Wonderkid who rejected Spurs supply now performs in South Korea second division
Ex-Tottenham Hotspur youth prodigy Nathan Oduwa is making ready for his debut in South Korea.
It’s doubtless most Spurs followers and maybe these from different Premier League groups are mildly aware of the previous Nigeria worldwide. That is as a result of he was as soon as thought of to be probably the most thrilling prospects to emerge from the North Londoners’ academy.
His future regarded set to be at White Hart Land and, ultimately, the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. However, he selected to snub their advances, starting a sequence of occasions that noticed him grow to be a basic soccer journeyman.
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Oduwa, 27, first attracted consideration with some dazzling shows within the Spurs’ youth groups. His barnstorming performances noticed him earn worldwide caps with the England U18s, 19s and 20s groups.
He then examined his mettle with Luton Town, a League Two facet in 2015, and Rangers, who had been nonetheless within the Scottish Championship on the time. After watching him in motion, Mauricio Pochettino sought to tie down Oduwa to a long run deal in North London.
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However, he was reportedly instructed he can be competing for first-team squad locations with fellow younger stars Josh Onomah and Alex Pritchard. While Sky Sports claimed his agent did his greatest to persuade him to place pen to paper on the Tottenham supply, Oduwa left the membership in 2017 to hitch Slovenian outfit NK Olimpija – he can be launched 18 months later.
Oduwa has since performed for Danish facet Vejle BK, Israeli facet Hapoel Hadera, Irish giants Dundalk FC and Azerbaijani group FC Shamakhi. In January, 18 months of free company got here to an finish when he joined second division South Korean outfit Cheongju FC.
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To many, his file can be thought of a disappointment. However, contemplating he has skilled soccer in Israel, Denmark, Ireland, Azerbeijan and shortly to be South Korea, he has seen soccer in almost each nook of the world.
He might not have grow to be the Tottenham legend some thought he can be, however few have had extra numerous careers than Oduwa.
