{"id":154480,"date":"2025-03-09T22:37:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T21:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/npfl-finidi-welcomes-mbaoma-to-rivers-united"},"modified":"2025-03-20T23:45:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:45:26","slug":"npfl-finidi-welcomes-mbaoma-to-rivers-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/npfl-finidi-welcomes-mbaoma-to-rivers-united","title":{"rendered":"NPFL: Finidi welcomes Mbaoma to Rivers United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Rivers United technical adviser, Finidi George believes that the arrival of former Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) top scorer, Chijioke Mbaoma and other strikers will boost the team\u2019s chances of achieving their target this season.<\/p>\n<p>Mbaoma recently linked up with the former NPFL champions.<\/p>\n<p>Finidi expressed optimism with the signing of the player and is upbeat it will boost the team\u2019s attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are experience players especially strikers, I\u2019m happy with their contributions let\u2019s keep this going and see how far we can go,\u201d Finidi told the club\u2019s media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are working towards a target and I believe its achievable, fighting for the league is still possible if we can pick points away and win our home games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know Remo Stars and Rangers are still coming to Port Harcourt by the time we start doing this we will close up the gap maybe there will be pressure on their path and they might slip we will keep encouraging the boys and see how far we can go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Rivers United technical adviser, Finidi George believes that the arrival of former Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) top scorer, Chijioke Mbaoma and other strikers will boost the team\u2019s chances of achieving their target this season. Mbaoma recently linked up with the former NPFL champions. 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