Two Nigerian Youngsters Making Waves At Manchester United
Published: February 07, 2018
Manchester United U23 youngsters Tosin Kehinde and Matthew Olosunde would yet face off against Chelsea U23s in their upcoming league fixture next time out, a game which would always throw up interesting caveats and trivias when many things are considered.
For Kehinde, it would be good riddance that he would be making his 13th league appearance against the Blues, a fixture in which he scored his first goal of the season, a strike which proved crucial in securing a 2-2 draw and a nomination for Manchester United's Goal of the Month award.
The 19-year old has since kicked on from there and even though his team has been under-performing, he could easily become the first Nigerian to feature for the Red Devils senior side.
Scott Mc Tominay, Axel Tuanzebe, Joel Perreira and Angel Gomes have all made the jump to feature for the first team in recent times and with Jose Mourinho having shown faith by affording the Nigerian plausible training sessions with the first team, it could only be just a matter of time for Kehinde who has done so well in knuckling down and showing his potentials and not necessarily angling for senior team action or move elsewhere.
Olosunde who has nine starts to his name has not done badly for himself too, having gone the distance in all but one of those.
The only telling, tainting thing is their abysmal run of results which have seen them win just twice from a possible 16 while losing eight times, a simply appalling record-book which explains why they are bottom of their league table.
While their outputs can well be stretched at any length, first team action could further harness their talents and they are well on that track, no doubt.
It would only get better for these next generation of Nigerian starlets who had kept showing that their bests are yet to come.
Emmanuel Chinaza
For Kehinde, it would be good riddance that he would be making his 13th league appearance against the Blues, a fixture in which he scored his first goal of the season, a strike which proved crucial in securing a 2-2 draw and a nomination for Manchester United's Goal of the Month award.
The 19-year old has since kicked on from there and even though his team has been under-performing, he could easily become the first Nigerian to feature for the Red Devils senior side.
Scott Mc Tominay, Axel Tuanzebe, Joel Perreira and Angel Gomes have all made the jump to feature for the first team in recent times and with Jose Mourinho having shown faith by affording the Nigerian plausible training sessions with the first team, it could only be just a matter of time for Kehinde who has done so well in knuckling down and showing his potentials and not necessarily angling for senior team action or move elsewhere.
Olosunde who has nine starts to his name has not done badly for himself too, having gone the distance in all but one of those.
The only telling, tainting thing is their abysmal run of results which have seen them win just twice from a possible 16 while losing eight times, a simply appalling record-book which explains why they are bottom of their league table.
While their outputs can well be stretched at any length, first team action could further harness their talents and they are well on that track, no doubt.
It would only get better for these next generation of Nigerian starlets who had kept showing that their bests are yet to come.
Emmanuel Chinaza
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