French Ligue 1 side Nice have added 18 year old Nigerian forward Victor Orakpo to their first team squad for the start of pre season as a reward for his outstanding performance for the youth team following his arrival in January, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Orakpo who came to the attention of most European teams after impressing with the Bayern Munich world star team wasted no time in finding his feet at his new surroundings. He scored an astonishing 7 goals in 8 league games for the B team in just 7 starts.
In test games, he showed no sign of slowing down with another seven goals to take his tally in just six months at the club to 14 goals in 15 games. He has now been offered the chance to stake a claim in the first team starting from pre season.
Already he has resumed training and will be watched closely by the head coach Franck Haise who is said to have closely followed the progress of the lethal forward who has so far surpassed all expectations.
If he impresses he will join senior Nigeria international striker Terem Moffi in the first team of the squad, Moffi has been a part of the team for the past two seasons since his move from Lorient.
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