A section of Nigerian fans have congratulated Kelechi Nwakali on gaining promotion to the Spanish LaLiga Huesca and are hopeful playing topflight football will revive the career of the U -17 World Cup winner .
He however featured in the last three games of the season , playing 90 minutes in the last game – a 1 - 0 victory over Sporting Gijon .
With his impressive outing in the last game , where he had 90 per cent pass accuracy and won four tackles, the fans , who commented on Twitter , believe he will realise his potential playing against the stars in the Spanish topflight .
Bimbo Oyedokun tweeted , “I hope he plays more in the Primera ( LaLiga ) than he did in the Segunda . We still don’ t have a proper creative midfielder for the Eagles . Would be great if he comes good.”
“So proud of this dude , watched him play at the U-17 and I thought to myself ‘this is one for the future ’. Hope he commands a regular shirt when season starts. He deserves it,” @UyohDaVoice added .
Ogadi Ejike wrote . “This is one Nigerian player I can ’t wait to see him playing regularly.”
Amen Adeyemi believes the promotion signaled the beginning of greatness for the midfieder , a view which was reietared by Henry Adelaja , who asked the 22 - year -old to put in more hardwork .
“So happy for him… hope this will be the beginning of his greatness … good player no doubt ,” Adeyemi tweeted .
“Congratulations @ Kelechi_nwakali on your promotion to the LaLiga !!!, now the hard work begins … Go and blossom ,” Adelaja wrote .
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