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Former Super Eagles forward, Emmanuel Emenike, says he joined struggling Spanish outfit UD Las Palmas because of the club’s good reputation. Emenike joined Las Palmas on a six-month loan deal from Greek club, Olympiacos, on transfer deadline day. The 30-year-old was the second Nigerian to join Las Palmas during the January transfer window following the arrival of Oghenekaro Etebo from Portuguese club, CD Feirense. Emenike was also the fourth Nigerian to move to the Spanish LaLiga Santander during the window after Brown Ideye and Isaac Success both joined Malaga from Tianjin TEDA and Watford respectively. “I came to this club…

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On-Loan Chelsea striker, Michy Batshuayi scored two goals and set up another on his Bundesliga debut for Borussia Dortmund in a 3-2 win over last-place Cologne on Friday. “It was the first game. It was difficult,” Batshuayi said. “The important thing is that we won.” The Belgian forward, who joined Dortmund on loan from Chelsea on Wednesday, scored his first goal 10 minutes before the break, blasting the ball past goalkeeper Timo Horn after an assist by Jeremy Toljan. “(It was a) dream debut,” Michy said on Twitter. Batshuayi thought he’d scored another just before halftime, again set up by…

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