Premier League celebrates Ndidi three year stint with Leicester City
Although there are hostilities of the FA Cup in the United Kingdom at the moment, the Eglish Premier League still remembered to celebrate Nigeria midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi, on the day he signed for Leicester City three years ago.
EPL on its twitter handle posted the video clips of the Super Eagles player to mark the day he signed for Leicester City when he moved from the Belgian club, Genk to England.
The Premier League stated that Ndidi has been very impressive since he joined the English side three years ago.
Ndidi made his Belgian Pro League debut with Genk on 31 January 2015 against Charleroi in a 1–0 away defeat. He played the first 74 minutes of the game, before being substituted for Jarne Vrijsen.
🦊 Wilfred Ndidi signed for @LCFC #OnThisDay in 2017
He's made quite an impression since… pic.twitter.com/ffwvNhDYuo
— Premier League (@premierleague) January 5, 2020
During the Belgian League play-off game against Club Brugge, Ndidi scored a long-range goal, which was named the goal of the season in the Belgian league. After receiving an attempted-clearance outside the penalty box, he lofted the ball smoothly over an opposing player before unleashing a ferocious volley into the top right corner The ball was adjudged to be travelling at over 111 km/h.
On 3 December 2016, Genk agreed a £17 million transfer deal with English champions Leicester City. The deal was confirmed on 5 January 2017.
Ndidi made his debut for the club on 7 January 2017, in a 2–1 win against Everton in the third round of the FA Cup.
He made his first Premier League start on 14 January 2017 against Chelsea at home in a 3–0 defeat. In the English FA Cup game against Derby County on 8 February 2017, Ndidi came on in the first half of extra time and scored his first goal for Leicester through a long-range shot
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In a 3–1 win over Liverpool on 27 February 2017, Ndidi won 11 of his 14 tackles] a feat bettered only by Chelsea’s N’Golo Kanté who made 14 tackles against the same club in January.
And since then, the Nigerian never looked back. He has been consistent with his club and country. Every match he played, he always made outstanding contributions.