Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle is a huge admirer of Pisa of Italy based midfielder Ebenezer Akinsamiro, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
The coach has already ran the rule on the 20 year old, who is having his debut season in the Italian top flight with the newly promoted side on loan from Inter Milan.
He has so far played in six games in the Serie A and Chelle watched his last four games on television. He is also expected to do the same thing tomorrow when Pisa take on AC Milan.
Akinsamiro was recently picked among the top five U21 midfielders with the highest amount of ball progression in Europe’s top five league by data collecting website DataMB.
Top 5 League U21 Midfielders : Progressive action rate
E. Poku (Bayer Leverkusen, 21) — 37.5
A. Wharton (Crystal Palace, 21) — 34.26
S. El Mala (Köln, 19) — 32.33
E. Akinsanmiro (Pisa, 20) — 29.37
K. Yıldız (Juventus, 20) — 28.58
Chelle’s admiration could see him get a spot in the Super Eagles team for the world cup qualifiers playoff in November, where they will be up against Gabon for a spot in the final against either Congo Dr or Cameroon who will be up against each other in the other semi final.
