Sports Director Jesper Jansson has opened up for the first time on the most bizarre transfer of highly promising Akinkunmi Amoo to Cyprus after he was convicted of rape in Denmark.
The former Sports Director of Hammarby and FC Copenhagen said Amoo was abandoned with “nowhere to go” after the conviction, which the player has since appealed against.
Jansson told Fotbollskanalen: “This is a guy who we brought to Hammarby from Africa when he was 18 years old. We had also followed him for a long time, and now many turned their backs on him. I could say that it was my personal responsibility (to help).
“He was in a very terrible position, and that’s how the discussion started. Somehow he had nowhere to go. It’s an ongoing thing, and he had been injured and needed somewhere to start. It was more on a personal level.”
Jansson has since been sacked by the Cypriot club, while Amoo mutually terminated his own contract with the club for “personal reasons”.
Niger are the new leaders of Group B of the WAFU B U17 AFCON qualifying tournament after they beat Togo 3-2 to set up an epic clash Sunday against the Golden Eaglets. The Niger vs Togo match was rescheduled till earlier today after it could not be played Thursday as a result of heavy downpour. …
Continue reading here ▶Golden Eaglets coach Manu Garba has lamented the poor preparation of his team after they scraped a goalless draw with Burkina Faso in their opening U17 AFCON qualifying match. “The match against Burkina Faso was only the first international game by the team,” lamented Manu. “Burkina Faso were better prepared than us. They went on …
Continue reading here ▶First of all, let me confess that Dan ‘The Bull’ Amokachi was one of the players who made me fall in love with the 1994 set of the Super Eagles. I was a big fan of Amokachi as a player both at the national team and his former club sides most especially at Everton, where …
Continue reading here ▶New Super Eagles coach Finidi George has been given a target to lead the team to at least the quarterfinal of the 2026 World Cup, according to NFF president Ibrahim Gusau. This will be of course after Finidi has qualified the country for the World Cup to be hosted by USA, Canada and Mexico. Gusau …
Continue reading here ▶The Golden Eaglets U17 AFCON qualifying Group B rivals Togo and Niger will play their match this morning after heavy rain caused it to be postponed. SCORENigeria learnt that the second Group B match, which was originally billed for Thursday evening, will now be played from 9am today. The Golden Eaglets opened the group Thursday …
Continue reading here ▶
