Kelechi Nwakali Targets Promotion To Spanish LaLiga With Huesca

Huesca of Spain returnee, Kelechi Nwakali has set his mind on giving his very best effort to help the club achieve promotion back to the Spanish top-flight league, LaLiga, even if it means playing constantly in a new role with the club, megasportsarena.com reports.

The Chile 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup-winning captain, who has always been known to be a defensive midfielder is already evolving into an attacking player, due to new tactics being employed by Huesca’s coach, but Nwakali says he has nothing against the transformation.

Rather than complain, the product of Diamond Football Academy of Umuahia is now seeking to find how the new attacking role can be beneficial to both him and the team, especially after he gained a lot of rave reviews for his performance in Huesca’s recent 3-2 win over Real Valladolid.

Although he is yet to score in 16 games for Huesca so far this campaign, starting 10 of them, the former Arsenal of England, VV Maastricht and VV Van Venlo of Netherlands as well as ex-FC Porto of Portugal star can still flaunt four goals he net ted while on loan at Alcorcon last season.

That came in the second half of the campaign and opened up the eyes of Huesca’s crew to the possibility of getting more out of him if they move him moved up field in a more advanced role, playing just behind the top striker.

The 23-year-old has taken up the challenge with lots of enthusiasm, as he declared that he is eager to play a prominent role for the club and help them in their task of securing a promotion ticket at the end of the season.

Nwakali further told AOIFootball.com: “I will say I like the new role given to me by the coach; it’s not a new role for me and I’m happy I was able to help the team win.

“I have played more defensively but I am confident I can also thrive going forward. Playing just behind the striker gives me more room to express myself creatively.

“I believe the coach has seen something I can offer and hope I play more in that role. Now the focus for us is to ensure we climb up the table gradually.

“We have an objective to achieve promotion and I hope come the end of the season we can fulfill our aim.”