The 19-year-old has enjoyed a breakthrough year with club and country as the Foxes and Arsenal are said to be taking an interest.
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Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, has hinted he could give a first cap to teenage forward Samuel Chukwueze‚ who plays for Villarreal in Spain’s La Liga‚ against Bafana Bafana in this month’s crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
They also have a friendly encounter against the Cranes of Uganda at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba three days later.
Coach Emmanuel Amuneke’s side, much used to winning, asked so many questions of the Sudanese defence early on
Just two days after his brace helped the Flying Eagles demolish the Nigeria National League side, Shekarau Babes FC, in a friendly match played on the artificial pitch of the FIFA Goal Project in Abuja, the winger was again at his imperious best netting twice in the second half at the weekend at the same venue
Football’s world governing body, FIFA, admitted in November that it made a mistake in naming Eaglets’ skipper, Kelechi Nwakali, as the winner of the bronze boot, and decided to send another one to the actual winner, Chukwueze, while telling Nwakali to keep his
“Instead of player no. 8 of Nigeria, Samuel Chukwueze, the player Kelechi Nwakali (player no. 10 of Nigeria) received the adidas Bronze Boot. However, if two or more players are still equal (after goals and assists), the player who has played fewer number of minutes will be ranked first
Igwenjoku was quoted as saying: “Three clubs have enquired from my partners in Europe about Samuel Chukwueze. The clubs are Everton from the English Premier League as well as Malaga in Spain and Red Bull Salzburg in Austria
The Diamond Academy player said he is trying to lose his game to that of the former Chelsea player and look forward to more great performance for Nigeria at the FIFA U17 World Cup
Eaglets’ midfielder, Samuel Chukwueze, struck after 15 seconds from kick off to score Nigeria’s third fastest goal in the history of Under-17 World Cup