{"id":24873,"date":"2020-05-08T15:12:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T15:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=24873"},"modified":"2020-05-08T15:12:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T15:12:12","slug":"juventus-join-chase-for-super-eagles-midfield-destroyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/juventus-join-chase-for-super-eagles-midfield-destroyer","title":{"rendered":"Juventus Join Chase for Super Eagles Midfield Destroyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Serie A leaders Juventus are also interested in signing Wilfred Ndidi according to reports in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Leicester City who are hoping to hold on to Ndidi now face a battle to resist the bids from Manchester United, Paris St Germain and now Juventus. Ndidi said to be worth \u20ac36 million was crucial to the Foxes campaign this season. They were third-placed before the Coronavirus lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report on CalcioMercato, the Serie A champions have identified Ndidi as the ideal man to boost Juventus midfield.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old, known for his tough-tackling and ball interception abilities, is earning recognition as one of the best players in the world in his position.<\/p>\n<p>Leicester City signed Ndidi from KRC Genk for \u20ac17.6m in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serie A leaders Juventus are also interested in signing Wilfred Ndidi according to reports in Italy. Leicester City who are hoping to hold on to Ndidi now face a battle to resist the bids from Manchester United, Paris St Germain and now Juventus. Ndidi said to be worth \u20ac36 million was crucial to the Foxes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":24874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[1453,953],"class_list":["post-24873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-coronavirus-in-nigeria","tag-wilfred-ndidi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Juventus Join Chase for Super Eagles Midfield Destroyer - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Serie A leaders Juventus are also interested in signing Wilfred Ndidi according to reports in Italy.Leicester City who are hoping to hold on to Ndidi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/juventus-join-chase-for-super-eagles-midfield-destroyer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Juventus Join Chase for Super Eagles Midfield Destroyer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Serie A leaders Juventus are also interested in signing Wilfred Ndidi according to reports in Italy.Leicester City who are hoping to hold on to Ndidi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/juventus-join-chase-for-super-eagles-midfield-destroyer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-08T15:12:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/00550705_c1c7b47b68c31ed482f5182362947389_arc614x376_w624_us1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"624\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"382\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/juventus-join-chase-for-super-eagles-midfield-destroyer#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/juventus-join-chase-for-super-eagles-midfield-destroyer\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Juventus Join Chase for Super Eagles Midfield Destroyer\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-08T15:12:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/juventus-join-chase-for-super-eagles-midfield-destroyer\"},\"wordCount\":128,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/juventus-join-chase-for-super-eagles-midfield-destroyer#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/00550705_c1c7b47b68c31ed482f5182362947389_arc614x376_w624_us1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Coronavirus in Nigeria\",\"Wilfred Ndidi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/juventus-join-chase-for-super-eagles-midfield-destroyer#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/juventus-join-chase-for-super-eagles-midfield-destroyer\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/juventus-join-chase-for-super-eagles-midfield-destroyer\",\"name\":\"Juventus Join Chase for Super Eagles Midfield Destroyer - 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