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  • EPL: West Ham pick interest in on-form Nigerian striker, Moffi

    EPL: West Ham pick interest in on-form Nigerian striker, Moffi

    Super Eagles and Lorient of France striker Terem Moffi  is being sough after by English Premier League clubside, West Ham Football Club.

    Ace Journalist and soccer pundit, Ryan Taylor broke the news.

    According to him, there is a big gap between Lorient’s asking price and what the Premier League clubs are ready to offer at the moment.

    he said “In terms of West Ham’s interest in Moffi, I believe they’ve held negotiations to sign the player,” said Taylor.

    “But at the same time there is a differentiation of price Lorient are looking for and West Ham are prepared to pay.

    “Lorient are really willing to do business. They are looking at £20-25m for the striker. Premier League clubs are willing to pay around £15m.”

    meanwhile the Nigerian striker, Terem Moffi took his goal tally to 11 for this season after he scored for Lorient in their 2-2 draw against Monaco

    The Super Eagles star eventually proved his quality for Les Merlus. After Breel Embolo put Monaco in front in the 61st minute, Dango Ouattara scored equalized for Lorient 14 minutes later.

    Moffi is competing for the highest goal scorer’s chart in France coming third behind Kyllian Mbappe with 13 goals and Neymar on 11 same as Moffil.

     

     

     

  • EPL: Nigeria’s Terem Moffi on Southampton radar

    EPL: Nigeria’s Terem Moffi on Southampton radar

    On-form Nigerian striker, Terem Moffi is on the radar of many club sides in Europe with the latest being Southampton of England.

    Southampton FC are the latest club to show interest in signing Lorient forward, Terem Moffi.

    Recall that Premier League clubs, Aston Villa, Brighton & Hove Albion, Crystal Palace, and Ligue 1 giants, Olympic Lyon are reportedly interested in the Nigeria international.

    Southampton, according to the Athletic have long admired Moffi and will look to bring him to England in January.

    Another Nigerian, Joseph Aribo currently plies his trade with the English side and will be happy to have his countryman in the team.

    Moreso, the Saints are desperate to bolster their attack after a tough campaign in the English top-flight.

    Moffi has been a consistent goal scorer for his modest French club, Lorient this season.

    The 23-year-old has scored 10 goals in 15 league appearances for Les Merlus.

    Moffi only trails the Paris Saint-Germain duo Kylian Mbappe and Neymar by one goal in the French Ligue 1.

    Both players are locked on 13 and 11 goals respectively.

    Another Nigerian Folarin Balogun who plays for Reims of France is also locked on 10 goals in the French Ligue 1.

  • Ligue 1: Red hot Nigerian striker, Moffi scores against PSG

    Ligue 1: Red hot Nigerian striker, Moffi scores against PSG

    On-form Super Eagles forward, Terem Moffi has scored his ninth goal of the campaign in Lorient’s 2-1 defeat to champions, Paris Saint-Germain in the French Ligue 1.

    Brazil forward, Neymar gave PSG the lead inside nine minutes of the encounter.

    However, Moffi leveled up for the home side eight minutes into the second half.

    The mercurial striker in his usual style meandered through the PSG defense before slotting the ball with his left foot to equalize for Lorient.

    But Danilo Pereiro scored the winner for the away team nine minutes from time to gift PSG the maximum three points in the encounter.

    Moffi is now the third-highest goal scorer in the French Ligue 1 behind PSG’s Neymar and Mbappe both on eleven goals apiece.

     

     

  • Int’l Friendly: Terem Moffi to lead Super Eagles’ attack against Algeria

    Int’l Friendly: Terem Moffi to lead Super Eagles’ attack against Algeria

    On form Lorient football club of France striker, Terem Moffi has been favoured to lead the Super Eagles attack in the friendly encounter against Algeria on Tuesday 27th of September.

    Reports say  that the 23 year old forward is banging in goals aplenty in the Super Eagles training.

    Moffi has been in fantastic form in the French Ligue 1 this season, netting six times in eight appearances for Lorient.

    Emmanuel Dennis, Victor Osihmen, Ahmed Musa, Umar Sadiq and few others  are all on the injury list and Moffi has been penciled down to lead the attack of the Super Eagles in Constatatine.

    Teremas “Terem” Igobor Moffi is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club FC Lorient and the Nigeria national team.

    The super Eagles will face the Algerian side on Tuesday 27th of September but before that the CHAN Eagles will face the home based Algerians in an International Friendly in Oran.

  • How I reacted to Super Eagles call-up – Moffi

    How I reacted to Super Eagles call-up – Moffi

    Lorient star Terem Moffi has explained how he reacted to his maiden Nigeria call-up.

    On the back of an impressive 2020-21 campaign where he scored 14 goals in 32 Ligue 1 games, the 22-year-old was invited for the Super Eagles’ friendlies against Cameroon.

    He made his international bow in the 1-0 defeat to the Indomitable Lions, replacing Paul Onuachu in the 66th minute.

    He explained how coach Gernot Rohr sent him a message on WhatsApp after his treble helped Lorient silence Bordeaux 4-1 and what his response was.

    “I got the call-up after the Bordeaux game. I scored a hat-trick and my phone was buzzing with messages, I looked at my WhatsApp I saw a message from Gernot Rohr. I couldn’t reply to the message instantly,” Moffi told NFF media per Completesports.

    “I took a screenshot and sent it to my family group chat and I was like what do I say. It was really surprising because it’s the Super Eagles coach and it’s not everyone that gets the opportunity to a call-up in that way.

    “I was really excited; it was really good, to be honest. It took me about 45 minutes to give him a response.

    “I just said ‘thank you coach, it’s an honour to get a message from you. I would really like to play for my nation’, and he said he is looking forward to seeing me, it was incredible.”