The then 16-year-old started honing his trade at Spurs Academy where he spent three years but failed to make the grade before he moved on to FC Groningen for his first taste of senior football.

"One of my last moments at Tottenham before I left Spurs was when I had a meeting with one of my coaches, he told me and my mum that I wasn't good enough to play, that he didn't think I could make it as a football player."

"This kind of upset me so much at the time but later became a big point for me to prove, first to them, then to myself and finally to the world that i am good enough to make it to the top."

Since then, he has gone to represent Nigeria's U-23s at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics while also earning caps at last year's Russia World Cup tournament with the senior national team.

Dordrecht, FK Haugesund, Bursaspor and Gent have all benefited from the qualities of the never-say-die defender as he continues to take his career to an outstanding level.