Little known Nigerian teen prospect Depo Mebude showed why he is so highly rated at English Championship side Watford with a brilliant solo goal during the team’s training.
Watford are in Austria for pre season training and Mebude who spent last season on loan to AFC Wimbledon in the English League One, a level below where Watford will play next season is part of the sqaud.
The club posted a video of their session and the 20 year old showed quick feet to evade his markers during a drill before slotting effortlessly past Maduka Okoye. The exiled first choice goalkepper of the senior national team of Nigeria.
Mebude has represented Scotland at U17, U19 and U21 level but he did show his Nigerian affiliation when he posed with the other Nigerians at the club in a photo with the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick.
Okoye is teaming up with the team after spending last season on loan to Sparta Rotterdam, where he was signed last season. He hasn’t hit the expected heights so far with fans unimpressed about the goal he conceded in their 1-3 pre season loss against Cambridge United.