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Transfers: Summer transfer window 2022: Premier League ins and outs [See list]

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Check below for a comprehensive list of all the Premier League ins and outs from the 2022 summer transfer window.

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Arsenal
In

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Gabriel Jesus – Manchester City, £45m

Marquinhos – Sao Paulo, undisclosed

Matt Turner – New England Revolution, undisclosed

Fabio Vieira – Porto, £34m

Oleksandr Zinchenko – Manchester City, £32m

Out

Salah-Edinne Oulad M’hand – Hull, loan

Brooke Norton-Cuffy – Rotherham, loan

Alex Runarsson – Alanyaspor, loan

Pablo Mari – AC Monza, loan

Lucas Torreira – Galatasaray, undisclosed

Charlie Patino – Blackpool, loan

Folarin Balogun – Stade Reims, loan

Bernd Leno – Fulham, £8m

Mazeed Ogungbo – Crawley, loan

Matteo Guendouzi – Marseille, £10m

Konstantinos Mavropanos – Stuttgart, £2.9m

Daniel Ballard – Sunderland, undisclosed

Jordi Osei-Tutu – VfL Bochum, undisclosed

Zak Swanson – Portsmouth, undisclosed

Nuno Tavares – Marseille, loan

Alexandre Lacazette – Lyon, free

Luigi Gaspar – Watford, free

Remy Mitchell – Swansea, free

Mika Biereth – RKC Waalwijk, loan

Harry Clarke – Stoke, loan

Ovie Ejeheri – Chelmsford City, loan

Tyreece John-Jules – Ipswich, loan

Alex Kirk – Ayr United, loan

Nikolaj Moller – FC Den Bosch, loan

Omar Rekik – Sparta Rotterdam, loan

Auston Trusty – Birmingham, loan

Ryan Alebiosu – Kilmarnock, loan

Jonathan Dinzeyi – released

Joel Lopez – released

Jordan McEneff – released

Omari Hutchinson – Chelsea, free

Mazeed Ogungbo – Crawley, loan

Nicolas Pepe – Nice, loan

James Olayinka – Cheltenham, free

Ainsley Maitland-Niles – Southampton, loan

Aston Villa
In

Diego Carlos – Sevilla, £26m

Philippe Coutinho – Barcelona, £17m

Boubacar Kamara – Marseille, free

Robin Olsen – Roma, undisclosed

Rory Wilson – Rangers, free

Ludwig Augustinsson – Sevilla, loan

Leander Dendoncker – Wolves, £13m

Out

Kortney Hause – Watford, loan

Kaine Kesler-Hayden – Huddersfield, loan

Carney Chukwuemeka – Chelsea, £20m

Wesley – Levante, loan

Matt Targett – Newcastle, £15m

Trezeguet – Trabzonspor, undisclosed

Kahrel Reddin – Stoke, undisclosed

Indiana Vassilev – Inter Miami, loan

Paul Appiah – Leicester City, free

Conor Hourihane – Derby County, free

Lovre Kalinic – Hajduk Split, free

Finley Thorndike – Birmingham, free

Tristan Abldeen-Goodridge – released

Mungo Bridge – released

Akos Onodi – released

Dominic Revan – released

Louie Barry – MK Dons, loan

Finn Azaz – Plymouth, loan

Viljami Sinisalo – Burton, loan

Aaron Ramsey – Norwich, loan

Anwar El Ghazi – PSV, undisclosed

Tyreik Wright – Bradford, loan

Brad Young – Ayr United, loan

Tim Iroegbunam – QPR, loan

Hayden Lindley – Newport, loan

Bournemouth
In

Marcus Tavernier – Middlesbrough, £12.5m

Joe Rothwell – Blackburn, free

Ryan Fredericks – West Ham, free

Neto – Barcelona, undisclosed

Marcos Senesi – Feyenoord, undisclosed

Jack Stephens – Southampton, loan

Out

Gavin Kilkenny – Stoke, loan

Robbie Brady – Preston, free

Sam Sherring – Northampton, undisclosed

Nathan Moriah-Welsh – Newport, loan

Christian Saydee – Shrewsbury, loan

Brentford
In

Aaron Hickey – Bologna, £18m

Max Dickov – Stockport Town, free

Max Wilcox – Bolton, undisclosed

Keane Lewis-Potter – Hull, £20m

Kyreece Lisbie – Watford, free

Thomas Strakosha – Lazio, free

Ben Mee – Burnley, free

Mikkel Damsgaard – Sampdoria, £16.7m

Mathias Jorgensen – unattached, free

Out

Myles Peart-Harris – Forest Green, loan

Tariqe Fosu – Stoke, loan

Mads Bidstrup – Nordsjaelland, loan

Paris Maghoma – AFC Wimbledon, loan

Ben Hockenhull – Tranmere Rovers, free

Dom Jeffries – Gillingham, free

Gustav Mogensen – Sarpsborg 08, free

Jaakko Oksanen – KuPS, free

Christian Eriksen – Manchester United, free

Lewis Gordon – released

Max Haygarth – released

Julian Jeanvier – released

Hans Mpongo – released

Jude Russell – released

Roy Syla – released

Zanka – released

Dominic Thompson – Blackpool, undisclosed

Marcus Forss – Middlesbrough, undisclosed

Nathan Young-Coombes – AFC Wimbledon, loan

Joel Valencia – Graafschap, loan

Halil Dervisoglu – Burnley, loan

Brighton
In

Levi Colwill – Chelsea, loan

Julio Enciso – Libertad Asuncion, £9.5m

Simon Adingra – Nordsjaelland, undisclosed

Benicio Baker-Boaitey – Porto, undisclosed

Pervis Estupinan – Villarreal, £15m

Out

Matt Clarke – Middlesbrough, undisclosed

Shane Duffy – Fulham, loan

Marc Cucurella – Chelsea, £60m

Yves Bissouma – Tottenham, £35m

Leo Ostigard – Napoli, £10m

Alex Cochrane – Hearts, undisclosed

Jayson Molumby – West Brom, undisclosed

Ulrick Eneme Ella – Angers, free

Simon Adingra – Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, loan

Haydon Roberts – Derby County, loan

Carl Rushworth – Lincoln City, loan

Fynn Talley – Cliftonville, loan

Tudor Baluta – released

Lars Dendoncker – released

Adam Desbois – released

John Lucero – released

Jaami Qureshi – released

Ayo Tanimowo – released

Abdallah Dipo Sima – Angers, loan

Taylor Richards – QPR, loan

Marc Leonard – Northampton Town, loan

Jensen Weir – Morecambe, loan

Teddy Jenks – Crawley, loan

Kjell Scherpen – Vitesse Arnhem, loan

Neal Maupay – Everton, undisclosed

Chelsea
In

Marc Cucurella – Brighton, £60m

Raheem Sterling – Man City, £47.5m

Eddie Beach – Southampton, undisclosed

Kalidou Koulibaly – Napoli, £33m

Omari Hutchinson – Arsenal, free

Carney Chukwuemeka – Aston Villa, £20m

Cesare Casadei – Inter Milan, £16.8m

Wesley Fofana – Leicester, £75m

Out

Emerson Palmieri – West Ham, £15m

Timo Werner – RB Leipzig, £25.3m

Levi Colwill – Brighton, loan

Thierno Ballo – Wolfsberger, free

Andreas Christensen – Barcelona, free

Jake Clarke-Salter – QPR, free

Romelu Lukaku – Inter Milan, loan

Antonio Rudiger – Real Madrid, free

Karlo Ziger – Gorica, free

Prince Adegoke – Welling United, loan

Nathan Baxter – Hull City, loan

Lucas Bergstrom – Peterborough, loan

Jamie Cumming – MK Dons, loan

Sam McClelland – Barrow, loan

Ethan Wady – Woking, loan

Danny Drinkwater – released

Charly Musonda – released

Tino Anjorin – Huddersfield, loan

Malang Sarr – Monaco, loan

Ross Barkley – released

Callum Hudson-Odoi – Bayer Leverkusen, loan

Baba Rahman – Reading, loan

Dujon Sterling – Stoke, loan

Xavier Simons – Hull, loan

Ethan Ampadu – Spezia, loan

Jayden Wareham – Leyton Orient, loan

Crystal Palace
In

Chris Richards – Bayern Munich, undisclosed

Malcolm Ebiowei – Derby, undisclosed

Sam Johnstone – West Brom, free

Cheick Doucoure – Lens, £21m

Kofi Balmer – Larne, undisclosed

Out

Scott Banks – Bradford, loan

Francis Hurl – Huddersfield, free

Jaroslaw Jach – Zaglebie Lubin, free

Luke Dreher – released

Rian Jamai – released

Kanye Jobson – released

Nya Kirby – released

Martin Kelly – West Brom, free

Joseph Ling – released

Sion Spence – released

Aidan Steele – released

James Taylor – released

Dylan Thiselton – released

Tayo Adaramola – Coventry, loan

Remi Mathews – St Johnstone, loan

Sean Robertson – Forest Green, free

Christian Benteke – DC United, undisclosed

Jesurun Rak-Sakyi – Charlton, loan

Rob Street – Shrewsbury, loan

Everton
In

Amadou Onana – Lille, £33.5m

Conor Coady – Wolves, loan

Ruben Vinagre – Sporting Lisbon, loan

James Tarkowski – Burnley, free

Dwight McNeil – Burnley, undisclosed

Neal Maupay – Brighton, undisclosed

Idrissa Gueye – Paris Saint-Germain, £8m

Out

Nathan Broadhead – Wigan, loan

Richarlison – Tottenham, £60m

Rhys Hughes – Tranmere Rovers, free

Jonjoe Kenny – Hertha Berlin, free

Cenk Tosun – Besiktas, free

Harry Tyrer – Chester FC, loan

Joao Virginia – SC Cambuur, loan

Fabian Delph – released

Rafael Garcia – released

Lewis Gibson – Bristol Rovers, free

Harry Hagan – released

Sebastian Kristensen – released

Andy Lonergan – released

Patrick Nash – released

Gylfi Sigurdsson – released

Jak Stewart – released

Ryan Astley – Accrington, loan

Ellis Simms – Sunderland, loan

Lewis Dobbin – Derby, loan

Dele Alli – Besiktas, loan

Jean-Philippe Gbamin – Trabzonspor, loan

Fulham
In

Shane Duffy – Brighton, loan

Bernd Leno – Fulham, £8m

Callum McFarlane – Bradfield College, free

Joao Palhinha – Sporting Lisbon, £20m

Andreas Pereira – Manchester United, £10m

Kristian Sekularac – Juventus, free

Manor Solomon – Shakhtar Donetsk, loan

Kevin Mbabu – Wolfsburg, £6.5m

Issa Diop – West Ham, £15m

Willian – Corinthians, free

Layvin Kurzawa – Paris Saint-Germain, loan

Out

Fabio Carvalho – Liverpool, undisclosed

Andre-Frank Zambo Anguisa – Napoli, undisclosed

Jean Michael Seri – Hull City, free

Rodrigo Muniz – Middlesbrough, loan

Timmy Abraham – Estoril Praia, free

Taye Ashby-Hammond – Stevenage, loan

Kieron Bowie – Northampton Town, loan

Sonny Hilton – Carlisle, loan

Steven Sessegnon – Charlton, loan

Jacob Adams – released

Eric Ameyaw – released

Xavier Benjamin – released

Tyler Caton – released

Cyrus Christie – released

Fabri – released

Michael Hector – released

Alfie Mawson – Wycombe, free

Jerome Opoku – released

Jonathon Page – released

Julian Schwarzer – released

Jaylan Wildbore – released

Joe Bryan – Nice, loan

Sylvester Jasper – Bristol Rovers, loan

Leeds
In

Joel Robles – Real Betis, free

Tyler Adams – RB Leipzig, £20m

Brenden Aaronson – Red Bull Salzburg, £24.7m

Darko Gyabi – Manchester City, £5m

Rasmus Kristensen – Red Bull Salzburg, £10m

Marc Roca – Bayern Munich, £10m

Luis Sinisterra – Feyenoord, £25.4m

Sonny Perkins – West Ham, free

Out

Raphinha – Barcelona, £55m

Kalvin Phillips – Manchester City, £50m

Ryan Edmondson – Carlisle, undisclosed

Liam McCarron – Stoke City, undisclosed

Josh Galloway – Annan Athletic, free

Nohan Kenneh – Hibernian, free

Charlie Cresswell – Millwall, loan

Tyler Roberts – QPR, loan

Jamie Shackleton – Millwall, loan

Lui Bradbury – released

Laurens De Bock – released

Alfie Hughes – released

Bobby Kamwa – released

Joe Littlewood – released

Mitch Picksley – released

Leif Davis – Ipswich Town, undisclosed

Lewis Bate – Oxford, loan

Helder Costa – Al-Ittihad, loan

Stuart McKinstry – Motherwell, loan

Jack Jenkins – Salford, loan

Mateusz Bogusz – Ibiza, loan

Leicester
In

Alex Smithies – Cardiff, free

Wout Faes – Reims, £15m

Out

Hamza Choudhury – Watford, loan

Kasper Schmeichel – Nice, undisclosed

Vontae Daley-Campbell – Cardiff, free

Tyrese Shade – Swindon, free

Will Russ – Fleetwood, free

Jacob Wakeling – Swindon, free

Callum Hulme – released

Eldin Jakupovic – released

Khanya Leshabela – Crewe, loan

Ben Nelson – Rochdale, loan

Wesley Fofana – Chelsea, £75m

George Hirst – Blackburn, loan

Liverpool
In

Calvin Ramsay – Aberdeen, £6.5m

Darwin Nunez – Benfica, £85m

Fabio Carvalho – Fulham, undisclosed

Out

Tyler Morton – Blackburn, loan

Ben Davies – Rangers, £4m

Rhys Williams – Blackpool, loan

Owen Beck – Bolton, loan

Neco Williams – Nottingham Forest, £16m

Divock Origi – AC Milan, free

Loris Karius – released

Sheyi Ojo – Cardiff, free

Ben Woodburn – Preston, free

Elijah Dixon-Bonner – released

Luis Longstaff – released

Sean Wilson – released

Conor Bradley – Bolton, loan

Sadio Mane – Bayern Munich, £35m

Adam Lewis – Newport, loan

Billy Koumetio – Austria Wien, loan

Takumi Minamino – Monaco, £15.5m

Vitezslav Jaros – Stockport County, loan

Marcelo Pitaluga – Macclesfield, loan

Anderson Arroyo – Alaves, loan

Tom Clayton – Swindon, undisclosed

Leighton Clarkson – Aberdeen, loan

Sepp van den Berg – Schalke, loan

Paul Glatzel – Tranmere, loan

Jack Bearne – Kidderminster Harriers, loan

Paul Glatzel – Tranmere, loan

Max Woltman – Doncaster Rovers

Manchester City
In

Erling Haaland – Borussia Dortmund, £51m

Stefan Ortega – Arminia Bielefeld, free

Kalvin Phillips – Leeds United, £50m

Sergio Gomez – Anderlecht, £11m

Manuel Akanji – Borussia Dortmund £15m

Out

Raheem Sterling – Chelsea, £47.5m

Lewis Fiorini – Blackpool, loan

Jayden Braaf – Borussia Dortmund, free

Pedro Porro – Sporting Lisbon, £7.2m

Gavin Bazunu – Southampton, £15m

James Trafford – Bolton, loan

Fernandinho – Athletico Paranaense, free

CJ Egan-Riley – Burnley, free

Taylor Harwood-Bellis – Burnley, loan

Ko Itakura – Borussia Monchengladbach, £4.3m

Gabriel Jesus – Arsenal, 45m

Darko Gyabi – Leeds, £5m

Tommy Doyle – Sheffield Utd, loan

Romeo Lavia – Southampton, £12m

Callum Doyle – Coventry, loan

Zack Steffen – Middlesbrough, loan

Arijanet Muric – Burnley, undisclosed

Oleksandr Zinchenko – Arsenal, £32m

Cieran Slicker – Rochdale, loan

James McAtee – Sheffield United, loan

Slobodan Tedic – Barnsley, loan

Liam Delap – Stoke City, loan

Luke Mbete – Huddersfield, loan

Claudio Gomes – Palermo, undisclosed

Sam Edozie – Southampton, £10m

Manchester United
In

Casemiro – Real Madrid, £70m

Christian Eriksen – Brentford, free

Tyrell Malacia – Feyenoord, £14.7m

Lisandro Martinez – Ajax, £56.7m

Anthony – Ajax, £86m

Martin Dubravka – Newcastle, loan

Out

Eric Bailly – Marseille, loan

Alex Telles – Sevilla, loan

Paul Pogba – Juventus, free

Juan Mata – released

Jesse Lingard – released

Nemanja Matic – Roma, free

Edinson Cavani – released

Amad Diallo – Sunderland, loan

Lee Grant – released

D’Mani Mellor – Wycombe, free

Reece Devine – released

Paul McShane – released

Connor Stanley – released

Paul Woolston – released

Dean Henderson – Nottingham Forest, loan

Dylan Levitt – Dundee United, undisclosed

Andreas Pereira – Fulham, £10m

Hannibal Mejbri – Birmingham, loan

Ethan Galbraith – Salford City, loan

Newcastle
In

Matt Targett – Aston Villa, £15m

Nick Pope – Burnley, £10m

Sven Botman – Lille, £35m

Charlie McArthur – Kilmarnock, undisclosed

Alexander Isak – Real Sociedad, £63m

Out

Ciaran Clark – Sheffield United, loan

Jake Turner – Gillingham, free

Jack Young – Wycombe, undisclosed

Oisin McEntee – Walsall, free

Mohammed Sangare – Accrington, free

Freddie Woodman – Preston, undisclosed

Isaac Hayden – Norwich, loan

Jeff Hendrick – Reading, loan

Daniel Langley – Gateshead, loan

Lewis Cass – Port Vale, free

Dwight Gayle – Stoke, undisclosed

Martin Dubravka – Manchester United, loan

Matty Longstaff – Colchester Utd, loan

Kelland Watts – Peterborough, loan

Nottingham Forest
In

Morgan Gibbs-White – Wolves, £42.5m

Remo Freuler – Atalanta, undisclosed

Cheikhou Kouyate – Unattached

Emmanuel Dennis – Watford, undisclosed

Orel Mangala – Stuttgart, £12.7m

Taiwo Awoniyi – Union Berlin, £17.5m

Moussa Niakhate – Mainz, £17m

Neco Williams – Liverpool, £17m

Brandon Aguilera – Alajuelense, undisclosed

Giulian Biancone – Troyes, undisclosed

Omar Richards – Bayern Munich, undisclosed

Dean Henderson – Manchester United, loan

Wayne Hennessey – Burnley, free

Lewis O’Brien – Huddersfield, undisclosed

Harry Toffolo – Huddersfield, undisclosed

Jesse Lingard – Manchester United, free

Renan Lodi – Atletico Madrid, loan

Willy Boly – Wolves, £4.65m

Hwang Ui-jo – Bordeaux, undisclosed

Out

Nicky Hogarth – Falkirk, loan

Baba Fernandes – Accrington, free

Jonathan Panzo – Coventry, loan

Jayden Richardson – Aberdeen, undisclosed

Brice Samba – RC Lens, undisclosed

Tobias Figueiredo – Hull, free

Mohamed Drager – Luzern, loan

Tyrese Fornah – Reading, loan

Ethan Horvath – Luton, loan

Will Swan – Mansfield Town, loan

Josh Barnes – released

Gaëtan Bong – released

Baba Fernandes – released

Lewis Grabban – released

Carl Jenkinson – released

Sam Sanders – released

Marcelo Saraiva – released

Morgan Thomas-Sadler – released

Joe Watkins – released

Alex Mighten – Sheffield Wednesday, loan

Hwang Ui-jo – Olympiacos, loan

Southampton
In

Armel Bella-Kotchap – VfL Bochum, £9.5m

Romeo Lavia – Man City, £12m

Joe Aribo – Rangers, £10m

Gavin Bazunu – Man City, £15m

Mateusz Lis – Altay, free

Sekou Mara – Bordeaux, undisclosed

Ainsley Maitland-Niles – Arsenal, loan

Sam Edozie – Manchester City, £10m

Out

Oriol Romeu – Girona, undisclosed

Nathan Tella – Burnley, loan

Fraser Forster – Tottenham, free

Harry Lewis – Bradford, free

Ramello Mitchell – West Brom, free

Dan N’Lundulu – Cheltenham, loan

Kazeem Olaigbe – Ross County, loan

Caleb Watts – Morecambe, loan

Ethan Burnett – released

Shane Long – Reading, free

Oludare Olufunwa – released

Benni Smales-Brathwaite – released

Jayden Smith – released

Will Smallbone – Stoke, loan

Will Ferry – Cheltenham, undisclosed

Jack Stephens – Bournemouth, loan

Oriol Romeu – Girona, undisclosed

Dynel Simeu – Tranmere Rovers, loan

Tottenham
In

Ivan Perisic – Inter Milan, free

Fraser Forster – Southampton, free

Yves Bissouma – Brighton, £35m

Richarlison – Everton, £60m

Clement Lenglet – Barcelona, loan

Djed Spence – Middlesbrough, £20m

Destiny Udogie – Udinese, £15m

Christian Romero – Atalanta, undisclosed

Harry Winks – Sampdoria, loan

Will Lankshear – Sheffield United, undisclosed

Out

Tanguy Ndombele – Napoli, loan

Giovani Lo Celso – Villarreal, loan

Joe Rondon – Rennes, loan

Steven Bergwijn – Ajax, £26.45m

Cameron Carter-Vickers – Celtic, undisclosed

Jack Clarke – Sunderland, £10m

Tobi Omole – Crawley, free

Josh Oluwayemi – Portsmouth, free

Troy Parrott – Preston, loan

Dane Scarlett – Portsmouth, loan

Thimothee Lo-Tutala – Hull, free

Sergio Reguilon – Atletico Madrid, loan

Marcel Lavinier – Swindon, free

West Ham
In

Gianluca Scamacca – Sassuolo, £35.5m

Nayef Aguerd – Rennes, £30m

Alphonse Areola – West Ham, £10.5m

Patrick Kelly – Coleraine, undisclosed

Flynn Downes – Swansea, £12m

Maxwel Cornet – Burnley, £17.5m

Thilo Kehrer – PSG to West Ham, £10.1m

Emerson Palmieri – Chelsea, £15m

Lucas Paqueta – Lyon, £51.3m

Out

Nikola Vlasic – Torino, loan

Aji Alese – Sunderland, undisclosed

Sonny Perkins – Leeds, free

Mark Noble – released

Andriy Yarmolenko – Al Ain, free

Ryan Fredericks – Bournemouth, free

David Martin – released

Nathan Holland – MK Dons, free

Issa Diop – Fulham, £15m

Thierry Nevers – Newport, loan

Dan Chesters – Colchester, loan

Mipo Odebuko – Port Vale, loan

Armstrong Oko-Flex – Swansea, loan

Emmanuel Longelo – Birmingham, loan

Wolves
In

Matheus Nunes – Sporting Lisbon, £42.2m

Goncalo Guedes – Valencia, undisclosed

Hwang Hee-chan – RB Leipzig, £10m

Leon Chiwome – AFC Wimbledon, undisclosed

Dom Plank – Dorking Wanderers, free

Nathan Collins – Burnley, £20.5m

Sasa Kalajdzic – Stuttgart, £15.5m

Out

Morgan Gibbs-White – Nottingham Forest, £42.5m

Conor Coady – Everton, loan

Leander Dendoncker – Aston Villa, £13m

Fabio Silva – Anderlecht, loan

Ruben Vinagre – Sporting CP, undisclosed

Renat Dadashov – Grasshopper, undisclosed

Meritan Shabani – Grasshopper, undisclosed

Conor Carty – Bolton, free

Romain Saiss – Besiktas, free

John Ruddy – Birmingham, free

Ki-Jana Hoever – PSV, loan

Ryan Giles – Middlesbrough, loan

Pascal Estrada – released

Marcal – released

Raphael Nya – released

Jamie Pardington – released

Faisu Sangare – released

Bendeguz Bolla – Grasshoppers, loan

Dion Sanderson – Birmingham, loan

Lewis Richards – Harrogate, loan

Taylor Perry – Cheltenham, loan

Nigel Lonwijk – Plymouth, loan

Joe O’Shaughnessy – Bradford, loan

Luke Cundle – Swansea, loan

Willy Boly – Nottingham Forest, £4.65m

Christian Marques – Forest Green, loan

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2026 World Cup Race: Ekong says Eagles feel great to be back in contention

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NSC Chairman Shehu Dikko (right), NFF President Ibrahim Musa Gusau (left) and Comptroller-General of Customs Bashir Adeniyi (middle) in Kigali on Friday.

Sitting quietly at one corner of the departure hall of the Kigali International Airport on Saturday morning, Super Eagles’ captain William Ekong had a relaxed mien about him, and minced no words in saying that Friday’s victory over Rwanda’s Amavubi was just the statement the Eagles needed to put out as the World Cup race reached halfway mark.

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“It was important to make the statement that we did, and we’re all happy about it, and the way we did it. Of course, we have not qualified and there’s still a lot of work, but we have started the recovery in a good way and we just have to keep working hard.

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“I don’t want to go into the circumstances that made the first four matches go the way they went. The good thing is we can still recover and revive the campaign, and we have done that.”

Ekong’s firm leadership, and Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman and Simon Moses’ zest at the fore, were all too evident and impactful as the Eagles coasted to a 2-0 win over hosts Rwanda at the Amahoro Stadium, throwing up nostalgia of the strong squad that wowed all and came within 23 minutes of lifting the Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire early last year.

As the chartered ValueJet Airline’s CRJ-900 aircraft touched down at the Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo at exactly 2pm on Saturday, Ekong told thenff.com that he would be rallying the troops ahead of Tuesday’s Day 6 encounter against the Warriors of Zimbabwe.

“We read somewhere that the Zimbabweans are being motivated to come to Uyo and get a result. They should forget it. We are hugely motivated by the ambition to play at the FIFA World Cup. Apart from myself and Alex (Iwobi) and perhaps a couple others, who were part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, this generation is hungry to play at the highest level. We want to make Nigeria proud and at the same time, do ourselves proud.”

PHOTO 3: Ambitious Generation!

Victor Osimhen, whose brace unscrambled the calculations of the Amavubi and made them disappoint the capacity crowd that included President Paul Kagame, said at the Victor Attah Airport. “We are ready. The remaining matches are wars and we must fight them with all that we have to win.”

Victory on Tuesday evening will take Nigeria to nine points, and in firm contention for the ticket, especially if Benin Republic and South Africa cancel themselves out inside Abidjan’s Stade Félix Houphouet-Boigny.

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Real Madrid focus on Stuttgart Midfielder, Angelo Stiller

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Real Madrid have reportedly decided to shift their focus away from Enzo Fernandez and Martin Zubimendi, choosing instead to pursue Stuttgart midfielder, Angelo Stiller, claims a report from Fichajes.

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With Toni Kroos retiring and Luka Modric facing an uncertain future, the club is determined to strengthen their midfield, and Stiller has emerged as the most practical option available in the market.

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His release clause of €36.5 million makes him an affordable alternative compared to other targets that have been under consideration.

Has been quite this impressive season

The 23-year-old midfielder has already drawn interest from Barcelona in the past, but now it is Real Madrid who are positioning themselves for a potential move.

Stiller, a product of Bayern Munich’s youth academy, has established himself as a key figure at Stuttgart, playing a crucial role in the club’s impressive Bundesliga campaign that saw them finish as runners-up.

His performances have not gone unnoticed, earning him a debut with the German national team and further solidifying his reputation as a rising talent in European football.

Strategic fit and potential deal

One of the key aspects that could facilitate Stiller’s move to Madrid is his association with Sports 360, an agency where Toni Kroos also plays an influential role.

Given Kroos’ strong ties with the agency, his presence could help smoothen negotiations and play a decisive role in convincing Stiller to join the Spanish giants.

Madrid’s decision to move away from Zubimendi and Enzo is not purely financial. The club is looking for a midfielder who aligns with their playing philosophy and can seamlessly fit into the tactical structure.

Stiller’s profile offers the right balance of technical ability, composure, and adaptability, making him a suitable candidate for the long-term midfield project at the Santiago Bernabeu.

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Super Eagles defeat Rwanda 2-0 to rekindle World Cup hopes

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It was an exciting day for the Super Eagles of Nigeria the club claimed an all important success over Rwanda in Kigali to boost their chances of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

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Nigeria headed into the game failing to win their first four games in Group C, drawing three and losing one and were fifth on the table.

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They needed to get a win against Rwanda, whom they have failed to defeat in their last two outings, losing one and drawing one.

However, they secured a 2-0 victory against the Amavubi in a bid to get a ticket to the World Cup in the USA.
The new head coach Erik Chelle used a 4-4-2 formation against Rwanda, with Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman leading the attack for the Super Eagles.

Nigeria needed to start the game on the front foot and needed an early goal to get going. In the 11th minute, the Super Eagles got the first goal from an inswinging freekick.

Lookman put in a decent freekick, which was met at the far corner by Osimhen, who put his laces on the ball and slotted home.

The Super Eagles doubled their lead before stoppage time in the first half after Osimhen snatched a loose ball from a Rwanda defender and was through on goal with only the goalkeeper to beat. He dinked the ball over the shot-stopper to get his second goal of the game.

Chelle’s side controlled the game in the second half and limited Rwanda from creating any chances. However, they were unable to get more goals and extend their two-goal lead in the game.

Following the final whistles, the Super Eagles moved to fourth place on the table with six points. They will now place their attention on their next game against Zimbabwe in Uyo.

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