Sunday Mba Set To Leave CA Bastia

Nigeria international Sunday Mba, is on the verge of leaving French outfit CA Bastia this summer.

The contract of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations winner runs out this summer and he will be free to leave the French club.

Lille Prepare To Sign Omeruo From Chelsea

Herve Renard’s first major signing as Lille new coach could well be Nigeria defender Kenneth Omeruo, AfricanFootball.com can exclusively report today.

Leon Balogun Still Dreams Of Playing In England

Germany-based defender Leon Balogun has revealed he has not given up on playing in England at some point in his career after he underwent trials at Blackpool last year.

Nosa Igiebor Wins Israeli Premier League Title With Maccabi Tel Aviv

Nigerian midfielder, Nosa Igiebor’s Israeli club, Maccabi Tel Aviv, have won the Israeli Premier League with two matchdays to spare.

Super Eagles List: Ideye, Ujah Return, Emenike Dropped As Enyeama Is Set For Centenary

The Super Eagles stand in coach, Daniel Amokachi has picked 27 players for the Super Eagles’ two friendly matches against Bolivia and South Africa on March 26 and 29 respectively.

Ujah Apologises For Goal Celebration

Cologne striker Anthony Ujah has been compelled to give a public apology to the club mascot after manhandling the goat during his goal celebrations in the side's 4-2 win over Eintracht Frankfurt.

 

Ujah, after putting his side 4-1 up, charged to the goat named Hennes and for the third time in three years tried to mount the poor goat by grabbing it by the horn.

 

After the game he took to Instagram to apologise to the club legend, as it appears it didn't take too lightly being manhandled.

 

This isn't the first time that Hennes has had a run in with Ujah, with the Nigerian striker taking the pair's "friendship" a little too far after scoring against Paderborn in 2013 and again after scoring against Hertha Berlin the following year.

 

Indeed, the former incident saw Ujah alarm Hennes to such an extent that he later felt compelled to visit his hairy little buddy in person at his stables with a peace offering of fresh carrots.

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Jordon Ibe Out Of Action For One Month

Liverpool’s Jordon Ibe is set to be out for one month after damaging a lateral ligament in their Europa League match against Besiktas on Thursday.

The Nigerian-born youngster already missed last weekend’s Premier League clash at Anfield with Manchester City where the Reds won 2-1.

The 19-year-old will be sidelined for Liverpool’s matches against Burnley, Blackburn, Swansea City and Manchester United but might be available against the Gunners at the Emirates on April 4.

Newcastle, Hull, West Brom In Race For Ighalo

Watford striker, Odion Ighalo is reportedly on Newcastle United’s radar with his present rich run of goal scoring form at the Championship side.

Reports from The Sunday People have it that other clubs like Hull City and West Bromwich Albion are also in need of the Nigerian-born player’s services.

Five million pounds is the asking price according to a British newspaper. Watford are hoping to cash in big on their star man.

He is believed to be in the possession of an Italian passport, and will not count as a non European Union citizen if his move to the Premier League materializes.

Chelsea To Be Without Mikel Until April

Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel will be out of action until April after undergoing minor knee surgery.

The Nigeria international has been absent for Chelsea's past four matches, including Sunday's 2-0 victory over Tottenham in the League Cup final.

Manager Jose Mourinho has subsequently confirmed that Mikel has had an operation to correct the issue and expects him to be absent until April.

"Mikel had a little surgery on his meniscus," he told the press.

"We are expecting him to be out for about a month - one week is already gone. There is not too much optimism or pessimism.

"I would say [he will return] first week of April."

Mikel is now likely to miss the Premier League matches against West Ham, Southampton and Hull City as well as the home leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Paris Saint-Germain.

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