The camp of the Nigeria U20 team has been boosted with the arrival of highly rated Arsenal forward Joel Ideho, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Ideho was handed a call up as one of the foreign based players by coach of the Nigerian team Ladan Bosso who is keen on having a proven goal scorer within his ranks ahead of the tournament next month in Egypt.
Bosso scouted across Europe for players eligible for the team and Ideho’s profile struck him the most and he quickly established contacts with his representatives. The 19 year old has scored just once this season in five games but his reputation as one of the talented teens in the youth team has seen him train with the first team on several occasions.
He was recently pictured in training with the first team two days before their 3-2 win over Manchester United in the English Premier League. He arrived the camp of the Nigeria U20 team in Abuja earlier today just in time for the evening training session.
Born in the Netherlands to Nigerian parents, the Netherlands made attempts to make him shun the Nigerian team as he is in their plans for a youth team call up. They have been on his case since his days at Ajax and have been monitoring his progress at Arsenal.
Despite the advances, he stuck to his determination to represent Nigeria and he will begin to fight for a spot in the final squad for the tournament later today. He will likely also play in the back to back friendly games against Zambia on Friday and Sunday respectively.