‘Ighalo Is Best African Striker’

Former Nigeria international, Jude Aneke has lauded Odion Ighalo as the best African striker.
The China-based striker helped Nigeria finish third in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals in Egypt.
Ighalo scooped the Golden Boot accolade having netted five goals in the continental tournament.
However, the 30-year-old player announced his retirement from international football after the competition.
“Ighalo’s decision to retire is best known to him, in anyway Nigeria must move on,” Aneke noted.
Aneke, who played for Nigeria once, was the Nigeria league top scorer in 2012 with Kaduna United with 20 goals.
“Ighalo is an experienced striker and arguably the best in Africa going by his top scorer award in the AFCON,” he added.
“And the qualifiers before that however we must encourage younger strikers to aspire to be like Ighalo.”
In a related development, Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL legend and player advisor, Victor Ezeji has voiced his displeasure with clubs in the country playing in the NPFL just looking to always qualify for continental football, but not wanting to meet the criteria in order to do so which he says is really affecting the league negatively.
In a chat with www.brila.net, Ezeji also added that the NFF needs to come in and set down rules for clubs who qualify, with the qualified clubs meeting those requirements before they are allowed to represent Nigeria at the continental level.
“The NFF has to come in, there has to be laid down rules. If you ask every club, it’s all about wanting to play in the continent. It’s not just wanting to play on the continent, there needs to be laid down rules and criteria to be met,” Ezeji said.