Head coach of Wolverhampton Wanderers Gary O’Neil made a bold move to include Wesley Okoduwa in his matchday squad for their English Premier League game against Newcastle United, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Wesley who is the son of Emmanuel Okoduwa, a former senior international striker for Nigeria who is famed for his exploits in Ukraine during his playing days and earned five caps for Nigeria.
The 15 year old ranks very high in the list of the top prospects at the club with his displays for the U18s where he plays as a right back good enough for a spot on the bench for the game which they lost 0-3 at St.James Park.
The coach explained that a lack of option made him to include the teen defender in his team, saying the sudden withdrawal of Joao Gomes with a hamstring injury made it possible for Okoduwa, who had to skip school to be in the squad.
“Wes missed school yesterday to come with us and sit on the bench today but he’s trained really well, he’s physically very good, so it’s one where we were short, but he wasn’t meant to be sub, Joao Gomes was meant to be sub but he didn’t feel great with his hamstring when he woke up this morning, so Wes ended up going on the bench”, Gary O’Neil told Wolves official webpage
“It’s probably slightly too early in his development, but it’s the situation we’re in.”
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