Serie A side Napoli has confirmed the signing of Nigerian born forward Victor Osimhen from Lille for a five (5) year deal worth over €50m. The Forward whose value has tripled for the past 3 years was in demand after he scored 13 goals in 27 Ligue 1 appearances for Lille this season. In securing the signature of the Nigerian wonder kid, Napoli fended off competition from Arsenal and Chelsea.

The Official start date of the English Premier League’s 2020/21 season has been confirmed as 12th September 2020. A statement from the Premier League read: “Premier League shareholders today agreed to start the 2020-21 Premier League season on September 12, 2020. The 29th campaign of the competition had initially been scheduled to take place on 8th August 2020, before the conclusion of the 2019/20 campaign was postponed due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Jordan Henderson, captain of newly crowned Premier League Champions Liverpool has become the clubs 12th player to be crowned FWA Footballer of the Year after captaining his side to an outstanding first EPL triumph in 30 years.

Leeds United have secured promotion from the second-tier Championship with two games to spare on Friday after West Bromwich lost to Huddersfield 2-1, ending their 16-year exile from the top-flight.