Nigeria Top 50 Youngsters (35- 31) : Spotlight On Liverpool Loanee Awoniyi, Birmingham City YPOTY Solomon-Otabor, Mathew, Friday & Ehizibue

In continuation of allnigeriasoccer.com Top 50 Nigerian youngsters, we reveal numbers 35-31. All players yet to celebrate their 24th birthday are eligible to appear on the list.

35) Taiwo Awoniyi ( Liverpool, on loan to NEC Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Age : 19
Market Value : €500,000
Comments : Rewind back to 2015. Taiwo Awoniyi was one of the sought-after teenagers in the world and was linked with the likes of Man City and Manchester United thanks to his brilliant displays for the Nigerian youth teams.

He has suffered a dip in form since completing his transfer to Liverpool and the key now is for him to start scoring goals in order to regain his confidence. Don’t write him off yet.

34) Ifeanyi Mathew ( Lillestrom, Norway)
Age : 19
Market Value : €500,000
Comments : Definitely Ifeanyi won’t be lacking suitors should Lillestrom lose their top-flight status in the coming weeks.  He is a young footballer with so much promise and destined to be a mainstay with the Super Eagles soon.

A product of FC Hearts, he is strong, can play as a box-to-box midfielder, has good shooting abilities and reads the game well. Very intelligent player with attacking instincts.

33) Kingsley Ehizibue ( PEC Zwolle, Netherlands)
Age : 21
Market Value : €2,000,000
Comments : A member of the Netherlands U21s team but eligible to represent Nigeria and Germany, where he was born. Dutch clubs have a policy of developing youngsters and he can only get better.

He is a technically gifted winger and has the ability to pick out a pass. If he adds goalscoring to his game, then we have a jewel on our hands.

32) Fred Friday ( AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands)
Age : 21
Market Value : €1,500,000
Comments : Friday’s shift to AZ was one of the worst kept secrets in the summer transfer window as scouts were always flocking to Arasen Stadion to watch him do his thing.

A typical Nigerian striker, Friday is very strong, good on one-on-one situations, loves to take the ball to the defenders. He is calm in front of goal and a penalty-box predator. Has trained with the Nigerian Olympic national team.

31) Viv Solomon-Otabor (Birmingham City)
Age : 20
Market Value : €3,000,000
Comments : The Blues Young Player of the Year has football in his genes, with his father representing the famous Bendel Insurance while his late uncle Thompson Oliha won the African Nations Cup with Nigeria in 1994.

He is an exceptional talent, pacy winger who can play on both flanks, can be utilized as an attacking midfielder and loves dribbling with the ball.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel