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Saturday, 7 March 2015

Check Out The Top 5 In Form Nigerian Born Players That Should Be Invited To The Super Eagles

JORDAN IBE

Jordon Ashley Femi ibe has played a starring role since emerging at Liverpool, having flourished during a loan spell at Derby County. 

Since returning to Anfield in January, Ibe has established himself in the first team, preferred to £20 million signing Lazar Markovic in the right wing- back role. 
 

His emergence over the past month, which has featured exciting displays against Everton, Tottenham and Besiktas. He has been as swift as one of those rapid bursts down the right flank he can produce and the hopes Brendan Rodgers has for this confident 19-year old are understandably high. Continue...


In which he firmly believed he could influence their aggressive pursuit of a top four spot. He earned himself a man of the match award after his scintillating display in the Merseyside derby, he won the penalty Balotelli controversially converted that gave Liverpool a slim victory over Besiktas in the Europa League a fortnight ago and continued brilliantly with his Amazing performance against Southampton.
He is blessed with abundance of skills and step over’s and he has shown maturity over time in his approach with just 19 years of age. No wonder is in international tug-of-war with Nigeria and England. However, he could still switch allegiances and Nigeria officials plan to offer him a full international cap for the Super Eagles.

 

SAMMY AMEOBI

Samuel Oluwaseyi “Sammy"  Ameobi  is a footballer who plays for Newscastle United as a winger. He wears jersey number 28 and ever since his emergence as a fringe player for Newcastle last year, he has grown into a player full of confidence, drive, great physique and powerful left foot.

Having been integrated into the first team by the former manager Alan pardew, he has been in scintillating form ever since.

He scored his first senior league goal for Newcastle on 26 October 2014,within seven seconds of the second half against Tottenham and he was pivotal to ending Chelsea’s unbeaten premier league run earlier in the season with an assist during the match which ended 2-1 . 
 This season, Ameobi has appeared 17 times in the Premier league, scoring two goals and contributing two assists. He is a natural left winger with great vision that will help reshape and bring in a new dimension into the National team attack formation, something that has been missing in the Super Eagles for a very long time ever since the great Emmanuel Amuneke retired.

ODION IGHALO

Nigerian’s odion ighalo continued with his brilliant goal scoring run by scoring a brace in Watford’s 2-1 defeat of Brentford in an English Championship game played on Tuesday. The Nigeria- born striker has been earning the plaudits of his team-mates, gradually becoming fan’s favourite at English Championship side Watford.

The 25-year old has netted 15 times for the club this season, which has taken them to fifth spot on the standing to play-off position and in contention for the Premier League. 

He is in a rich vein form, where everything he touches ends up in the net. Ighalo qualities are quite enormous; he is strong, skilful and also has a very good finish. The former Flying Eagles skipper has now scored eleven goals  in his last seven games.

BARTHOLOMEW OGBECHE

He has been in superb form since the turn of the year, the Nigeria international has so far played 21 times scoring eleven goals and contributing one assist. 

The former Super Eagles striker is now the leading African scorer in the Dutch top Flight after he netted his 11th goal of the season on Friday.

He is sixth overall on the goals’ chart, four goals behind top scorer Memphis Depay. Incidentally, Ogbeche only returned to action for his Dutch Eredivise team, Cambuur, on Friday after he served a a match ban. His 11th goal in the League was in Cambuur’s 1-2 defeat at NAC Brada.

CHUBA AKPOM

The talented striker Chuba was an integral part of the Arsenal Fc youth set-up last season, scoring 15 times in his 23 appearances for the Academy sides. The England youth international also completed short loan spells at Brentford and Coventry City in the d second half of the campaign. 

Chuba made two appearances for the first team last season and scored a penalty in the shoot-out win against West Bromwich Albion in the Capital One Cup.

He produced impressive showings in the UEFA Youth League and the FA youth Cup with a combined tally of nine goals in the two cup competitions.
He recently signed an improved contract with the gunners during January transfer window and he has been enterprising with his display ever since he has been integrated first team. 
He came in as a second half substitute in a recent premier league match against Aston Villa and waste no time in winning a penalty which Carzorla converted  to make the scoreline 4-0 at that time.

Chuba is indeed a player to watch out for in years to come and having shown interest in playing for Nigeria, i strongly believe this is the right time to snap him up before it’s too late.

 

 


 


 

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