Nottingham Forest rejected an offer from Saudi Arabia’s Professional Football League side, Al Tae, for Emmanuel Dennis on Thursday. Al Tae was desperate to sign the Nigeria international on the final day of the Saudi Arabia transfer window but couldn’t pull the deal through. The club instead signed Marko Dugandzic from Romania’s Rapid Bucharest. Dennis is surplus to requirements at …

Victor Osimhen has said that his nomination for the Ballon d’Or is a dream come true. The Napoli hitman was among the 30 players nominated for the 2023 men’s Ballon d’Or by the organisers, France Football Magazine, on Wednesday. Osimhen made history as the first Nigerian to make the shortlist for the prestigious award. The forward expressed happiness with his …

Taiwo Awoniyi has been shortlisted for the Premier League Player of the Month award for the month of August. The 25-year-old striker has scored three times totalling 184 minutes in four games for Nottingham Forest this season, stretching his impressive scoring run from last term to seven consecutive Premier League matches — the third African player to do so after …

Ayobami Junior has returned to his boyhood club, Shooting Stars Sports Club of Ibadan. Junior signed a one-year contract with the former Nigeria Professional Football League champions. The midfielder played for Kwara United last season. Other clubs had shown interest in the player, but he opted to rejoin Shooting Stars. He is expected to partner captain Taofeek Malomo and Alex …

UEFA and the European Club Association have confirmed a new revenue distribution model that will increase solidarity payments to teams not participating in UEFA’s club competitions. The arrangement is under a new distribution model announced on Wednesday by UEFA. Under the new model for the 2024-2027 cycle, seven per cent of the income UEFA and European football’s governing body earns …

Nigerian duo Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala have been shortlisted for the 2023 Ballon d’Or award in the men’s and women’s categories. The prestigious ceremony will take place in Paris on 30 October. Both players enjoyed an incredible year for club and country. Osimhen currently the leading scorer in the African Cup of Nations qualifying series with seven goals, becomes …

The Super Eagles camp in Uyo came alive on Wednesday afternoon with the arrival of all 23 invited players. New invitees Gift Orban, Victor Boniface, and Jordan Torunarigha were among the early arrivals in camp. Francis Uzoho, Adeleye Adebayo, Tyrone Ebuehi, Bruno Onyemaechi, and Semi Ajayi also arrived at camp in the morning. They were later joined by the likes …

Saudi Arabia’s Professional Football League club Al Tai are working on a deal to sign Emmanuel Dennis from Nottingham Forest. The transfer window in Saudi Arabia will close on Thursday night. Dennis, who is surplus to requirements at Forest, was linked with a move to Serie A club Udinese last week. The Nigeria international has struggled to secure a regular …

The 2023/24 season of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) will no longer kicked off this Saturday, as scheduled. According to the NPFL Board, the postponement was necessitated by the “need to have members focus on the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) which holds in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State” on Sunday. NPFL had earlier announced …

Manchester United have announced their 25-man UEFA Champions League squad for this season. Jadon Sancho, who publicly criticized manager Erik ten Hag, makes the cut. However, midfielder Van de Beek had been left out, as he is reportedly in talks with Galatasaray over a potential loan move. All the new signings Andre Onana, Mason Mount and Rasmus Hojlund have been …