Episode 65: Consecutive clean sheets & assists for Bassey as he makes his UCL debut + Moffi hits 5th Ligue 1 goal of the season after 6 games

Calvin Bassey’s reputation continues to grow massively as he’s been in excellent form for Ajax, initially starring & getting an assist in their 4-0 win league over Cambur over the weekend before making his UEFA Champions League debut on Tuesday against his former team Rangers. He went on to get another clean sheet & assist as Ajax ran out comfortable 4-0 winners on the night! He is easily the present & future of the national team’s defence and he needs to be a certain starter at left centre-back going forward ideally alongside Kevin Akpoguma of Hoffenheim who has also started the new season well.

In France, Terem Moffi continued his excellent start to the season by netting his 5th Ligue 1 goal in 6 games on Wednesday as Lorient beat Lyon 3-1 at home to move up to 5th position on the table. He is arguably the most in-form Nigerian striker in Europe right now and looks well on course to surpass the 14 league goals he scored for Lorient in the 20/21 league season

In Spain, Umar Sadiq scored his 3rd La Liga goal in 4 games this season while making his debut for new club Real Sociedad in their 1-1 draw against Atletico Madrid over the weekend & he could be in for a monumental season if he can maintain his form. Samuel Chukwueze is also back in form after notching a goal & assist in the UEFA Conference league 4-3 win for Villarreal against Lech Poznan on Thursday night

In Italy, Ademola Lookman starred for top of the table Atalanta and notched an assist in 2-0 win away to Monza on Monday night while in England, Kelechi Iheanacho scored his 1st Premier League goal of the season as Leicester continued their poor start to the season with a 5-2 loss away to Brighton on Sunday with Wilfred Ndidi having a game to forget at centre back as he gave away a penalty.

In transfer news, Super Eagles captain made the move from Fatih Karagumruk to Sivasspor and made his debut off the bench on Thursday in their 1-1 UEFA Conference league draw against Peter Olayinka’s Slavia Prague with Peter also scoring his team’s sole goal of the game

I finished the podcast with a run through of the Ones To Watch over the weekend

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