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Super Eagles and Torino’ hard-tackling midfielder Joel Obi is attracting interest from Italian club AC Milan in the ongoing transfer window, as per reports. Italian media outfit, Tuttomercatoweb claims AC Milan are interested in a move for the Eagles midfielder who was once a starter at bitter rivals Inter Milan. The 27-year-old has entered the final year of his contract with Torino and they are looking to sell him to recoup the majority of their previous investment on the player. Joel Obi has also been linked with EPL club Crystal Palace, Portuguese duo Benfica and Porto, the most concrete interest has…

Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane responded for Liverpool as they came from behind to beat EPL Champions Manchester City 2-1 in their ICC pre-season match on Wednesday. Mane stroked home Liverpool’s winner from the penalty spot deep into stoppage time to give Jurgen Klopp’s men a morale-boosting victory over an under-strength City team at the MetLife Stadium. But the period of concerted pressure from the Reds finally paid off in injury time. Awarded a penalty when Dominic Solanke was fouled in the back by Tosin Adarabioyo, Liverpool forward Sadio Mane rolled his spot-kick to the left as Joe Hart…

English Premier League giant Chelsea have confirmed the signing of veteran and former English goalkeeper Rob Green on a one-year deal. The club announced the signing on Twitter, noting the former England international will arrive at Stamford Bridge as back-up to Thibaut Courtois and Willy Caballero. “It has been a whirlwind 24 hours,” said Green courtesy of the club’s official website. “You are thinking about your career and where you want to go and then you get a phone call like this, and it is a short conversation. “It has been a pretty dramatic time for me, and I…

Super Falconets and River Angels’ Midfielder anchor, Mary Saiki has pleaded with Nigerians to give massive support to the team as they look set for the World Cup in France. Speaking to www.brila.net, Saiki said the team is doing everything possible to soar in France, but will not go a long way without the support from home. The energy playing midfielder disclosed that with their training performance, the Falconets will surely be on the world map when the U-20 World Cup starts next Month. The River Angels of Port Harcourt midfielder is also confident of the team’s…

Super Falconets Captain Kemi Abiodun and Mary Saiki has expressed their confidence in the squad ahead of next month’s FIFA World Cup taking place in France. Oluwakemi Abiodun in a chat with www.brila.net’s Pius Idoko expressed her immense confidence in the U-20 National team players, saying they have all it takes to succed at the FIFA Mundial. According to Abiosun , she said, they will go to France to do their best, believing that coming to Nigeria, they will not come back empty handed In a related interview, another Falconets player Mary Saiki made thesame expression that with…

Super Eagles poster boy Alexander Iwobi has reportedly agreed on a new five-year contract at Arsenal, moving his wages at the Emirates Stadium to £70,000 a week. Iwobi came through the youth system at Arsenal and is just two appearances short of 100 for the Gunners. The 22-year-old has been a regular over the last two seasons, but his future at the Emirates Stadium was believed to be unclear following the arrival of Unai Emery as head coach. Recent reports claimed that the attacker could be available for £22m this summer amid interest from Lazio, but according to The Sun, the Eagles forward…

French International, Anthony Martial has been given a break to leave Manchester United’s Pre-season tour in the United  States to attend to the birth of his child. This exclusive detail was confirmed by Skysport on Wednesday afternoon, Martial future at Old Trafford has been under several speculations in recent times. However, the leave given the younger is to attend the birth of his baby and has nothing to do with a transfer away from the Theatre of Dreams. More Follows…

Super Eagles and Leicester City’ striker Ahmed Musa’s second goal against Iceland has been named among the top 10 goals at the just concluded Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup. Russia witnessed some of the finest footballers on the planet and saw some of the best goals in World Cup history as France eventually scooped the big prize after a wonderful tournament. The chaps at FIFA have compiled an interesting version of their top ten goals which incredibly leaves out one of the most fantastic goals of the tournament, Nacho’s sumptuous strike for Spain v Portugal in the 3-3…

French sensation Benjamin Pavard has beaten Juan Quintero into second place in a fans’ online vote to pick the best goal of the World Cup. France defender Pavard’s spinning right-foot shot against Argentina in the round of 16 came top out of 18 candidates for the award. More than three million votes were logged on FIFA’s website, soccer’s world governing body said Wednesday. Pavard turned around France’s fortunes, minutes after the team trailed for the only time in the tournament. His goal leveled the score at 2-2 before France went on to beat Argentina 4-3. France…

Super Eagles and Bursaspor’ defender, William Troost-Ekong has welcomed Oscar, a baby boy into the family after his girlfriend put to bed on Tuesday Night. Troost-Ekong made public the pregnancy announcement prior to the FIFA World Cup in Russia as the player wished for a tournament baby. The new Dad took to his Social Media page to announce the arrival of baby Oscar some few minutes ago, See his post below: Our beautiful boy, Oscar Ekong 24-07-2018 ❤️😍 A post shared by William Troost-Ekong (@wtroostekong) on Jul 25, 2018 at 7:00am PDT The birth of the Ekong’s baby boy adds to…