{"id":15633,"date":"2019-09-18T18:30:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T18:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=15633"},"modified":"2020-02-13T12:06:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T12:06:22","slug":"npfl-joint-top-scorer-denies-nasarawa-united-exit-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/npfl-joint-top-scorer-denies-nasarawa-united-exit-plans","title":{"rendered":"NPFL joint-top scorer denies Nasarawa United exit plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The lethal striker has refuted reports suggesting he is considering a move to another club The joint-top scorer in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nigerian_Professional_Football_League\">Nigeria Professional Football League<\/a> (NPFL) for last season, Ibrahim Sunusi, has described reports suggesting he would be leaving his present club Nasarawa United for another team before the commencement of the 2019\/20 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Sunusi told Goal during an exclusive interview, a move away from his Lafia-based club at this period is the last thing on his mind for now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, it is not true, I am staying with Nasarawa United at least, for now, this is my state club and I am happy there,\u201d Sunisi stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, I am working hard to see that I improve on what I achieved last season and by God\u2019s grace I believe I would do better \u201c<\/p>\n<p>With a late flurry of goals, Sunusi scored 10 times during the abridged NPFL season but it was not enough to take Nasarawa United into the Super Six as they finished three points outside the last playoff spot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe tried our best last season but we could not make it to the Super Six, we are going to work harder this upcoming season, hopefully, we have better things than we did last time\u201d Sunusi who recently featured for the Nigeria U23s added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We defeated Sudan u23 national team 5 nil today with a goal and an assist to my name I return all the glory to Allah. <\/p>\n<p>This is not me but God working through me. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LML1Cba3rF\">pic.twitter.com\/LML1Cba3rF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OfficialSunusi (@OfficialSunusi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialSunusi\/status\/1171486031893295104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lethal striker has refuted reports suggesting he is considering a move to another club The joint-top scorer in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) for last season, Ibrahim Sunusi, has described reports suggesting he would be leaving his present club Nasarawa United for another team before the commencement of the 2019\/20 campaign. 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