Happy New
Year and Happy new start, that is perhaps the best way to greet Kano Pillars forward
Junior Lokosa after the 25 year old successfully sealed a two and half year
contract with Tunisian giants Esperance on Monday.
The Tunisian club dished out a welcome message for the Badagry boy who emerged
highest goal scorer of the Nigerian Professional football league last season. His exploits just before the world cup in
Russia triggered off 'Operation include Lokosa in the World Cup squad' campaign
among soccer fans in the country.
Although he
was part of the shape up friendlies just before the last 23-man squad was released
by Coach Gernot Rohr, he ended up not making the team to Russia with many
insisting that he would have made a difference had he been given a chance.
Excited Esperance are hoping that the coming
of the Nigerian will boost their CAF Champions league campaign even as they
prepare to take on FC Platinum of Zimbabwe on Friday.
Esperance are in group B which also has
Orlando Pirates of South Africa and Horoya of Guinea. The four teams in the
group all boast of one point after pulling a draw in their opening
matches.
While Platinum played out a
goalless draw against Orlando Pirates, Esperance held Horoya to a 1-1 draw in
Conakry. Esperance host Platinum on Friday and has been tipped to pull a victory
in that one.
It is not however known
whether they can unleash their new man Friday's tie. Esperance are defending
champions of the CAF Champions league and have won the title three times,
finishing as runners up four times.
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