{"id":18099,"date":"2019-11-25T15:36:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T15:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=18099"},"modified":"2019-11-25T15:37:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T15:37:29","slug":"arsenal-liverpool-paris-saint-germain-scramble-to-sign-nigerian-box-to-box-midfielder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/arsenal-liverpool-paris-saint-germain-scramble-to-sign-nigerian-box-to-box-midfielder","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal, Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain Scramble To Sign Nigerian Box-to-box Midfielder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Premier League clubs are reportedly monitoring the situation of Wolverhampton Wanderers&#8217; Owen Otasowie with a view to a summer swoop for the Nigerian box-to-box midfielder<\/p>\n<p>According to the online edition of The Sun UK, Arsenal and Liverpool are monitoring his progress at the Molineux Stadium, knowing full well that he comes off contract at the end of the 2019-2020 season.<\/p>\n<p>The report also claims that French champions Paris Saint-Germain and Bundesliga outfit Schalke 04 also hold an interest in Otasowie.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old caught the eye of PSG after starring against them as Wolves were held to a 1-1 draw in a Premier League International Cup on Wednesday, November 20.<\/p>\n<p>A product of local side Mass Elite Academy, the promising teenager is also comfortable playing as a central defender.<\/p>\n<p>This season, Otasowie has featured four times for Wolverhampton Wanderers U23s in the Premier League 2 and was in action against Football League clubs Morecambe and Blackpool in the EFL Trophy.<\/p>\n<p>He is eligible to represent England and United States apart from Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Premier League clubs are reportedly monitoring the situation of Wolverhampton Wanderers&#8217; Owen Otasowie with a view to a summer swoop for the Nigerian box-to-box midfielder According to the online edition of The Sun UK, Arsenal and Liverpool are monitoring his progress at the Molineux Stadium, knowing full well that he comes off contract at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":18100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[885,174,115],"class_list":["post-18099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-epl","tag-football-in-nigeria","tag-nigerian-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - 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