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Sports News of Saturday, 30 May 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Iwobi tips Osimhen to replace Ighalo

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Everton player, Alex Iwobi, has hinted his Nigerian teammate, Victor Osimhen, will be a perfect replacement for ex-Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo.

Ighalo's retirement from the national team has left his position vacant and Osimhen has stepped up to show himself as a worthy replacement.

Iwobi who was with Arsenal has now backed up Osimhen to fill the void left by the Manchester United loanee.

“The good thing for us when we were in the last tournament, we were a very young squad and we got a lot of young talents coming through as well,” said Iwobi on Instagram Live.

“Unfortunately Mikel and Ighalo won’t be with us anymore for the future but there are lots of young talents like Victor Osimhen can take Ighalo’s role, not only Victor.”

With many young talents coming through the ranks of the Super Eagles, Iwobi believes that the future is bright.

“The way Gernot Rohr tells us to humble ourselves and come with the right mentality, all good to him. Nigeria we are good enough to compete to try and win tournaments.

“At the end of the day you are in the tournaments to try and win, now we are very confident, with the young talents coming through its very exciting times for the future.”

Speaking about playing under Rohr who just signed a new contract with to remain the coach of the Eagles, Iwobi said:

“I really enjoy playing under him (Rohr), hopefully there will be more to come. “First of all the team, the results speak for itself I guess because we are blossoming very well as a team, we are getting the results as good as we can.

“For him to sign an extension is good news,” the Super Eagles playmaker concluded.