Odion Ighalo is the most celebrated Nigerian at Manchester United since his move to the team on transfer deadline day during the January transfer window.
However there is another Nigerian teen at the team who has gone unnoticed largely because of the fact that his name sounds more like that of a Dutch national than Nigeria and he has also represented them at youth level.
Dillon Ifunanya Chukwu Hoogewerf joined Manchester United around this time last year from Ajax after scoring ten goals and creating six in 18 appearances for the Under-17 side of the Dutch giants.
Rated as a quick feet 17 year old , the teen star who is born to a Nigerian father and a Dutch mother is still eligible to represent Nigeria despite playing 19 games for the Netherlands from U13 to U17 level with ten goals to his name.
At Manchester United he has scored three goals in 13 games before the league was brought to a halt by coronavirus. His rise to the senior team is no doubt almost certain next season if he maintains his progress with the U19s of the Premier League giants.
In the future his senior international career will no doubt spark a tug of war between Nigeria and the Netherlands if he progresses to the first team of Man United as expected. If he does he will be following in the footsteps of William Troost-Ekong, Tyrone Ebuehi and Kingsley Ehizibue who all picked Nigeria despite their eligibility for the Netherlands.
