Origi seals loan switch from Liverpool to Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg have signed Belgium international forward Divock Origi on a season-long loan from Liverpool.

The Bundesliga side will reportedly pay a loan fee of £6million for the 22-year-old s services.

Origi signed for Liverpool from Lille in 2014 before spending an additional year on loan with the Ligue 1 club.

He has 21 goals in 77 appearances for the Reds and his move to Germany comes as competition for places in Belgium s squad ahead of next year s World Cup heats up

1 Divock Origi is the first outfield player from to move to the Bundesliga since S. Kyrgiakos in 2011. Wolfsburg.

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Origi is currently with Roberto Martinez s national side for the World Cup qualifiers against Gibraltar and Greece.

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Oliseh appointed Nigeria boss

Sunday Oliseh has been appointed as the new head coach of Nigeria.

Former Nigeria captain Oliseh, who won 63 caps for his country and played his part in the Africa Cup of Nations success in 1994, was confirmed as Stephen Keshi s replacement on Wednesday.

Keshi another former captain left his post last month, having applied for the vacant Ivory Coast job.

Oliseh, whose previous coaching experience came with Belgian side Vervietois between 2008 and 2009, will now attempt to lead Nigeria to the Africa Cup of Nations in 2017 after they missed out on the most recent staging of the competition.

NFF general secretary Dr. Mohammed Sanusi said: There is no time to waste. The team has important matches to prosecute in the next few weeks and it is impe…

N’Koudou illustrates Tottenham’s problems in recruiting players

According to , Tottenham’s young French winger Georges-Kevin N Koudou is set to join Premier League rivals Burnley on loan for the rest of the season.

It seems like a sensible move for the 22-year-old, who has struggled to break into the Spurs starting eleven since arriving from Marseille in the summer of 2016. The youngster has made just one start this season in a 3-0 Champions League win over APOEL.

Hopefully, N’Koudou has a successful spell with the Clarets and returns to Spurs a better player. The deal seems to suit everybody involved at the minute.

Tottenham in a catch 22

Unfortunately, for Spurs N’Koudou’s situation illustrates their problems recruiting players. In the short cameos for Tottenham since his arrival, the winger has looked out …

Roma new boy Dybala denies feeling betrayed by Inter as he relishes life under Mourinho

Paulo Dybala began life as a Roma player by insisting he bore no ill feeling towards Inter once his expected switch to San Siro failed to materialise.

Argentine forward Dybala has joined Roma on a free transfer after his contract at Juventus was allowed to expire, with the 28-year-old confident the capital club are becoming an increasingly powerful force.

Inter appeared to be the option that Dybala would choose after his Juve exit, but Nerazzurri managing director Giuseppe Marotta last week said the club had no space and no need to do that deal. They have brought in Romelu Lukaku and Henrikh Mkhitaryan during the close season.

I didn t feel betrayed, Dybala said at a presentation media conference.  Since ending my contract with Juve I spoke to some teams more t…

Czech Republic 0 Turkey 2: Burak and Tufan keep Terim´s men alive

Turkey remain in with a chance of reaching the last 16 of Euro 2016 after securing an impressive 2-0 win over Czech Republic in Lens on Tuesday.

Fatih Terim s side came into their final Group D encounter without a goal or point to their name, but victory thanks to strikes from Burak Yilmaz and Ozan Tufan lifted them above their opponents and into contention for one of the third-place qualification berths.

By contrast, Czech Republic, missing talisman Tomas Rosicky through injury, are eliminated with their stirring late fightback to earn a 2-2 draw against Croatia last time out ultimately counting for nothing.

The opener arrived in the 10th minute as Burak applied the decisive touch to a sweeping Turkey move with a fine finish, before Tufan smashed home to…

Erik ten Hag: Harsh Marcus Rashford red card changed everything in Man Utd loss

Erik ten Hag was angered by “three tough decisions” that went against Manchester United in a chaotic late loss at Copenhagen that damages their chances of reaching the Champions League knockout phase.

Wednesday’s helter-skelter Group A encounter started with a Rasmus Hojlund brace against his former club but ended in a crushing 4-3 defeat sparked by Marcus Rashford’s red card.

The United forward was sent off after a VAR review late in the first half for catching Elias Jelert, with Mohamed Elyounoussi quickly scoring before Diogo Goncalves levelled from the spot.

Bruno Fernandes’ penalty put the visitors back ahead in the second half, only for Lukas Lerager and substitute Roony Bardghji to score in a blockbuster conclusion to a bonkers match.

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