West Ham United of England youth team player, Mipo Odubeko has revealed the deep level of delight he is feeling over his emergence as English Premier League best player for the month of April, megasportsarena.com reports.
In the wake of the diadem for the past month’s best performer handed to him at his club’s training ground, the Nigerian-born youngster declared how thrilled and excited hew was achieving the feat.
With a broad smile plastered to his face, the Nigerian-born youngster, who lined out for Manchester United’s youth team before joining The Hammers, acknowledged the value of the gong to his burgeoning career.
Odubeko has been involved in two matches for West Ham’s first team this season – both coming in the Emirates FA Cup – and was named in the matchday squad for Premier League games on sixteen occasions this season.
Consequently, he saw off competition from Danny Cashman (Brighton & Hove Albion), Josh Hawkes (Sunderland), Dilan Markanday (Spurs), Cole Palmer (Manchester City) and Crysencio Summerville (Leeds United) to win the award.
Last month, the 18-year-old scored five goals in four appearances for the Hammers U23 side in the Premier League 2, including a hat-trick against his former club, making him the second Nigerian-born lad to win the EPL2’s best player award this season after Man United youngster, Shola Shoretire.
Odubeko exuded delight all the way, as he told West Ham’s official website: “It feels good to win this award. The targets that I set helped me get to this award, so I’m thankful for that.
“The U23s went into the month of April knowing what we had to do. The objective of the team was just to stay up. Luckily, I was able to provide goals and help the team do that.
“We had four tough games – Chelsea, Manchester United, Everton, and Manchester City – and we were fighting relegation. We got a few big results. I’m happy that I could play my part in helping the team.”
