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Lookman Sets For Nigeria Switch

Lookman Sets For Nigeria Switch

by Niyi Busari,
Aug 03, 2019
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Lookmam sets for Nigeria switch

By Sampson Adedeji

Nigeria born and former England's Junior Three Lions forward Lookman Ademola is on the verge of switching his allegiance to Nigeria's Super Eagles, BSNSports.com.ng understands.

The Nigeria Football Federation has made a formal approach to the youngster who spent some part of his end the season break in Nigeria.

Lookman recently completed a £16m move to RB Leipzig from Everton after making 36 Premier League appearances for the Toffees and starting his career at Charlton.

Lookman has been capped by the Three Lions at U19, U20 and U21 level and would follow in the footsteps of Victor Moses and Alex Iwobi who both represented England at youth level before playing for the senior Nigeria side.

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Niyi Busari

Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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