UEFA Champions League draw day: See the Nigerian players involved this season

It’s the UEFA Champions League attracts day and the identical day varied Nigerian gamers will know their group opponents in Europe’s elite soccer membership cup competitors

A minimum of seven Nigerian gamers will see their groups know their opponents at the moment on the UEFA Champions League attracts.

The attracts which is able to maintain on Thursday afternoon will characteristic a few of Europe’s strongest gladiators and different golf equipment within the lineup of 32 groups.

How are the international locations represented?

Probably the most represented nation on this season’s Champions League is Germany with 5 representatives – Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Leipzig, Bayer Leverkusen and Frankfurt.

The best of others is from England, Spain and Italy with 4 groups every. Portugal has three groups whereas France has two. Scotland additionally has two groups in Rangers and Celtic.

Ukraine, Belgium, Israel, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Austria and the Netherlands have one crew every within the competitors.

Who’re the Nigerian gamers concerned?

Some Nigerian gamers will play an element of their crew’s quest within the Champions League this season.

Napoli’s Victor Osimhen will probably be enjoying within the competitors for simply the second time in his profession. He made his Champions League debut as a LOSC Lille participant and scored towards Chelsea that season.

He will probably be joined by Calvin Bassey who will probably be starring for Ajax and Zaidu Sanusi with FC Porto. Samson Tijani could play no half for Pink Bull Salzburg on this season’s Champions League as he suffered a tibia and fibular characteristic throughout preseason.

Olanrewaju Kayode could get an opportunity to characteristic once more within the Champions League with Shakhtar Donestk after getting back from a mortgage deal to Sivasspor.

Czech champions, Viktoria Plzen may have Nigeria’s Fortune Bassey characteristic for it within the competitors. Taiwo Akinkunmi may have a possibility to play on the largest degree of European soccer with Danish champions, FC Copenhagen.