Diego Maradona has big plans for young Nigerian striker Danjuma Kuti at United Arab Emirates club Fujairah.
Maradona has picked special interest in
the 19-year-old Kuti, who only recently moved to the UAE, and has even
brought him to train with the senior side.
A statement from UAE Sports Agency to SCORENigeria revealed that Maradona had been most impressed by how prolific the striker has been.
Kuti is the leading scorer of the youth team, who top the UAE Youth League table.
Last season, the youth team were crowned
champions of the U19 league after Kuti put them ahead by scoring the
only goal in a keenly contested match against Al Wasl F.C.
Maradona, who guided Argentina to
triumph at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, now wants the young striker
to join Fujairah’s first-team, but only two foreign players are allowed
by the UAEFA and already Omar Kossoko from France and one other foreign
player have been registered in the first division league competition.
Maradona is saddled with the task of
ensuring that Fujairah are promoted back to Asian Gulf League after
their relegation in 2015.
Fujairah won the right to be in the Asian Gulf League at the end of the 2012–2013 season.
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