Real Madrid are reportedly set to offload two of their players, Ferland Mendy and Federico Valverde, in order to facilitate a transfer for Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe this summer. Carlo Ancelotti’s side have re-emerged as a potential suitor for Mbappe after the forward’s confirmation that he will not be extending his current deal with PSG beyond 2024. The Los Blancos …

Nottingham Forest signed Nigeria defender Ola Aina on a free transfer on Saturday after he departed from Torino. Aina agreed to a one-year contract with Forest as he returns to the Premier League after his spell in Italy. Aina spent nearly five years with Torino after initially moving there on loan from Chelsea in 2018. The 26-year-old right-back graduated from …

Nigeria forward, Victor Boniface has linked up with Bundesliga club, Bayer Leverkusen. Boniface moved to the Bay Arena from Belgian Pro League side, Union St. Gilloise. The 22-year-old,who will wear jersey number 22 signed a five-year contract. The striker caught the eye of Bayer Leverkusen after scoring against them in the UEFA Europa League last season. Leverkusen sporting director, Simon …

Kanu Nwankwo has promised positive changes in reigned Nigerian champions Enyimba, days after he was named as the club’s new chairman. The Nigerian legend gave the assurance when he visited Mr. Caleb Ajagba, the Chief of Staff to Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, at the Government House in Umuahia the capital. A statement from the Abia State Government House …

Manchester United manager, Erik ten Hag, has said he has shared his opinion with the club on the future of Mason Greenwood. However, Ten Hag admits the final decision rests with the Red Devils’ hierarchy. The 21-year-old remains suspended from training and matches until United complete an internal investigation. This is despite the Crown Prosecution Service discontinuing its case against …

GTI Asset Management and Trust Limited, a major partners of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), has announced that the champions of Nigeria’s elite football league would from next season receive N150 million and a giant trophy, while second and third-place finishers would be handsomely rewarded financially. Announcing the upward review of the prize money for the winners of the …

Goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie made a heroic penalty save in the 50th minute to ensure that Nigeria’s Super Falcons ended their opening game of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup goalless against Olympic champions Canada at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium on Thursday in Australia. The Canadians are the favourites in Group B, which is headed by Australia at the end of Matchday …

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has constituted the board of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) with former chairman of the Interim Management Committee (IMC), Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye as chairman of the board. Elegbeleye, a former deputy chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Youth and Sports, and also a former Director-General of the National Sports Commission, headed the …

Arsenal executive vice-chair Tim Lewis has revealed the advice the club’s former manager Arsene Wenger gave to forward Bukayo Saka when he returned to the Emirates last year. Wenger spent 22 years in charge of Arsenal between 1996 and 2018. The Frenchman returned to the north London club for the first time in over four years last December to watch …

Benjamin Mendy signed for French club Lorient on Wednesday after the former Manchester City and France defender was acquitted in a sex offences trial in England last week. “Lorient are happy to announce today the signing on a two-year deal of the French international left-back Benjamin Mendy”, the Ligue 1 club said in a statement. Mendy, 29, was cleared of …