LaLiga: Nigeria’s Chukwueze gets Villarreal boss Satien’s morale booster

Villarreal head coach Quique Setién has extolled the unique virtues of Super Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze ahead of the club’s crucial league clash against Barcelona.

A former Barcelona manager, Quique Setién leads Villarreal against his previous employers with the Yellow Submarines not in great shape.

Villarreal have won only one of their last five games in all competitions, losing three, including a shocking 3-1 defeat at lowly Elche.

It is not the best time to host league leaders Barcelona, a team that has won ten of their last 11 La Liga matches.

But in Samuel Chukwueze, Villarreal boast a potent attacking threat from the flanks.

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The Nigerian winger is the fourth-best player in La Liga who makes the most incursions into the opponent’s danger area every 90 minutes – behind only the Barcelona duo of Raphinha and Ousmane Dembélé and Real Madrid’s Vinicius.

Chukwueze’s bold and creative play has been rewarded bountifully this term with the 24-year-old registering an impressive eight goals and seven assists across all competitions.

And Quique Setién confesses that, alongside Yéremy Pino and Álex Baena, Chukwueze is the man he is banking on to get Villarreal back on winning ways against Barcelona.