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Balogun Breaks Silence On His Int’l Future, Eyes Nigeria Call-up

by Leadership News
3 years ago
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Arsenal loanee, Folarin Balogun, has given Nigeria’s Super Eagles hope of securing his international future.

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Balogun was born in New York, USA to Nigerian parents, but his family emigrated to London, England when he was two years old.

He has lived there ever since and also started his football career there, joining Arsenal’s Hale End academy when he was seven years old.

Eligible to play for the USMNT, Nigeria and England, Balogun has been cutting his teeth on the international stages with England’s youth teams after a very brief stint with the USMNT under-18 team.

He has amassed 11 goals in 26 games across England’s youth teams and is now being looked at for a potential call-up to the Three Lions senior squad.

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His strong performances on loan in France with Reims where he is looking to impress Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, have also propped him up as another bright young talent.

Balogun has scored seven times and provided two assists in 12 games for the club, who sit in 14th place in the French Ligue 1 table.

Balogun has now revealed that he is open to committing his international future to Nigeria in a recent interview.

Speaking to BBC, Balogun said: “I haven’t heard anything from Nigeria, but I’m open to anything because Nigeria is very close to my heart.

“My family’s from there. I always have love for Nigeria. That’s a conversation that I need to have with people around me, my agent and obviously my family.

“But if I was asked about the opportunity to play for Nigeria, then I can have that conversation. But first I need to be asked.”

The 21-year-old striker will have some serious competition regardless of where he chooses to play. Victor Osimhen who, at the moment, is considered among the top three best young strikers in the world, sits atop the rankings in Nigeria. Balogun will also face competition from fellow Ligue 1 star Terem Moffi, who just sits above him in fourth place in the league’s top scorer rankings for the ongoing season.

In England, he will also face competition from many promising young forwards. However, he believes that his time at Reims will help him develop further enough to stake his claim to a place at Arsenal, Nigeria or England.

 


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