Ayew’s transfer fee is £20.5 million, according to West Ham co-chairman David Gold, eclipsing the £15 milliom that the club paid Liverpool for Andy Carroll
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After a long-running saga, the Premier League giants finally acknowledged on Sunday that the French international was closing in on a return to Old Trafford by announcing that he was scheduled to undergo a medical
Answering questions at the post-match press conference after the 1-0 victory over Sweden, Coach Siasia said for now his attention is on the team’s last group game against Colombia and as such he is not bothered about avoiding host nation, Brazil, in the quarterfinal stage
Dalung, a conspicuous presence in the stands as the 1996 champions pipped Europe’s best team, Sweden, in Manaus, Brazil on Sunday night to reach the tournament’s quarterfinals with a game to spare, tendered his apology in the dressing room after the game at the Arena Amazonia
Boboye, who joined the Warriors at the beginning of this season, took the league by storm and emerged as the Manager of the Month of February following Abia Warriors explosive start, which saw them become first team in the Nigerian top flight to go 10 matches unbeaten from the beginning of the season
That would certainly be a huge reversal of fortune after Odemwingie was released by Stoke at the end of last season.
He enjoyed a fruitful loan spell with Bristol City towards the end of the campaign but no permanent move materialised
He played the second half of Leicester’s 2-1 Community Shield defeat to Manchester United on Sunday, and Schmeichel told reporters: “Musa, his pace is frightening
The Hornets reportedly turned down a £37.5 million bid from Shanghai SIPG for the striker last summer and were rewarded when the Nigerian hit 15 goals in his first season in the Premier League
The team’s media officer, Timi Ebikagboro, tweeted that the players and officials departed their Tropical Hotel in Ponta Negra at 5pm Nigerian time to connect a flight to Sao Paulo
The French international midfielder left Nice, France on Monday morning and arrived at Carrington around midday to finalise his move from Juventus
Not long after his defeat, Toriola, who made history by joining the elite stars’ club of players to have attended seven Olympics, turned out to be the beautiful bride sought after by many countries to sign as their coach
Jese struggled for first-team action at the Bernabeu last season, making just seven La Liga starts and 28 appearances in total, but failed to complete 90 minutes
The preparation of the team for the Rio Brazil Olympic Games have been marred with controversy following the decision of the team officials to travel to Atlanta, USA for pre-tournament camping, climaxing on the shameful delay in airlifting the team from USA to Brazil
The organizers had at a news conference on July 16 announced that Pele would be in the country for a two-day programme starting on August 11
The talent hunt programme, which is being held in association with the Nigerian Boxing Board of Control and the Lagos Boxing Hall of Fame, is conceived to unearth talented boxers not older than 25 years from all parts of the country
Dream Team VI captain, Mikel Obi, came close netting the second goal of the night with a 20-yard blinder, but his effort was blocked by the Swedish goalkeeper
It was gathered that the NFF was scared officials might not be able to shield the coach from the newsmen, who indeed stormed the venue of the match in anticipation of the coming of Rohr
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Siasia had in the wee hours of Monday led Nigeria’s Olympics male football team, popularly known as Dream Team VI, into the quarter-final of the championship
The defeat of the Swedes is coming two days after the Samson Siasia-tutored team beat their Japanese counterparts 5-4