Wilfried Ndidi Listed Among Top 23 EPL Signings In 2016/17 Season


Super Eagles and Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has made the list of top 23  players signed by English Premier League clubs best 23 in the 2016/17 season as adjudged by renowned British tabloid, Daily Star.


Ndidi's inclusion in the list was as a result of his impressive performance for Leicester after joining them from Belgian topflight club KRC Genk in January  2017.

Ndidi was bought as a replacement for N'Golo Kante who signed for 2016/2017 EPL champions Chelsea.

The former Flying Eagles star made 17 appearances for Leicester in the league, scoring two goals.

He was also voted Leicester City's Best Young Player of the Year.

He is one of the players invited by Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr for the two friendlies against Corsica and Togo on Friday, May 26 and Thursday, June 1, respectively.

Other players who made the list are Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Kante of Chelsea, Manchester City duo of Gabriel Jesus and Leroy Sane. and Marcos Alonso of Chelsea.

The list also has Arsenal's Shkodran Mustafi, Crystal Palace's Mamadou Sakho, Henrikh Mkhitaryan of Manchester United,  Victor Wanyama of Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool's Sadio Mane.

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