Impressive Form of Nigerian Strikers May Give Gernot Rohr Selection Headache

  Impressive Form of Nigerian Strikers May Give Gernot Rohr Selection Headache By Omolagba Oluwayemi Less than a week ago Rohr talked about bringing Odion Ighalo back into the national team fold which didn't go down well with many supporters who believed we have other better performing attackers across Europe and with what we witnessed over the weekend down to yesterday, I can say the fans are right. It was another fantastic gameweek, coupled with another rush of outstanding performances from our Nigerian attackers in Europe. Terem Moffi - bagged an hat-trick on Sunday as Lorient dispatched Bordeaux 4-1. The 21-year-old has now scored 14 goals in 28 appearances for Lorient this season alongside two assists which by all standard is one of the best scoring tally by a young player in Europe. Samuel Chukwueze - put up one of those performances that makes people liken him to one of football greats, Arjen Robben against Barcelona and if not for is inconsistency this season he could've been among the top players over there in spain and the performance on Sunday showed the class he belongs and the stuffs he's made of. He scored a messied goal against a Lionel Messi led side. Simy Nwankwo - is an household name in Italy and by all indications, he's among the five top attackers in the league this season. His brace against Parma on Saturday helped Crotone secured just their fifth win of the campaign and if you take away his 19 goals contribution for the relegation bound side, I'm sure they'll have been playing in Serie B before the start of the second stanza in January. Kelechi Iheanacho - senior man Kelz as popularly called by his teammates Wilfred Ndidi has shown us this season the exact reason Manchester City signed him in 2015 although he didn't lived up to expectations which is understandable due to the arrays of attackers in the team and since his move to Leicester, this season as really been the for him in his entire career. He's surprised everyone and at a point where Jamie Vardy is not performing too well, Iheanacho has shouldered the responsibility of leading Leicester back to the Champions League and you can see that from the importance of his 10 goals in the league for the Foxes this season. Although he's recorded 17 for them in all competitions, his goal against Southampton in semi-finals of the FA Cup is the reason why Leicester are the final and may win a trophy for the first time since their premier league triumph in 2016. Victor Osimhen - he's had a season marred by injuries and Covid-19 restrictions yet the Super Eagles front man has proven himself everytime his on the pitch for Napoli this season and if no for the circumstances which had not been favorable to him, no doubt he would have been among the leading scorer in the Serie A alongside country-man, Simy Nwankwo. 7 goals in 19 appearances is not bad for a man who had been in and out of the squad this season but we can say he's gained his confidence back in recent games scoring 4 times with an assist in his last five games and I'm quite sure if this season should continue this way, in a matter of weeks he'll be up there in the scorer's chat. Paul Onuachu - got an assist as Genk won the Belgian Cup on Sunday. Although he scored only twice in the cup this season, his 29 league goals in the Belgian Jupiler league is the reason clubs across Europe are juggling for his signature. He was initially not loved by the Super Eagles fans and anytime he's invited there's always division among the fans as majority believed he's not good enough for the Super Eagles while some believes his goal scoring feet for Genk should always earn him a call and in this last AFCON qualifiers, he silent his critics scoring twice in Nigeria's final 2 matches. No doubt we have many other players performing well in Europe and if performances is what we should go by, Gernot Rohr should be having serious headaches right now as per those to be invited for our next games but somehow, the man is thinking of inviting a 31 years old man from somewhere in Saudi Arabia. With no disrespect to Ighalo whom ofcourse had contributed to the game in Nigeria, but I think it's time we start looking at how to build a new team with these current crops of players who are firing on all cylinders week in, week out.