have bought on permanent transfer Olarenwaju Kayode from Manchester City and the striker has signed a five-year contract,” the club confirmed on their Twitter handle.
ФК «Шахтер» выкупил трансфер Оларенважу Кайоде у «Манчестер Сити» и подписал с нападающим пятилетний контракт.https://t.co/czRJEheC0r pic.twitter.com/IYNWV59Ufc
— ⚒FC SHAKHTAR DONETSK (@FCShakhtar) June 8, 2018
The 25-year-old forward who was not considered good enough for Gernot Rohr’s World Cup squad penned a five-year contract with Paulo Fonseca’s men on Friday.
Only a few teams in Russia will be able to boast a better midfield; Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic are both world-class playmakers in their primes, ably supported by the likes of Mateo Kovacic, Marcelo Brozovic, and Milan Badelj.
The presence of Ivan Perisic and Mario Mandzukic should also ensure sufficient firepower in the final third.
Here’s all you need to know about the Group D hopefuls, who are up against Argentina, Iceland, and Nigeria in the first round.
Group Opponents:
Croatia vs Nigeria – 20:00, Saturday 16 June
Croatia vs Argentina – 19:00, Thursday 21 June
Croatia vs Iceland – 19:00, Thursday 26 June
Star Man: Real Madrid’s Schemer, Luka Modric. He may be 32 but he’s still the beating heart of this Croatian side.
Rising star: Napoli’s Marko Rog is a familiar face in Serie A and will give coach Zlatko Dalic a useful option if Messrs Modric, Rakitic and Perisic aren’t delivering.
Full squad
Goalkeepers: Danijel Subasic (Monaco), Lovre Kalinic (Gent), Dominik Livakovic (Dinamo Zagreb).
Defenders: Vedran Corluka (Lokomotiv Moscow), Domagoj Vida (Besiktas), Ivan Strinic (Sampdoria), Dejan Lovren (Liverpool), Sime Vrsaljko (Atletico Madrid), Josip Pivaric (Dynamo Kiev), Tin Jedvaj (Bayer Leverkusen), Duje Caleta-Car (Red Bull Salzburg).
Midfielders: Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid), Milan Badelj (Fiorentina), Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan), Filip Bradaric (Rijeka).
Forwards: Mario Mandzukic (Juventus), Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan), Nikola Kalinic (AC Milan), Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim), Marko Pjaca (Schalke), Ante Rebic (Eintracht Frankfurt).
Newly promoted English Premier Leagues side Wolverhampton Wanderers, have sent goalkeeper Carl Ikeme, birthday wishes, as the Nigeria International turned 32 on Friday.
A Swedish court has sentenced a Ghana international, Kingsley Sarfo to 32 months in prison after he was found guilty of two cases of rape of an under-aged girl.
Sunday Oliseh will be paid $30,000 for his part in Nigeria’s world cup qualifiers according to a report confirming payment of World Cup bonuses to the Super Eagles.
The Super Eagles have been paid their world cup match bonuses, over a week before their opening group match at the FIFA 2018 World Cup.
The Premier League and Football Association have announced that a winter break will be introduced in the top flight of English football from the 2019-20 campaign as confirmed by the Football Association chief executive Martin Glenn.
The break will be staggered across two weeks, meaning that five matches will be played on one weekend and the other five the following weekend.
As a result of the change to the Premier League calendar, FA Cup fifth-round matches will be played in midweek and replays scrapped entirely.
‘The hope is that players will be more mentally rested, which makes them fresher, which you will see in, from an England point of view, hopefully going into the end of season tournaments with a bit more verve and vim.
‘And, as importantly, the reason the EPL clubs are so keen on it is that in the Champions League knock-out stage, where we’ve not been great over the past few years, hopefully, that can help.’
The move brings the EPL in line with rival leagues in Germany, France, Spain, and Italy where they had had a long-standing tradition of a winter break.
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