UCL: Golden Eaglet Captain, Samson Tijani Makes RB Salzburg's Knockout List

UCL: Golden Eaglet Captain, Samson Tijani Makes RB Salzburg's Knockout List With only 13 days to the round 16 of the 2021/22 UEFA Champions League season, former Golden Eaglet captain, Samson Tijani was a surprise inclusion in RB Salzburg's list. In a statement released by the club on Thursday 3rd of February, 2022, Tijani was among the three new additions to the club's list for the second round fixture. "Our new signing Ignace Van der Brempt , Sekou Koita , who is working on his comeback, and a surprise candidate : Samson Tijani , who came from his native Nigeria in the summer of 2020 and has since been on loan at TSV Hartberg and as a cooperation player at FC Liefering, have been nominated. was able to leave a lasting impression in the preparation and was called up by coach Matthias Jaissle," reads the statement. RB Salzburg will play Bayern Munich in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League with the first leg set for Wednesday 16 February 2021 in Austria and the return in Germany on 8th of March.