Author: Muktar Balogun

Mikael Silvestre, a former Manchester United and Arsenal player, has revealed the ‘most dangerous’ player in EPL. According to him, Mohamed Salah who plays for Liverpool team, is the ‘most dangerous’ player in the English Premier League. Salah has 15 goals in 18 games this season, making him the top goal scorer in the Premier League. His goals have helped Liverpool climb to second place in the Premier League table. Salah, on the other hand, came in seventh place in the Ballon d’Or this year, behind Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho, Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kante, and Cristiano Ronaldo, but Silvestre…

Five of Frank Lampard’s greatest teammates are John Terry, Didier Drogba, Eden Hazard, Sergio Aguero, and Gianfranco Zola. Lampard played with Chelsea for 13 years before joining Manchester City for a brief period near the end of his career. Four of the England legend’s selections are during his time at Chelsea, with Manchester City also featuring. The 43-year-old told Planet Football that former Manchester City star Sergio Aguero made the cut. After retiring from active football, Frank Lampard went on to manage Chelsea. After failing to satisfy the expectations of the club’s administration and owner, the former England international was…

After testing positive for Covid-19, Aston Villa head coach Steven Gerrard will miss the next two Premier League games. Gerrard will miss the home game against Chelsea on Boxing Day and the travel to Leeds on Tuesday. Gerrard has been affected by Covid-19 for the second time this season. During his stint as Rangers manager earlier this year, the 41-year-old was forced to isolate, missing matches against Alashkert and Celtic. Because of an epidemic at the club, Villa had to postpone their match against Burnley last Saturday. The illness has already forced the cancellation of three Premier League games on…

On Saturday, the list of 28 players who will represent Nigeria at the AFCON 2021 was announced, with many regulars making the cut. However, there were some unexpected additions to the team that will travel to Cameroon in January. CAF increased the number of players per squad from 23 to 28 in October to provide for extra players in the event that some of the team’s members were ruled out due to Covid. Kelechi Nwakali, who has been out of the international spotlight, will make his AFCON debut alongside Watford’s Emmanuel Dennis, who is returning to the side for which…

Apart from himself, De lima Ronaldo has selected the four best footballers of all time. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, along with fellow Brazilian legend Pele and Argentina legend Diego Maradona, were recognized by Ronaldo as the best footballers of all time. Ronaldo, who has won the Ballon d’Or two times, is largely regarded as one of the best forwards in the history of the game. The former Real Madrid was cited by Goal as suggesting that Pele, Maradona, Lionel Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo will be the four best players in history. Lionel Messi has earned his seventh Ballon d’Or,…

Jose Mourinho has held conversations about taking over as manager of the national team, according to the head of Nigeria’s Football Association. The Super Eagles are looking for a new coach after sacking Gernot Rohr on the eve of the African Cup of Nations next month. Rohr had been in command for five years when they were held to a stalemate by Cape Verde in their most recent match. Augustine Eguavoen was named head coach by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), but he appears unlikely to be in charge by the time the event begins in Cameroon in January. NFF…

Eddie Nketiah may quit Arsenal in the January transfer window after rejecting the club’s latest contract offer, according to Metro. The striker netted a hat-trick in a 5-1 EFL Cup win over Sunderland at the Emirates on Tuesday, bringing his season total to five goals in the competition. Nketiah’s last Premier League appearance was in April, and while Mikel Arteta wants to keep him, he won’t guarantee him playing time. As a result, Nketiah has rejected the club’s attempts to persuade him to sign a new contract, and he will be free to sign a pre-contract with overseas clubs on…

Following the game, an entirely unwanted record surfaced around star signing Lionel Messi. Since moving to Paris from Barcelona, the Argentine has struggled, and his performances on the field have reflected this. According to Get French Football News, his blank against Lorient has ensured that this is his league’s least productive first half of the season. With 1 goal in 865 minutes of activity, Lionel Messi (34) has had the least productive first half of a club league season of his career. His transfer to PSG is proving to be a big challenge, not the easy out that some armchair…

The Premier League Board met this morning to discuss delay requests from Leeds United and Watford as a result of COVID-19, and agreed to call off the two affected clubs’ Boxing Day fixtures. The two games are Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Watford and Liverpool vs. Leeds United, both of which are scheduled to kick off at 12:30 GMT on Sunday. Premier League said that they declared their choices today, ahead of Boxing Day, to give clubs and their supporters’ clarity. The Premier League also apologised to the fans whose holiday plans have been disrupted. The League recognizes that postponing these two…

Nigeria’s Super Eagles finished 2021 at 36th place in the most recent FIFA ranking, which was revealed on Thursday, December 3rd. The ranking demonstrated that Nigeria’s Super Eagles did neither improve or regress, as they began the year in 36th place and finished the year in the same position. The list was made public on FIFA’s official website. In Africa, the three-time Africa Cup of Nations champions is ranked sixth. Their 2021 AFCON Group D opponent, the Egyptian Pharaohs, remained in 45th place and sixth on the continent. Guinea-Bissau, who will also face the Eagles, remained in 106th place, while Sudan,…