Precocious Arsenal Talent Nwakali Is The Solution To Nigeria's Midfield Problem

A playmaker with class, one highly rated by Arsenal and currently on loan at MVV Maastricht in Holland.

How is he not? It's a subject regular observers ponder. How is Kelechi Nwakali not included in the Super Eagles squad?

A player of grace, vision and football acumen, but one on the periphery at international level.

It's a strong national team, to be fair. And Nwakali is a creative midfielder – the Eagles are not short of those.

MVV fans would tell you how talented he is – one of the jewels of their campaign, a player to help facilitate the club's attacking principles.

Few midfielders are on the ball as much as the Nigerian in the Dutch second tier. Few can boast his passing accuracy, sitting at just over 87 per cent.

He is a fantastic player who is able to read the play before anyone else.

That's the major ingredient the Super Eagles lacked in their recent friendlies against Poland and Serbia respectively.

The former Golden Eaglets skipper will be hoping further great performances can aid a late bid for a spot in the national squad traveling to Russia.

It would be a fitting way to crown his time to date in MVV, where he feels at ease, national team or not.

Abayomi Ademetan