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Ademola Lookman scored a hat-trick in a European final, won the CAF Player of the Year, and is now in a Champions League semi-final with Atletico Madrid. None of it might have happened the same way without a lunch in Chigwell in 2016 and a conversation with Dele Alli. The story comes from Karl Robinson, […]

Barcelona want him. Arsenal want him. Real Madrid want him. Victor Osimhen has heard all of it. His response is three words that will frustrate every club trying to sign him this summer: “I’ve found a home.” In a candid interview, the Super Eagles and Galatasaray striker made his position on his future unmistakably clear.

Nottingham Forest beat Aston Villa 1-0 in the Europa League semi-final first leg at the City Ground on Thursday night. Ola Aina was their best player for 75 minutes. Then a Lucas Digne challenge ended his evening early, and now Forest and Nigeria are holding their breath. Chris Wood’s penalty in the 71st minute separated

Hamzat Ojediran once played for Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets. Now he lines up in MLS alongside Thomas Muller. And after their teams met last week, the German legend had something to say to him. On April 25, Colorado Rapids faced Vancouver Whitecaps in a regular MLS fixture. Vancouver won 3-1, with Muller registering an assist for

Someone asked Victor Osimhen to pick between Lamine Yamal and Michael Olise. He refused. And his explanation was the most Nigerian football answer possible. In a quickfire interview session, the Super Eagles and Galatasaray striker was pressed to choose between Barcelona’s teenage sensation Lamine Yamal and Bayern Munich’s Michael Olise. He would not do it.

One year ago Emmanuel Fernandez was playing League One football with Peterborough United. On Sunday night in Glasgow, Rangers supporters voted him their Men’s Player of the Year. In between: five goals, twelve clean sheets, a PFA Scotland Team of the Year place, a Super Eagles debut, and a transfer queue forming at Ibrox. The

Ademola Lookman played 90 minutes in the Champions League semi-final first leg against Arsenal, completed 95% of his passes in the opposition half, made five defensive contributions, and won seven of ten duels. His manager’s verdict afterwards was exactly three words: “I loved Lookman’s game.” Atletico Madrid drew 1-1 with Arsenal in the first leg