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Ademola Lookman, Osimhen now the stars – Ex-Super Eagles coach
Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman are now the stars of Nigeria, according to former Super Eagles coach Jose Peseiro.
After a tough start, Ademola Lookman has flourished in the Super Eagles after he changed his international allegiance from England.
Under Peseiro, ‘Mola’ shone at the 2023 AFCON, where Nigeria reached the final.
He also showed class at the recent AFCON in Morocco.
“Osimhen was the star (of the Super Eagles), but he (Ademola Lookman) hasn’t been far behind; he’s even scored more goals (Lookman has six in 13 games, compared to the Galatasaray striker’s five in 14). Now they’re both stars,” Peseiro told Marca
The Portuguese coach revealed that the Atletico Madrid star chose Nigeria after he did not have a future with England at full international level despite shining at age-grade levels with his adopted country.
“He was just a kid, but he always told me how sad he was because after winning the Under-20 World Cup in 2017 and reaching the Under-21s, England stopped calling him up,” Peserio explained.
“He didn’t understand it; he thought he had a future there, but he had to accept it, So, since his parents were Nigerian, he accepted the call a few months before I arrived.
“Although he had made his debut, he didn’t always play, but I saw his potential, made him a consistent starter, and he exploded: he began to have fantastic seasons and was crucial in getting us to the Africa Cup of Nations final and in Atalanta winning the Europa League with his three goals.”
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Ademola Lookman is winning both on and off the pitch at Atletico Madrid.
On the pitch, he has scored six goals and made four assists since his transfer in January.
On Saturday, he will hope to win his first major piece of silverware when Atleti battle Real Sociedad in the Copa del Rey final, while his new club are also in the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League with him firing the tie breaker against Barcelona.
Off the pitch, the Super Eagles star forward is the joint second highest earner at the La Liga club as he earns 240,385 euros a week gross, same as the Argentine Julian Alvarez.
This is about five times what he was on at Atalanta – 47,170 euros.
The highest earner is the veteran goalkeeper Jan Oblak, who takes home 400,577 euros every week.
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There will be Nigerian interest in the semifinals of the UEFA Conference League after Crystal Palace made it to the last four.
Super Eagles star Chrisantus Uche features for Palace.
Palace will be guests of Shakhtar Donetsk in the semifinal first leg on April 30, while the return leg will be in London a week later.
Ademola Lookman carries Nigerian interest in the semifinal of the UEFA Champions League after he helped Atletico Madrid go past Barcelona to the last four of the competition, while Ola Aina will be representing Nigeria playing for Nottingham Forest in the semifinals of the UEFA Europa League.
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The ratings of Trabzonspor defender Chibuike Nwaiwu have continued to soar after he was ranked among the best five U23 players in the Turkish Super Lig.
This is according to CIES, one of Europe’s leading football research institutions.
Nwaiwu, the 22-year-old central defender who joined Trabzonspor just three months ago , secured second place with 78.8 points in the rankings.
Nwaiwu’s strongest attribute was highlighted as his “Playmaking from the Back.”
He was one of three Trabzonspor players who made the Top 5.
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