U21 Team of the Month Europe's Top 5 Leagues : Maja Partners Most Valuable Player In The World In Attack

Published: January 09, 2020

Super Eagles striker Josh Maja has been rewarded for his outstanding performances for French Ligue 1 side Girondins de Bordeaux for the month of December 2019 after he was named to the U21 Team of the Month for December by football statistics website Whoscored.com.

The team was set up in a 4-4-2 formation with Maja partnering the most valuable player in the world, Kylian Mbappe in attack.

The eleven players were selected from only the top five European leagues of England, Italy, Spain, Germany and France.

Maja played three league matches in December 2019 and capped them off with a hat trick in a 6-0 thrashing of Nimes on 3 December.

The Nigerian however fired blanks but was influential in his club's games against Olympique Marseille and Strasbourg.

So far Maja has scored five league goals and one in the French League Cup. In total he has played 16 league matches and one in the French League Cup. He has notched up 587 minutes in those league action with 11 starts to boot.

Whoscored.com Team of December 2019

Markus Schubert (Schalke 04); Trent Alexander Arnold (Liverpool), Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich), Dayot Upamecano (RB Leipzig), Dan-Axel Zagadou (Borrusia Dortmund); Nicolo Zaniolo (AS Roma), Tarin-Higon Rodriguez (Leganes), Eduardo Camavinga (Rennes), Jadon Sancho (Borrusia Dortmund); Kylian Mbappe (PSG), Josh Maja (Bordeaux).

Izuchukwu Okosi