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Osimhen Hits Back as Chelle Remarks Spark Transfer Talk

Osimhen Hits Back as Chelle Remarks Spark Transfer Talk

Victor Osimhen took to Instagram on Sunday to cool the fires ignited by Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle, insisting that comments linking his national team absence to a potential summer transfer had been twisted by the media. A brief interview from Eric Chelle sent Nigerian football into a tailspin over the weekend. The Super […]

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New Dad Nwaiwu Gears Up for Unity Cup Final With Jamaica

New Dad Nwaiwu Gears Up for Unity Cup Final With Jamaica

Chibuike Nwaiwu is heading into the biggest game of his international career so far with a week he will not forget for reasons that go well beyond football. Super Eagles centre back Chibuike Nwaiwu welcomed his first child just days before Saturday’s Unity Cup final against Jamaica at The Valley in London, with his club

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Yusuf and Ogbuh Join Super Eagles Unity Cup London Camp

Yusuf and Ogbuh Join Super Eagles Unity Cup London Camp

Eric Chelle’s Unity Cup squad in London is taking shape, with New England Revolution midfielder Alhassan Yusuf and Strasbourg centre back Igoh Ogbuh checking into camp on Monday morning to bring the number of players available to 19 ahead of Tuesday’s title defence opener against Zimbabwe. The duo arrived at the team’s base just hours

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Amoo: NFF Must Fix What's Broken Before Eagles Can Rise

Amoo: NFF Must Fix What’s Broken Before Eagles Can Rise

Former Shooting Stars Sports Club head coach Fatai Amoo has delivered a blunt assessment of Nigerian football’s decline, pointing the finger at the NFF for a series of unresolved failures and urging Eric Chelle to prioritise AFCON 2027 qualification above all else in his rebuild of the Super Eagles. Speaking in a wide ranging interview

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Okonkwo Names His Super Eagles All Time XI: Osimhen In, Kanu Out

Okonkwo Names His Super Eagles All Time XI: Osimhen In, Kanu Out

Wrexham and Super Eagles goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo has revealed his all time Nigeria XI, a team that rewards modern era stars and largely reflects the football he grew up watching, with some choices that Nigerian fans of an older generation will find very difficult to accept. Okonkwo, 24, only recently committed his international future to

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Ekpo: Poland and Portugal Will Draw the Best From the Super Eagles

Ekpo: Poland and Portugal Will Draw the Best From the Super Eagles

Former Nigeria international Friday Ekpo has backed the Super Eagles to produce their best football when they face Poland in Warsaw and Portugal in Leiria next month, arguing that the calibre of opposition Eric Chelle has arranged will pull maximum effort and quality from the players in camp. Ekpo, who earned multiple senior Nigeria caps

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