The world football governing body, FIFA, in 2010 created an online platform called Transfer Matching System (TMS) for its member’s association to record player transfer between clubs. This was to improve transparency, efficiency and governance among clubs and football associations, and, also, to eradicate conflicts among clubs on the legal ownership of footballers. On this...
FIFA TMS announced today that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is the first Member Association (MA) in Africa to implement the FIFA TMS Domestic Transfer Matching System (DTMS). The DTMS online platform, which includes league access, will allow the NFF and the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) to manage its international and domestic transfers via...
There are 137 players in action at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar who will not represent their country of birth including Raheem Sterling and Eduardo Camavinga. A dozen players in the France squad are of African origin, there is a German in the Wales squad who is surrounded by English-born players and French-born...
Aston Villa will look to bring Paul Onuachu to the Premier League during the January transfer window. Onuachu is expected to be in the news again when the transfer window reopens in the winter. The Nigeria international has hugged the headlines over the years due to his goal-scoring prowess for Belgian Pro League outfit, KRC...
Super Eagles-eligible central defender Moritz Jenz has revealed how his move to Scottish Premiership champions Glasgow Celtic came about. The Hoops signed the German-born player on a season-long loan, with an option to buy him outright from his parent club Lorient included in the deal. Jenz was long on the radar of Celtic before they were able...
Cristiano Ronaldo has left Manchester United by “mutual agreement” in the aftermath of his making serious allegations in an interview, in an ignominious end to a supremely successful career at the club. He has left without a payoff and there are no restrictions on whom he can play for next. United had appointed lawyers to explore potential...
