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Manuel Pellegrini paid tribute to Kelechi Iheanacho after he starred in Manchester City ’s win over Sporting Kansas City on Thursday but admitted that the Premier League champions may struggle to secure a work permit for the teenage Nigerian striker, Daily Mail reports. Iheanacho, 17, capped an impressive appearance by scoring the last of City’s […]
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Arsenal have snapped up highly-rated Barcelona youth product Georgios Spanoudakis, who previously rejected a number of offers to sign with Arsene Wenger’s side. The 15-year-old central midfielder joined the Catalan club’s La Masia academy from Eintracht Frankfurt in 2009, but will now join Arsenal’s Under-18 set-up for the coming season. Spanoudakis has made several appearances
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Nigerian midfielder, Kelechi Iheanacho scored on his senior debut for English champions, Manchester City in a pre-season game against Major League Soccer (MLS) leaders, Sporting Kansas City on Thursday. Iheanacho was included in City’s 25-man squad for their US Tour following impressive displays for the academy side and he proved, with a lively performance against
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Much more of this and Louis van Gaal will be asking Manchester United to send his team on long pre-season tours every summer. Just a day after bemoaning the fact that his club’s busy schedule was threatening to disrupt his players’ preparations for the new season, the new United manager watched his team stroll through
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After helping Germany lift the World Cup midfilder Mesut Ozil has captured the hearts of Brazilian youngsters, after revealing he has donated around £350,000 of his personal winnings to 23 children’s surgeries in the South American country, Telegraph.co.uk reports. The Arsenal playmaker confirmed the news on his Facebook page, and wrote, “Prior to the World
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A Jos High court on Thursday vacated an order which restrained the Nigeria Football Federation from functioning pending the hearing of a suit challenging the validity of the Aminu Maigari-led Nigeria Football Federation. Nigeria has therefore met FIFA’s conditions to avoid being banned after the Maigari board was reinstated following the ruling. The board was
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The Super Eagles’ performance and eventual qualification for the Round of 16 at the just-concluded World Cup in Brazil has impacted on the July FIFA ranking as Nigeria now occupies the 34th position. In the rankings table released by the world football governing body on Thursday, Nigeria garnered 660 points and moved up 10 spots
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Chelsea were encouraged to battle for the signature of Sami Khedira on Wednesday night as his agent claimed no deal had yet been struck with Arsenal. Blues manager Jose Mourinho signed left-back Filipe Luis on Wednesday from Atletico Madrid for £18million and then set his sights on Germany midfielder Khedira. Arsenal were understood to have
It’s reported Chelsea are offering John Obi Mikel to Serie A clubs for just €6m (£4.8m The Nigerian international midfielder has a contract with the Blues until June 2017, but he’s struggling for playing time. According to Tuttomercatoweb, Chelsea representatives are desperately trying to offload Mikel to an Italian club this summer. Considering the lack
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Argentina icon Diego Maradona feels Lionel Messi did not deserve to win the Golden Ball following his performances at the World Cup, Goal reports. The Barcelona star beat the likes of Thomas Muller, Arjen Robben and James Rodriguez to the prestigious individual award after scoring four goals in seven appearances at this summer’s tournament and
