ARSENAL OF ENGLAND PAYS GLOWING TRIBUTE TO KANU NWANKWO, PLACED HIM 13TH IN GUNNERS BEST OF ALL TIME 50 TOP LEGENDS
“Some men are born
great, others achieve greatness and some have greatness bestowed unto them”
–William Shakespeare
Years after
he sensationally called it quit with the beautiful game, Nigerian born and
Arsenal legend, Kanu Nwankwo has continued to soar like the beautiful Eagle
that refused to go frail
Kanu, the
former two time African footballer of the
year and one of the finest African
talent ever to play in the prestigious
English premiership leaguer(EPL) was this week historically listed as the 13th
best ever player in the history of the respected Arsenal FC aka GUNNERS
IN a
celebration of players that have served the club since inception, the Gunners
listed 50 of their greatest legends and while it was not a surprise that
mercurial Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp, Tony Adams, Ian Wright and Patrick
Veira were the top five, it was eye-popping and most cheering news to note that
Kanu was the only African on the revered list and even went on to outclass the
likes of big journey men, Sol Cambell, Silvia Wilford, Ashly Cole, Emmanuel
Petit, Martin Keown and RAY Palour etc
The most
decorated Nigeria star, Kanu could be recalled joined Arsenal in February 1999
and made his historic debut a 2-1 win against Sheffield United in the FA Cup
His big
break occurred in that 15 munities hat-trick against Chelsea during the
1999-2000 season where he helped the Gunners recovered from a 2-0 deficit to
win 3-2, and eventually went on to 17 times in the his immaculate 50 match record during his
stint with Gunners
Kanu was to
eventually spend 6 eventful seasons at Arsenal and helped them win the
premiership title in 2001, in that team that was to be later dubbed by the British press as “
The Invisibles”, a feat he capped with
the prestigious two FA Cups
It is no
wonder that today, Kanu is not only regarded as an Arsenal legend, but he still
enjoys a prestigious place of pride in the team
and has been bestowed with the power and ability to recommend any African
player from across the world top play for the Gunners
No doubt ,
to be listed among Arsenal’s all time best 50 is a feat worthy of commendation
on the once hole in heart player, who rose to establish the charity NGO called
the KANU NWANKWO HEART FOUNDATION, that saw him taking several children
with hole in heart to treatment abroad
BIG UPS KANU
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