Photo : Nigerian Winger In Line To Face Old Club Arsenal, Training With Southampton First Team

Published: June 23, 2020

Promising Nigerian winger Nathan Tella is in line to make his second consecutive English Premier League appearance when Southampton face Arsenal at the St Mary's Stadium on Thursday, June 25, allnigeriasoccer.com reports.

The official website of Southampton has published images showing Tella training with the first team in Monday's workout held at Staplewood ahead of the visit of the Gunners.

Having spent close to a decade at the Arsenal Academy prior to his move to the Saints in 2017, it would be an emotional moment for Tella if he is handed a run-out by manager Ralph Hasenhuttl against his old club.

The Austrian football tactician has hinted that the Nigerian stands a good chance of playing again for the first team before the end of the 2019-2020 season.

Speaking post-match after the 3-0 rout of Norwich City on Friday, Hasenhuttl was quoted as saying by Hampshire Live : "Yes for sure, we could see more from him.

"He likes to hunt, and it is another guy from our academy who I am sure will play a bigger role in the future".

Tella, who played for two minutes against Norwich City on his Premier League debut, has a contract with Southampton until the end of this season.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

Photo Credit : southamptonfc.com

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