Nigeria international Ola Aina has backed his former Chelsea teammate John Terry to be a big success at Aston Villa after being appointed assistant coach at the Championship side.
The former England captain officially announced his retirement from playing on October 7 and was unveiled at Villa three days later, where he’ll assist new head coach Dean Smith following the dismissal of Steve Bruce.
Terry, who made 32 appearances for Villa last season, spent 19 years at Chelsea, briefly overlapping with…
Nigeria have been hit with a series of player withdrawals ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations against the Seychelles on Saturday, with William Troost-Ekong, Alex Iwobi and Ola Aina all set to miss the trip.
Troost-Ekong of Udinese sustained an injury in the Serie A encounter at Fiorentina, and while he managed to complete the match, he’s been ruled out of the Super Eagles’ qualifier.
Torino’s wing-back Aina was taken off with a suspected muscular problem with four minutes to go in his side’s home…
No Premier League team has as much African interest as Chelsea, where the Blues squad is rife with continental talent from the first team to the academy.
The club’s approach to recruitment has led to a sprawling squad full of players who realistically stand little chance of ever breaking into the club’s starting XI.
New coach Maurizio Sarri will bring new ideas and a new strategy to the club, while eventually, he’ll sign his own players to fit into his idiosyncratic style.
However, it remains to…
Chelsea defender Ola Aina is closing in on a loan move to PSV Eindhoven, sources have told ESPN FC.
A number of clubs have expressed an interest in taking Aina on loan this season, but Dutch champions PSV are leading the race to sign the Nigeria…
Nigeria’s Alex Iwobi and Ola Aina have promised to bombard Dele Alli with banter, hoping that it will help the Super Eagles beat England in their friendly international on Saturday.
Alli (whose full first name is Bamidele) was eligible to represent the African nation through his Nigerian father, but chose to throw his lot in with England where he was born and has lived all his life.
Meanwhile, Lagos-born Iwobi and London-born Aina chose Nigeria for senior international football but they played alongside…
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Ola Aina ha…
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The Congolese frontman is cultivating a reputation as something of a flat-track bully, but few Yellow Submarine fans will care as he takes his tally to five in six in the league so far this term after netting his first hat-trick for the club.
The forward’s intelligent movement and…
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Hull City have completed the signing of Chelsea academy prospect Ola Aina on a season-long loan deal, it has been announced.
Aina, 20, will spend his first spell away from the club in the Championship and has flown to Portugal to join up with his new teammates for a preseason training camp in the Algarve.
“I’m very excited to be here and it is the start of a new chapter in my career,” Aina told Hull’s official website.
“It’s my first loan move away from Chelsea and I just want to hit the ground…
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Chelsea defender Ola Aina is being lined up for a loan move to Hull City, sources close to both clubs have told ESPN FC.
New Hull boss Leonid Slutsky is looking to use his close connections with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich to bring some of the Premier League club’s best youngsters to the KCOM Stadium next season.
Slutsky is expected to be busy in the transfer market this summer with a number of players set to leave Hull following their relegation from the Premier League last season.
Aina, 20,…
Chelsea add another three points to their lead in the Premier League table with a home win over Hull City.
English Premier League: Gary Cahill (81′) Chelsea 2-0 Hull City
Hull City wanted a penalty given after Marcos Alonso’s tackle on Abel Hernandez early in the second half.
English Premier League: Diego Costa (45’+7) Chelsea 1-0 Hull City
Chelsea stretched their lead at the top of the Premier League to eight points with a 2-0 win over Hull City in a game beset by poor officiating.
The hosts dominated the first half and should have taken the lead when Diego Costa was incorrectly ruled offside. Hull’s Curtis Davies then avoided a second yellow card for a bookable offence when he fouled Pedro on the edge of the penalty area. Costa fired Chelsea in front deep into first-half stoppage time with referee Neil Swarbrick waving away Hull’s…