Nigeria stars have continued to shine across the globe with Leke James landing his first Norwegian league title, IFK Goteborg midfielder Alhassan Yusuf crowned a super season in Sweden with the Young Player Award and Benin and Lesotho must now be weary of captain Ahmed Musa after he scored on return from injury.
5.Alhassan Yusuf
He was most certainly one of the biggest Nigeria football headliners this past week when he scooped the prestigious Young Player of the Year Award in Sweden. It was a deserved recognition for what he achieved with IFK Goteborg this past season. It is therefore little wonder that Sweden now wish to cap the Wolverhampton Wanderers target ahead of Nigeria.
4.Ahmed Musa
The Super Eagles captain has fired a big warning to both Benin and Lesotho leading up to this week’s 2021 AFCON qualifiers with two goals in a cup tie in Saudi Arabia. This further proves he has fully recovered from injury which has kept him away from the national team since the AFCON in Egypt.
3.‘Simy’ Nwankwo
The big striker has continued to knock on the door of the Super Eagles after he scored his eighth goal as FC Crotone continue to push for a prompt return to the Italian Serie A. The target man ought to be given a second chance by Eagles coach Gernot Rohr.
2.Chidera Ejuke
The exciting winger has continued to deliver for Dutch club Heerenveen with his latest being his two goals that dumped Sparta Rotterdam. He has now netted six goals for the club who splashed two million Euros when they signed him from Norwegian club Valerenga in the summer.
1.Leke James
The experienced striker is now champion of Norway after overcoming a long-term knee injury that almost cost him his career. His brace against Stromgodset took his league goals tally to 15 and his club Molde FK were runaway champions with two rounds of matches to spare.
