{"id":5930,"date":"2019-03-05T17:47:44","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T17:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=5930"},"modified":"2019-03-05T17:47:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T17:47:44","slug":"photo-confirmation-tottenham-hotspur-snap-up-nigerian-central-midfielder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/photo-confirmation-tottenham-hotspur-snap-up-nigerian-central-midfielder","title":{"rendered":"Photo Confirmation : Tottenham Hotspur Snap Up Nigerian Central Midfielder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\u00a0can exclusively report that Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur have bolstered their youth ranks with the signing of Nigerian starlet Ferdinand Okoh.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A central midfielder by trade, Okoh has penned a deal until U16 level when Tottenham will have to make a decision on their new scholarship intake.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The 15-year-old has moved on to pastures new a year after he was released by another London club, West Ham.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He has made remarkable progress over the last one year after working with established coaches to further improve his qualities and has become a better player.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Okoh has been described by his minders as a central midfielder with good range of passing and has the ability to break up play.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Spurs are believed to be mulling over a move for Derby-born Nigerian striker Kion Etete after he trained with the club last week and played for their U18s in the league.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Luke Amos, Timothy Eyoma, Jubril Okedina and Joshua Oluwayemi who have Nigerian blood flowing in their veins play for Tottenham&#8217;s youth teams.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0can exclusively report that Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur have bolstered their youth ranks with the signing of Nigerian starlet Ferdinand Okoh. 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