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  • Yobo sets to join Antalyaspor

    Yobo sets to join Antalyaspor

    Joseph Yobo is set to switch to another Turkish club Antalyaspor from Fenerbahce so as to stand a chance of featuring at Brazil 2014.

    Super Eagles skipper Yobo has been overlooked by the team handlers since the 2013 AFCON triumph in South Africa despite assurances by coach Stephen Keshi that the experienced defender remains part of his team.

    His case has been worsened by the fact that he has been consigned to the bench at Fenerbache this season and needs regular football action to actualise his ambition of playing for Nigeria at next year’s World Cup in Brazil.

    MTNFootball.com reports that Antalyaspor president Gultekin Gencer is looking at Yobo and two other players from Fenerbahce during the January transfer window.

    And the former Standard Liege of Belgium defender is ready to make the switch, according to fanatik.com

    The Antalayaspor president said an offer has been made for the ex-Everton defender.

     

  • UEFA Champions League: Fenerbahce test for Arsenal

    UEFA Champions League: Fenerbahce test for Arsenal

    English Premier League side Arsenal would face Turkish giants Fenerbahce in the Champions League play-off round after the draw was made on Friday at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon.

    The Gunners, who lost the 2006 final 2-1 to Barcelona, travels to Istanbul for the first leg to be played August 20-21 before returning to London for the second leg a week later, AFP reports.

    However, Fenerbahce’s potential participation in the group stage depends on a ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport, expected at the end of the month, having been banned from European competition by UEFA for match-fixing in domestic competition.

    In the other pairings, AC Milan faces Dutch runners-up PSV Eindhoven — a rematch of the 2004-05 semi-finals which the Italians won on away goals — while French side Lyon would play Real Sociedad of Spain.

    German outfit Schalke was paired with Ukraine’s Metalist Kharkiv, who faces a UEFA hearing into match-fixing claims next Tuesday.

    Scottish champions Celtic was drawn against Kazakhstan challenger – Shakhter Karagandy.

     

     

  • Emenike: We will shock Barcelona•

    Emenike: We will shock Barcelona•

    • Predictions favour Barca 87%

    uper Eagles ace and Spartak Moscow forward Emmanuel Emenike for the side ahead of today’s Champions league cracker against Spanish giants Barcelona

    Emenike, who was active upfront in the Super Eagles’ battle of Monrovia against the Lone Stars recently in an AFCON 2013 tie, has been tipped among players that will shine in today’s showdown at the Camp Nou.

    The curent form of the former Fenerbahce ace who moved to Spartak Moscow for 10million Euros in July 2011 has been a source of delight to the team’s coaching crew led by Unai Emery.

    Emenike, who replaced Artem Dzyuba against Kuban, scoring to help the team run away with a 2-2 draw away, looks good to get starting a shirt as Emery has declared his desire to achieve a good result playing away not withstanding, revealing that he will stick to his usual 4-2-3-1 formation.

    Although Moscow are considered formidable, fans and readers who predicted possible scores ahead of the match gave Barca an 87% chance of wining by goal margins ranging from 4-0 to 8-0. Spartak Moscow, according to the prediction, have an 11.8% chance of winning while only 1.2% voted for a draw.