Former Super Eagles captain, Austin Okocha is 33rd on
the list of top 100 best foreign players to feature in the English Premiere
League, according to acclaimed football magazine, FourFourTwo.
Former Arsenal striker and Nigerian Captain, Nwankwo
Kanu is 78 on the list. The magazine described him as the "Nigerian with
telescopic legs"
"Kanu is a magician" explained former Arsenal team mate Gilberto,
"and sometimes I'm not sure he knows what he's going to do next with the
ball."
"The Nigerian with the telescopic legs was a bewitching force in the
Gunners team during the early noughties, often teeing up Thierry Henry and
Dennis Bergkamp with mind-boggling dummies and flicks. Many of his own Arsenal
goals were also sublime, including a back-heeled volley at Middlesbrough in
1999 and a stupendous hat-trick at Stamford Bridge in his side's incredible 3-2
win. Kanu demonstrated that there was life after Arsenal, too, netting the
Wembley winner to help Portsmouth win the FA in 2008.
Erswhile
Super Eagles forward, Yakubu Aiyegbeni was also listed in the top 100 players. See that and more here:
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