Author: Adebanjo Ogunseye
It will the case of one Nigerian in and another out at AS Monaco this week as the club prepares to complete the signing of winger Henry Onyekuru hours after announcing it had severed ties with Director of Sports Michael Emenalo.
Taiwo Awoniyi didn’t get the perfect birthday gift from his Mainz 05 teammates as they got knocked out of the DFB-Pokal by 1. FC Kaiserslautern at the weekend.
Simy Nwankwo has started off the season as he means to end it; with goals, after the striker registered one in Crotone’s 4-3 win over Arezzo in a second round Coppa Italia match.
Jamilu Collins came off the bench to score in Paderborn’s 4-3 shoot-out victory over amateur side SV Rödinghausen in a DFB-Pokal first round match on Sunday.
Tammy Abraham struck the upright in the first half, showed heart but couldn’t reward Frank Lampard’s faith as the Manager’s premier league debut ended in a humiliating 4-0 defeat at Old Trafford.
Victor Osimhen got his Ligue Un career at Lille OSC off to a flier, better than Osaze Odemwingie and even better than Eden Hazard as he netted a brace on his debut.
Samuel Chukwueze scored from a fine solo effort in Villarreal’s 4-3 win over Bologna in Saturday’s pre-season match at the Olímpico de San Marino.
Slaven Bilic will rather put his arm around the shoulders of his players after a 1-1 home result against Millwall in the league on Saturday.
Stephen Odey is yet to open his goal account for new club KRC Genk after he saw another league appearance for the Belgian champions end in disappoint.
Abdul-Jeleel Ajagun scored his first competitive goal since April 2018, to help Kortrijk pick up their first League win of the season and it came in a derby.
