5 Hottest Prospects from The Nigerian Football League 2017 (Part 1)

With ongoing improvement in the quality of the Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL), tNS is happy to present the hottest prospects for the 2016-2017 season. It is common knowledge that there is paucity of data to objectively assess all aspects of performance within the Nigerian league, therefore it becomes especially important to utilize the resources we have to assess the best talents around. (1) Stephen Odey (Striker) Odey first got noticed in the football circles in Lagos during the 2012 Principals cup when he led his team to victory, finishing as both the tournament MVP and top scorer. He joined MFM F.C afterward and has now added two Lagos FA Cups with the NPFL team. Able to play on either wing and as a striker, Odey made his professional debut last year (2016) as a fresh-faced 18-year-old with MFM. Stephen Odey celebrates a goal in the colors of MFM F.C. The club was just promoted to the first-tier of Nigerian football on the back of some brilliant attack