Joe Aribo will join his Super Eagles’ mates, Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi, in the English Premier League next season following his team, Southampton’s 1-0 defeat of Leeds United in the English Championship promotion playoff yesterday.
Iheanacho and Ndidi’s Leicester City qualified for the Premier League at the end of the season as winners of the English Championship. Southampton had to take the promotion playoff route as they did not finish among the first two teams in the Championship.
And yesterday in Wembley, Adam Armstrong’s first-half goal sent them back into the topflightin Leeds United’s stead.
The forward confidently slotted into the far bottom corner midway through the opening period to seal a deserved victory for the Saints, who return to the top flight at the first time of asking.
Leeds had their moments in the capital, with Daniel James striking the underside of the…
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