By Wale Mustapha
English championship side, Charlton Athletic are set to offer a professional contract to Nigeria teenage goalkeeper, Samuel Friday James after a successful three months trials.
James was able to convince Charlton officials with his tremendous agility and talents between the sticks throughout his developmental training programmes and also impressed in all the test games featured.
His performances how however convinced the technical crew and management of the club that a raw diamond has landed on the side of the London based club.
It was therefore not a surprise with the decision of Charlton Athletic to offer the young talented goalkeeper from Mavlon FC, a modest NLO club, a contract at just 17 years old.
Sporting Lagos, a club in the elite league of Nigeria will not forget in a hurry the sublime display of James in a friendly game that ended 3-3.
The goalkeeping treasure denied Sporting Lagos some goalscoring opportunities that would have wrapped up the game in their favour.
Some European clubs have been monitoring James after his heroic performance with Mavlon FC at the Viareggio Cup Tournament that was held in Italy in March this year. Interestingly, it is Charlton Athletic that beat the rest to the signature of the ball- playing goalkeeper.
Fortune is already smiling at James since the first week he arrived the club. He only had few training sessions with the U-19 before he was upgraded to the U-21 due to his performances.
Within a fortnight, he was given access to train with the senior team of Charlton Athletic and he has continued to show exceptional quality, hence the decision to seal a transfer deal between the England club and Mavlon Fc by offering a pre- professional contract to the goalkeeping jewel.
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