Sunday 22 June 2014

Arsenal Legend Martin Keown: Omeruo was imposing

Former Arsenal star Martin Keown has praised Super Eagles and Chelsea defender Kenneth Omeruo after a starring performance in Nigeria’s win over Bosnia & Herzegovina.


Omeruo hardly put a foot wrong as he marked the dangerous Edin Dzeko and Miralem Pjanic, and Keown believes Omeruo might have done enough to force his way into Jose Mourinho’s plans at Chelsea next season.

“He’s a young man, and he’s doing bread and butter defending. He knows what he’s good at, he’s strong, you just couldn’t move him out of there,” Keown told BBC’s Match of the Day.

“He’s been at Chelsea now for two years, been out on loan most of the time, but he might come back in after this sort of performance, because that’s what Mourinho wants, he wants someone who knows what he’s good at.

“He’s not frightened to go after people, he’s quick and he’s strong, once he bolts onto someone they don’t get past him.

”For such a young man, he was ordering his team-mates around, which is very good to see.”

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