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

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

Arsenal
In

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

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.

“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.

“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.”
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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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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