His phone rang as he was at the airport, ready to leave for Bodo, Norway. “Hi Hafiz, do you want to come and do an internship at Chelsea?”. Hafiz Umar Ibrahim He is 18 years old and is a striker by trade. Scoring goals is very good for him and the observers from all over the world sent to the Viareggio Cup in February didn’t take long to notice: 10 goals, best scorer of the tournament withOdoju City, with whom he left Nigeria. He was born there in 2005, he will celebrate 19 years in December, but looking at those big eyes mounted on a 190 centimeter physique you would struggle to imagine him being ruthless towards opposing goalkeepers. And instead.
Hafiz Ibrahim, from Nigeria to Chelsea via Italy
The queue had been created for Hafiz: Milan, Inter, Fiorentina. But the boy is a non-EU citizen, spaces in Italy are limited and you have to carefully evaluate before occupying one. And then he showed up They will: the boy had already boarded the plane to Norway when an unknown number appeared on his phone: it was Joe Shields, co-director of scouting at Chelsea. An invitation to Cobham, to experience a Premier League experience: and so, after just a few training sessions with Bodo/Glimt, the very young Nigerian boy refused the transfer and flew to London.
Two week trial with Pochettino
Ibrahim will undergo a two-week trial period: a sort of internship, in which he will train with the first team under the orders of Mauricio Pochettino. Who will then decide whether it is worth investing in the boy with the easy goal. In this case, Ibrahim will be rerouted to Strasbourg, a club controlled by the Blues, to gain experience in Ligue 1 and become familiar with European football. Otherwise, perhaps, he will curse the choice to say no to the Norwegians. But Hafiz decided to chase his dream and the myth of him, Romelu Lukaku.
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– 2024-04-04 18:12:53
