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NDIDI NOW AFRICA’S RICHEST UNDER 21 FOOTBALLER

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BY BOLAJI OKUNOLA.

 

Super Eagles and Leicester City defensive midfielder, Winfred Ndidi has been named among 100 most valuable under 21 players in the world.

The Leicester City young player of the year who featured in Nigeria’s march to Russia 2018 World Cup is now the eleventh ranked most valuable under 21 player in the world.

Sports Village Square gathered form CIES Football Observatory.that the former Genk of Belgium midfielder is ahead Chelsea loanee, Tammy Ibrahim, Alex Iwobi, Dominic Solanke, Kelechi Iheanacho and Jordan Ibe.

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P.S.G Striker, Kylian Mbape, Tottenham Dele Alli and Man City Leroy Sane were the top three stars topping the list.

Ndidi was called up to the Super Eagles on October 8, 2015, making his debut in the friendly game against DR Congo, and playing again a few days later in the 3–0 win against Cameroon, when he replaced John Obi Mikel in the 63rd minute.

 

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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