Tremendous Eagles midfielder Ogenyi Onazi has revealed that he nearly signed for Chelsea on the early stage of his skilled soccer profession.
Onazi had a trial at Chelsea after impressing on the 2009 FIFA U17 World Cup the place he helped Nigeria to a second-place end.
Nevertheless, he did not signal a take care of the Premier League giants as a result of he had not attained the age of majority.
Onazi finally joined Serie A membership Lazio in 2011 and initially featured for the youth sides of the membership earlier than he gained promotion to the primary group.
“After I was younger, I nearly signed for Chelsea, however we have been underage and couldn’t play.
“We needed to wait till we have been 18. There was a number of course of.
“That’s the reason my supervisor determined that we might go to Italy at the moment. So he might begin in Lazio’s second group after which, when he developed, he might begin within the first group,” Onazi instructed Ajansspor.