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Former Chelsea and Ghana star Michael Essien has joined the coaching staff at Danish top-flight side FC Nordsjaelland, the club announced on Wednesday...https://naijaodds.com/2020/09/09/michael-essien-takes-coaching-role-at-denmarks-nordsjaelland/

Everton completed their midfield rebuild with the signing of Abdoulaye Doucoure from Watford for a reported £20 million on Tuesday.
The 27-year-old has agreed a three-year deal, with the Toffees having the option of a fourth season...https://naijaodds.com/2020/09/08/everton-add-doucoure-to-midfield-rebuild/

Galatasaray have made public their interest in signing Super Eagles midfielder Oghenekaro Etebo.
The club confirmed in a social media post on Tuesday that they have begun negotiations with Stoke City over the future of the player...https://naijaodds.com/2020/09/08/galatasaray-confirms-loan-negotiations-for-etebo/

Super Eagles defender Chidozie Awaziem is delighted to seal a move to Boavista and has set his sights on yet another impressive 2020/2021 campaign. The former El Kanemi Warriors defender joined the Portuguese outfit on a season-long loan, with the option to buy from FC Porto last Friday...https://naijaodds.com/2020/09/07/awaziem-looking-forward-to-successful-campaign-with-boavista/

Phil Foden and Mason Greenwood have been sent home from England duty after breaching coronavirus rules, manager Gareth Southgate said on Monday...https://naijaodds.com/2020/09/07/foden-greenwood-out-of-england-squad-after-virus-breach/

Victor Osimhen continued his good form for Napoli as he helped himself to a hat-trick in their 4 – 0 victory over Teramo on Friday...https://naijaodds.com/2020/09/05/2-games-6-goals-and-4-assists-osimhen-will-set-serie-a-on-fire/

A man hoping to take control of the boardroom at Camp Nou is not expecting an Argentine superstar to see a stunning transfer sanctioned. Barcelona presidential candidate Toni Freixa believes no club will “run that risk” if it is determined that a €700 million (£624m/$823m) release clause in Lionel Messi’s contract does stand...https://naijaodds.com/2020/09/04/no-club-will-run-e700m-risk-on-messi-barcelona-presidential-candidate-freixa-doubts-transfer-talk/

Dean Henderson has set his sights on dislodging David de Gea as Manchester United's first-choice goalkeeper and becoming England's No 1 this season.
Henderson has returned to Old Trafford after two impressive seasons on loan with Sheffield United...https://naijaodds.com/2020/09/03/goalkeeper-henderson-aims-to-oust-de-gea-from-man-utd-no-1-spot/

Nigeria international Samuel Chukwueze was impressive again as Villarreal recorded a 2-0 win over Real Sociedad in a pre-season game on Tuesday. Chukwueze who scored in Villarreal’s pre season game against Valencia continued from where he stopped as he ran the show against the Basque based team...https://naijaodds.com/2020/09/03/villarreal-boss-emery-applauds-chukwuezes-performance-against-real-sociedad/

Manchester United announced the signing of Ajax midfielder Donny van de Beek on Wednesday for a reported fee of 39 million euros plus add-ons.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made the 23-year-old Dutch international his first signing of the summer transfer window in a deal that could rise to 44 million euros ($52 million, £39 million)...https://naijaodds.com/2020/09/02/man-utd-sign-donny-van-de-beek-from-ajax-club/

Nigerian youngster Olakunle Olusegun has joined Boldklubben Fremad Amager, a Danish professional football club
The forward sealed the move from Nigerian side Abubakar Bukola Ssrski FC, however, the details of his contract were not undisclosed...https://naijaodds.com/2020/09/01/flying-eagles-star-olusegun-joins-danish-side-boldklubben-fremad-amager/

Super Eagles winger Samuel Kalu is edging closer to a loan move to Turkish Super Lig outfit Fenerbahce, according to reports.
Fenerbahce are reportedly in talks with the representative of the player regarding a possible move, despite featuring in Bordeaux two league games so far this season...https://naijaodds.com/2020/09/01/samuel-kalu-set-to-join-fenerbahce-on-loan/

Henry Onyekuru has celebrated AS Monaco’s hard-fought win against Metz in their French Ligue 1 clash on Sunday.
Onyekuru was in action from start as Monaco beat their hosts 1 – 0 at the Stade Saint-Symphorien, Henry...https://naijaodds.com/2020/08/31/onyekuru-relishes-monacos-first-win-of-the-season/

Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish was called up to the England squad on Monday for the first time as a replacement for the injured Marcus Rashford.
Grealish was not named by manager Gareth Southgate in the initial squad despite helping lift Villa out of the relegation zone with eight goals and six assists last season...https://naijaodds.com/2020/08/31/villas-grealish-earns-first-england-call-up-as-rashford-pulls-out/

Liverpool forward Ovie Ejaria has left the club to join joined Championship club Reading on a permanent basis. The England born Nigerian youngster sealed signed four-year contract with Reading to bring an end to his Liverpool adventure...https://naijaodds.com/2020/08/29/ovie-ejaria-completes-reading-move-away-from-liverpool/

UEFA technical observers voted Odion Ighalo’s goal for Manchester United against LASK among the strikes in the Europa League last season. Ighalo scored the goal in Manchester United’s Round of 16, first leg tie against LASK at the Linzer Stadium in March which they won 5-0...https://naijaodds.com/2020/08/28/ighalos-goal-against-lask-voted-3rd-best-in-europa-league/

Eberechi Eze has completed his transfer from QPR to another London club Crystal Palace in a deal believed to be worth £12m.
The 22-year-old attacking player, who can play on the wing or in a more central role, scored 14 and created 8 for the Hoops last season as they finished 13th in the league and joins Nathan Ferguson in signing for Palace...https://naijaodds.com/2020/08/28/breaking-eberechi-eze-has-completed-his-move-to-crystal-palace/

Super Eagles midfielder Ogenyi Onazi has signed for Italian Serie A side Crotone on a three-year deal...https://naijaodds.com/2020/08/27/onazi-returns-to-italian-serie-a-with-crotone/

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba was omitted from the France squad announced Thursday for next month's Nations League matches against Sweden and Croatia after testing positive for Covid-19, coach Didier Deschamps said...https://naijaodds.com/2020/08/27/pogba-left-out-of-france-squad-after-positive-test/

Nigeria professional football league giants, Enyimba of Aba, has completed the signing of Somiari Alalibo from Dakkada FC. The defender joined the club as part of their rebuilding process following the exit of some notable players...https://naijaodds.com/2020/08/26/dakkada-defender-somiari-alalibo-completes-enyimba-move/

Lionel Messi has not informed Barcelona coaches he will not attend training on Wednesday, according to the club's newly-appointed sporting director, Ramon Planes.
Messi asked Barca on Tuesday to leave the club he has been with for 20 seasons, since he was 13 years old...

Victor Moses has finally broken his silence on Inter Milan’s UEFA Europa League defeat to Sevilla last Friday.
Moses and his teammates ended the season without a major trophy as they were beaten 2 – 3 by Sevilla in the final of the Europa League in Germany...https://naijaodds.com/2020/08/25/moses-regrets-europa-league-final-loss-to-sevilla/

Arsenal have agreed permanent deals with defenders Pablo Mari and Cedric Soares after their loan spells in the second half of the 2019-20 campaign, the club said on their website on Monday...https://naijaodds.com/2020/08/24/defenders-mari-and-soares-sign-permanent-deals-with-arsenal/

The Blues' aggressive summer rebuild is set to continue as they close in on three signings that could take their expenditure to as much as £220m
Chelsea are in advanced talks over a move for Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Kai Havertz after agreeing to pay the Bundesliga outfit's full asking price of £90 million ($118m)...https://naijaodds.com/2020/08/24/chelsea-ready-to-pay-90m-havertz-asking-price-as-chilwell-thiago-silva-talks-advance/

Nigerian defender Tyrone Ebuehi has joined FC Twente on loan from Portuguese side Benfica.
The full-back joined the Dutch Eredivisie side on a season-long loan on Friday, in order to get his career back on track...https://naijaodds.com/2020/08/22/super-eagles-defender-tyrone-ebuehi-joins-fc-twente-on-loan/

Paris Saint-Germain fans will now be able to display their colours on their big day, despite previous unrest in the Provence capital
Marseille police have confirmed that they have reversed a decision that would have seen Paris Saint-Germain shirts banned in the city centre on Sunday...https://naijaodds.com/2020/08/21/marseille-authorities-reverse-psg-shirt-ban-in-city-ahead-of-champions-league-final/

Asisat Oshoala is expected to be in action when Barcelona feminine takes on Athletico in one of UEFA women’s champions league quarterfinal game on Friday.
Oshoala has been in good form for the Catalan giants, scoring three goals in their pre-season games, with the lastest strike coming against French side Montpelier...https://naijaodds.com/2020/08/21/asisat-oshoala-aims-to-drag-barcelona-to-another-champions-league-final/

Newly Promoted side SD Huesca are reportedly interested in signing Super Eagles defender, Kenneth Omeruo in current transfer window.
Huesca gained promotion back to the Spanish top flight back in July and they are looking for defensive reinforcements ahead of the coming campaign...https://naijaodds.com/2020/08/20/newly-promoted-laliga-side-sd-huesca-now-considering-omeruo/

Turkish Super Lig outfit Galatasaray are ready to open talks with French Lig one club Girondins Bordeaux over the transfer of Super Eagles forward Samuel Kalu. Turkish tabloid Sabah Newspaper reported that Galatasaray boss Fathi Terim is interested in bringing the winger to the Telkom arena this summer...https://naijaodds.com/2020/08/20/galatasaray-set-for-showdown-talks-with-bordeaux-for-samuel-kalu/

New Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman warned that any players who lack commitment or professionalism will be shown the door as he vowed to lead the team back to glory after last week's 8-2 humiliation in the Champions League by Bayern Munich...https://naijaodds.com/2020/08/19/koeman-vows-to-clean-up-barca-image/

Super Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze has expressed excitement after resuming pre-season training with Villarreal ahead of the new Spanish LaLiga season. Chukwueze registered three goals and provided five assists in 37 appearances in the Spanish top-flight for Villarreal during the 2019/20 season...https://naijaodds.com/2020/08/19/chukwueze-excited-to-resume-pre-season-with-villarreal/

Lorient on Tuesday announced the arrival of Chelsea defensive midfielder Trevoh Chalobah on a one-season loan without an option to buy.
Chalobah, who is 21, is a product of the Chelsea youth system. He was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, but has captained England at every level from under-16 to under-20...https://naijaodds.com/2020/08/18/chalobah-joins-lorient-on-loan-from-chelsea/