Coach of the senior national team Gernot Rohr says Almeria striker Sadiq Umar is among the best forward in Spanish football at the moment.
24 year old Sadiq is leading Almeria’s quest to return to the top flight with 16 goals and 5 assists from 32 games in the Spanish second division.
Almeria are currently 3rd on the log, six points behind Mallorca who are second and occupying the last promotion spot runaway leaders Espanyol set to snatch a ticket to the La Liga.
Rohr who handed the forward a maiden call up for the Super Eagles final round of AFCON qualifiers, but later replaced him following the decision of his club not to release him is still a firm admirer of the former Roma forward.
Speaking on the options available to him, the Franco German coach used a special adjective to describe Sadiq after mentioning him as an option in attack for the Super Eagles.
“We have Onuachu, we have Osimhen, we have Kelechi who scored and going to the final of the FA Cup, we have also perhaps the comeback of Ighalo, it could be interesting also, we have Sadiq Umar who I invited, I wanted to see him for the first time last time but his club did not release him.
“Sadiq deserves also a chance – one of the best centre forwards in Spain actually”, he told Elegbete TV.