Ligue 1

Victor Osimhen is thrilled to win the French Ligue 1 player of the month award for September.

Nigeria international Victor Osimhen has been named the French Ligue 1 player for the month of September.

Barcelona attacker Lionel Messi has been presented with the European Golden Shoe after ending the 2018-19 season as the leading marksman on the continent.

Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen visits his former club Sporting Charleroi after helping the Super Eagles secure a hard-fought 1-1 draw with Brazil in a friendly game on Sunday.

Former Olympique de Marseille and AS Roma coach Rudi Garcia will take charge of Olympique Lyonnais, the Ligue 1 club said on Monday.

France manager Didier Deschamps has urged Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud to quit the Stamford Bridge outfit and find a new club in a bid to retain his place in the national team.

Lyon parted ways with Sylvinho this week after defeat in the derby with Saint-Étienne made it seven Ligue 1 matches without a win.

Super Eagles forward Henry Onyekuru will be on the sidelines for the next two weeks after getting injured in training for French Ligue 1 side, Monaco.

Alex Iwobi has revealed that it was ‘chaotic’ trying to sign the dotted lines for Everton on deadline day while on vacation in Dubai.

Osimhen joined Lille for €12m in August, but according to Campos, the 20-year-old had been on his radar since 2015, during the U-17 World Cup in Chile.

Jose Mourinho has praised the work being done by Lille coach Christophe Galtier in developing young players including Nigeria international Victor Osimhen.

Bordeaux forward Samuel Kalu has been ruled out of Nigeria’s international friendly against Brazil on the 13th of October.

Nigeria international Osimhen, 20, who also scored in Lille’s 2-1 Champions League defeat to Chelsea midweek, struck the hosts’ leveller with 11 minutes remaining after a Renaud Ripart penalty at the end of the first half and Kevin Denkey’s neat 70th-minute finish had cancelled out Loic Remy’s 13th-minute opener.

Mauro Icardi scored his first Ligue 1 goal as Paris Saint-Germain moved five points clear at the top of the table with a 4-0 thrashing of high-flying Angers on Saturday.

Former Arsenal captain Laurent Koscielny has explained his reasons for leaving the club and issued a response to Ian Wright, who criticised his decision to quit the Gunners.

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen will need to triple efforts if he is to break Nimes defence and continue his goal cruise, analysts have submitted ahead of the Ligue 1 clash on Sunday.g

Martin Keown has reckons Lille will be ‘laughing all the way to the bank’ having extracted £72 million from Arsenal for the transfer of Nicolas Pepe.

Nigeria international and Lille forward, Victor Osimhen, has revealed that he grew up idolizing Didier Drogba who scored 164 goals in 381 appearances for the Blues.