Nigerian international, Wilfred Ndidi has been identified and voted by Sky Sports as Leicester City’s most valuable player in this season.
For so long, the Leicester City’s style of play is designed on powerful counter attacks of which the team has thrived over the years with the help of prolific attackers like Jamie Vardy Riyad Mahrez Islam Slimani and others both in the past and present.
Despite the front liners, One player has however been identified as the brain behind the success of the breaks this season and he is no other than Nigerian international midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi. Little wonder respected British television sports channel Sky Sports voted him as the Foxes Most Valuable Player.
Sky Sports has released a list of the most valuable player for every Premier League club in the 2019-2020 season and Nigeria international Wilfred Ndidi has been chosen as the MVP in the Leicester City squad.
The midfield general has appeared in 23 games in the English top-flight, scoring two goals and was in action for 1,892 minutes.
Of the six matches Ndidi missed through injury, Brendan Rodgers side managed to win only once.
Telling us how the Nigerian emerges best, Sky Sports wrote. “Leicester lead the way for counterattacks this season, a hallmark of their game in recent years.The bedrock of their midfield and the key man in launching so many fast breaks is Wilfred Ndidi.”
“The Nigerian is a master of the art of the turnover, regularly winning possession and springing attacks. His 4.4 tackles per 90 minutes is the highest in the Premier League this season and significantly higher than the next-best central midfielder, Oriol Romeu on 3.2.
“Ndidi’s value was further demonstrated by his recent injury absence – a five-game run that saw the previously high-flying Foxes take only two points from a possible 15.”
