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Everton Central Midfielder, Gylfi Sigurdsson has revealed the main strength of Nigeria’s World Cup rivals Iceland, saying teamwork has been the key to their success in recent years. Apart from Sigurgsson, the Nordic country have in their ranks top stars including Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City), Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson (Burnley), Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa), Emil Hallfreðsson (Udinese) and Alfreð Finnbogason (Augsburg)., but their strength lies in unity, the playmaker has stressed. ”It has a lot to do with the team spirit that we have. How we are as a group is unique,” Gylfi Sigurdsson was quoted as saying by fifa.com. The…

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Nigeria International, Isaac Success is in contention to make his maiden Premier League appearance of the season when Watford face Brighton & Hove at The American Express Community Stadium on Saturday, December 23. Tomorrow will make it four months that the number ten last featured for the Hornets, when he lasted 45 minutes on the pitch against Bristol City in the second round of the League Cup. Last weekend, manager Marco Silva left the Nigerian striker out of the match day squad against Huddersfield Town, fueling speculation that he suffered a relapse of a knee injury but that wasn’t the…

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Home-based Super Eagles Coach Salisu Yusuf, is expected to name his final 23-man squad for the African Nations Championship, CHAN,  next week. Media reports in the country reveal that the coach will name his squad ahead of the team’s departure for a training tour in Morocco on January 2. The Super Eagles, who won the Nigeria Professional Football League invitational tournament in Kano on Sunday, are currently in Abuja for the second phase of their preparation for the CHAN. Yusuf already have a 30-man squad that executed the NPFL invitational and extended a late invitation to Nasarawa United goalkeeper Suraj…

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