Super Eagles forward Paul Onuachu breaks Premier League record

The Tremendous Eagles ahead made a change from KRC Genk to affix Southampton.

The Nigerian Worldwide, Paul Onuachu, broke the document for peak within the English Premier League in 2022–23 following his signing with Southampton

The Nigerian striker joined the English membership from KRC Genk within the January switch window for a payment within the area of €18.00 million.

Nevertheless, after shifting to England, he has surpassed Dan Burn of Newcastle United to develop into the tallest participant within the Premier League.

Soccernet.ng experiences that Burn, who’s 201 cm tall and is identical peak as Southampton’s Fraser Forster, shorter than the Nigerian ahead, who stands at 202 cm.

The league’s tallest gamers this yr are Sasa Kalajdzic (200 cm), Asmir Begovi (199 cm), Jannik Vestergaard (199 cm), and Wout Weghorst (197 cm), amongst others.

Onuachu, who scored a handful of targets for the Smurfs within the Belgian Professional League, was thought to have an edge as a result of his physique.

The Nigerian ahead led the Belgian league in targets scored with 16 in 19 league video games for the crew earlier than leaving Cegeka Area.

The membership’s head of soccer may need cleverly acknowledged that one of many causes they invested closely in Tolu Arokodare, a fellow countryman, within the late hours of the January switch deadline day was because of the striker’s nimble physique.

Nigerian striker hopes to take part in his debut sport for the Saints when the crew visits Gteck Group Stadium on Saturday, February 4, 2023