The English Championship is one league that is home to several English players of Nigerian descent with Luton Town FC 24 year old Gabriel Osho also in the list, OGN reports.
Osho has been a revelation this season in the Championship with surprise package Luton, who are 4th on the log, six points behind second placed Sheffield United who are occupying the final slot for automatic promotion to the English Premier League.
What makes the rise of Osho more interesting is that at the start of the season not many would have thought he would be this important in the team of coach Rob Edwards, owing to the fact that he ended last season with a harmstring injury that saw him miss the last ten games of last season.
Even this season he has missed as many as ten games due to fitness issues yet can still boast of as many as 25 games under his belt with two goals to his name and it includes one against Watford last weekend. As a matter of fact he has played the entire duration of nine of the last ten games.
A center back who is very comfortable on the ball with his coach describing him as a natural footballer who is silky in possession. ‘He’s naturally very talented and silky with the ball, Gabe, and we want to encourage him to keep being brave and doing those things”, he said of the defender.
Eligible for both Nigeria and England, he is yet to be capped by either of the countries at any levels making him not to require any form of switch of allegiance process, which will require some form of approval from FIFA before committing to Nigeria. He is one the handlers of the Super Eagles should put an eye on for a possible call up.
Daniel Martins