Brother reveals Nigerian Amiens forward wants to play for Nigeria U17s

Akinola Omotayo Akinleye, the brother of Amiens FC ahead, Daniel Akinleye, has revealed that the highly-rated teenager is open to taking part in worldwide soccer for Nigeria.

Daniel caught the attention of the French division two aspect final season, after scoring 10 objectives and offering seven assists for US Quevily-Rouen Métropole within the U17 class.

Born on the twentieth of August 2006 in Rouen, northern a part of France to Nigerian dad and mom, Daniel qualifies to signify the Golden Eaglets by way of his dad and mom.

When requested if Daniel is all in favour of taking part in for Nigeria, Akinola, talking to Soccernet mentioned :

“Sure, my brother could be very open to representing Nigeria. It’s one thing he’ll welcome with each arms. We watch each Nigerian video games at residence as a result of we all know that’s our root.

“Our dad and mom taught us in regards to the tradition and we nonetheless comply with it although we’re in France. My mother hardly go a day with out listening to Nigerian music and that contributed loads to our love for Nigerian music.

Described as a pacy striker with wonderful dribbling expertise. He has three objectives and one help to his title within the ongoing season for Amiens. Two in opposition to Montrouge 92, one in opposition to Mantois 78.

Daniel noticed 90mins of motion for Amiens in opposition to PSG U17’s yesterday. They misplaced by 1-0.

The Golden Eaglets gained the WAFU B match after defeating Burkina Faso by 2-1 on the cape coast stadium.