(Photo) Official : Ex-Arsenal Winger Tella & Obafemi Sign Professional Contracts With Southampton
Published: July 04, 2017
Former Arsenal schoolboy Nathan Tella has been rewarded for his imperious display for the youth team of Southampton, with the Premier League club offering the winger his first professional contract.
Tella, 17, joined Southampton in March following a successful trial and will be remembered by the Saints faithful in 2017 after winning the Sure Southampton FC Goal of the Month award for May.
A delighted Tella posted on social media : ''Happy to have signed my first professional contract with Southampton FC! God is great''.
Another Nigerian talent Michael Obafemi has also appended his signature to his first professional contract with Southampton.
The 16-year-old, who has born in Ireland, scored four goals for the U18 squad last season, and will be hoping to make his league debut for the U23s in the new season.
Obafemi was a member of the Soaring Eaglets squad that lost to the Nigeria U17s in a friendly in Abuja back in 2015, and was the most outstanding player for the United Kingdom based team despite being the youngest and smallest in size.
Igho Kingsley
Tella, 17, joined Southampton in March following a successful trial and will be remembered by the Saints faithful in 2017 after winning the Sure Southampton FC Goal of the Month award for May.
A delighted Tella posted on social media : ''Happy to have signed my first professional contract with Southampton FC! God is great''.
Another Nigerian talent Michael Obafemi has also appended his signature to his first professional contract with Southampton.
The 16-year-old, who has born in Ireland, scored four goals for the U18 squad last season, and will be hoping to make his league debut for the U23s in the new season.
Obafemi was a member of the Soaring Eaglets squad that lost to the Nigeria U17s in a friendly in Abuja back in 2015, and was the most outstanding player for the United Kingdom based team despite being the youngest and smallest in size.
Igho Kingsley
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