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Ademola Lookman winning and smiling to the bank
Ademola Lookman is winning both on and off the pitch at Atletico Madrid.
On the pitch, he has scored six goals and made four assists since his transfer in January.
On Saturday, he will hope to win his first major piece of silverware when Atleti battle Real Sociedad in the Copa del Rey final, while his new club are also in the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League with him firing the tie breaker against Barcelona.
Off the pitch, the Super Eagles star forward is the joint second highest earner at the La Liga club as he earns 240,385 euros a week gross, same as the Argentine Julian Alvarez.
This is about five times what he was on at Atalanta – 47,170 euros.
The highest earner is the veteran goalkeeper Jan Oblak, who takes home 400,577 euros every week.
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There will be Nigerian interest in the semifinals of the UEFA Conference League after Crystal Palace made it to the last four.
Super Eagles star Chrisantus Uche features for Palace.
Palace will be guests of Shakhtar Donetsk in the semifinal first leg on April 30, while the return leg will be in London a week later.
Ademola Lookman carries Nigerian interest in the semifinal of the UEFA Champions League after he helped Atletico Madrid go past Barcelona to the last four of the competition, while Ola Aina will be representing Nigeria playing for Nottingham Forest in the semifinals of the UEFA Europa League.
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The ratings of Trabzonspor defender Chibuike Nwaiwu have continued to soar after he was ranked among the best five U23 players in the Turkish Super Lig.
This is according to CIES, one of Europe’s leading football research institutions.
Nwaiwu, the 22-year-old central defender who joined Trabzonspor just three months ago , secured second place with 78.8 points in the rankings.
Nwaiwu’s strongest attribute was highlighted as his “Playmaking from the Back.”
He was one of three Trabzonspor players who made the Top 5.
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Young winger Johnson Dauda has signed his first professional contract.
Serbian club FK Novi Pazar announced that 18-year-old winger Dauda has signed a three-year contract with them until 2029.
“Dauda is a regular member of the youth team of FK Novi Pazar, for whom he has played 15 games and scored two goals so far this season,” the club stated.
“His work, talent and attitude towards his responsibilities have attracted the attention of the coaching staff, which is why he has been training with the first team for some time, where he has fully met expectations.
“Confirmation of his progress came in the last game against Partizan Belgrade, when he was included in the first team squad.
“Signing a contract with Dauda represents a continuation of the club’s clear strategy to provide opportunities and promote the most talented players from our youth team.”
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