{"id":3196,"date":"2023-08-31T18:26:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T17:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/08\/31\/done-deal-flying-eagles-defender-benjamin-fredrick-joins-brentford-b\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T18:26:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T17:26:59","slug":"done-deal-flying-eagles-defender-benjamin-fredrick-joins-brentford-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/08\/31\/done-deal-flying-eagles-defender-benjamin-fredrick-joins-brentford-b\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Eagles defender Benjamin Fredrick joins Brentford B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"the-post\">\n<p><!-- .entry-header-outer \/--><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" is_main_img=\"1\" data-attachment-id=\"91072\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sportsration.com\/done-deal-flying-eagles-defender-benjamin-fredrick-joins-brentford-b\/ben_f_web_3_i6apid\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportsration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ben_f_web_3_i6apid.jpg?fit=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,338\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ben_f_web_3_i6apid\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportsration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ben_f_web_3_i6apid.jpg?fit=350%2C197&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportsration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ben_f_web_3_i6apid.jpg?fit=450%2C254&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportsration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ben_f_web_3_i6apid.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportsration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ben_f_web_3_i6apid.jpg?resize=350%2C197&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportsration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ben_f_web_3_i6apid.jpg?resize=450%2C254&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportsration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ben_f_web_3_i6apid.jpg?resize=390%2C220&amp;ssl=1 390w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportsration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ben_f_web_3_i6apid.jpg?fit=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1&amp;is-pending-load=1\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Flying Eagles starlet Benjamin Fredrick has completed a season-long loan switch to English Premier League side Brentford\u2019s B-team from Nigerian academy side Simoiben FC, the English side have <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brentfordfc.com\/en\/news\/article\/brentford-b-team-benjamin-fredrick-joins-brentford-b-on-loan\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Centre-back Fredrick impressed for the Nigerian U-20 side at the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt and the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina, playing a starring role for the side as they impressed in both competitions. The 18-year-old defender was on the radar of multiple European sides, including Anderlecht, RB Leipzig and FC Midtjylland.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Brentford have decided to sign the teenager to play for their B-team, where he will play alongside David Beckham\u2019s son, Romeo. The club\u2019s manager Neil McFarlane waxed lyrical about the talented teenager, stating that he had been extensively watched and scouted.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">MacFarlane said: \u201cBenjamin is a player who has been identified by our recruitment department and he\u2019s a real prospect having impressed for Nigeria in recent tournaments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">\u201cHe\u2019s a very tenacious player who likes to defend on the front foot. He\u2019s somebody we will look to develop through our games programme, and we\u2019ll see how his development progresses over the course of his loan. We look forward to welcoming Benjamin to the club.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">The teenager spent time on loan at NPFL side Nasarawa United and now joins Brentford B on loan with an option to be made permanent at the end of the season. Benjamin Fredrick joins Solomon Agbalaka, Chijioke Aniagboso, Rilwanu Haliru Sarki, Jude Sunday, Salim Fago Lawal, and Samson Lawal as the 2023 Flying Eagles class members to have left the shores of the country after representing the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content \/--><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- .share-buttons \/--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsration.com\/done-deal-flying-eagles-defender-benjamin-fredrick-joins-brentford-b\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flying Eagles starlet Benjamin Fredrick has completed a season-long loan switch to English Premier League side Brentford\u2019s B-team from Nigerian academy side Simoiben FC, the English side have announced.\u00a0 Centre-back Fredrick impressed for the Nigerian U-20 side at the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt and the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}