Nigeria is a country blessed with football talent and the nation has also got millions of young footballers within and in disapora who are looking and ready to break into the senior national team.
Complete Sports reporter, OLUYEMI OGUNSEYIN takes a good look at five young and hugely talented players who can break into Super Eagles under manager, Gernot Rohr this very calender year of 2020.
Red-hot striker, Cyriel Dessers will certainly give the Super Eagles number nine and Lille talisman, Victor Osimhen a run for his money should the Belgian-born finally see through his wish to play for Nigeria.
Dessers who is the current leading scorer in the Eredivisie with 12 goals in 18 appearances for Heracles has expressed his desire to represent Nigeria ahead of Belgium, having attracted interest from both nations.
And as a matter of urgency, the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) have on their own part started making very serious moves to ensure that the 25-year-old gets to play for the Super Eagles in the nearest future.
The country’s football governing body have already convinced Dessers to switch international allegiance to Nigeria and have equally filed his application to the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA).
As per whoscored.com, Dessers does not only bring goals to the table but he also sets up his team-mates to score as well with the reliable and prolific goal-scorer having made five assists in the Dutch league.
His finishing is strong while his style of play shows he likes to do layoffs, has a massive counter attack threat, indirect set-piece threat, likes to play long balls and he is also a very good dribbler.
His ball-holding skills and all-round play are also some of his football qualities and after so far netting 15 times in only 20 matches across all competitions for Heracles this season, Dessers can excel with Nigeria.
Ovie Ejaria (Midfielder – Reading, England)
Versatile player, Ovie Ejaria is another one seriously knocking on the Super Eagles door even as the year 2020 which is now two weeks old progresses and that is as a result of his impressive form at club level.
Ejaria who has UEFA Champions League holders and run-away Premier League leaders, Liverpool among the list of clubs he has played for in his young football career is currently shining for Reading in the Championship.
One of Reading’s standout performers this term has been 22-year-old Ejaria with the Liverpool loanee having lit up the Championship for much of the season so far since arriving at the Madejski Stadium last summer.
With three goals and three assists in 22 Championship outings, Ejaria has really thrived under the stewardship of Mark Bowen who has deployed the youngster largely in a central midfield role that has given him licence to roam.
Ejaria will no doubt prove to be a key cog in any real push for the play-offs that Reading manage to pull off between now and the end of the season with the youngster offering both goals and creativity that will prove vital.
As per whoscored.com, he is also versatile, having played five different roles for Reading this term; MC (Midfielder Centre), AML (Attacking Midfielder Left), FWL (Forward Left), ML (Midfielder Left) and MR (Midfielder Right).
