Nigeria’s Super Eagles hopeful, Eberechi Eze says Tottenham Hotspur striker, Dele Alli is the player that motivated him to be in his current position.
Queen Park Rangers star, who is with 12 goals and eight assists from his 39 competitive games this season, revealed that Alli, who is of Nigerian ancestry with Eze, is the player he look up to because he has shown that it is possible to go from lower league and become a big star with bigger side.
“He [Alli] has shown that it’s possible to go from lower league and fit right in and even become more than what people expected you to be.
“When you look at guys like that, just like Raheem [Sterling] and [Jadon] Sancho, you appreciate what they’ve done and you look at them and it’s a round of applause to you because they’ve actually done it,” EZE said.
Speaking further, the Nigeria Football Federation target went on to reveal his desire of playing at the highest levels of club and international football.
“I have goals and targets that I want to hit. I think It’s more about me applying myself every day and the belief I have in myself, the backing I have in myself I believe that I can reach the heights of football.
“I want to get to the Champions League, World Cup, I want to be playing all of this. Not just competing, but really winning the Champions League as that’s my aim. Wherever my talent or assets take me, that’s where it is.”
“I don’t want to put any limitations on myself. In terms of my ambitions I want to be at the top. I’m going to work as hard as I can and apply myself in any which way possible in order to reach there. I’m not going to stop until I get there,” he added.
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