{"id":5227,"date":"2024-01-05T15:11:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T14:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2024\/01\/05\/read_news-phpnid50009\/"},"modified":"2024-01-05T15:11:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T14:11:18","slug":"read_news-phpnid50009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2024\/01\/05\/read_news-phpnid50009\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwich&#8217;s Aboh, Everton&#8217;s Okoronkwo nominated for Premier League award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsbody\">\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allnigeriasoccer.com\/..\/football_pics\/33042Okoronkwo.png\" height=\"240\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" alt=\"Norwich's Aboh, Everton's Okoronkwo nominated for Premier League award\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two promising teenagers of Nigerian descent have been nominated for the Premier League 2 Player of the Month award for December 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Norwich City attacker Ken Aboh and Everton forward Francis Okoronkwo have been shortlisted for the monthly accolade following their impressive performances for their respective clubs last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Canaries mustered ten goals in the month of December with Aboh\u00a0accounting\u00a0for three of those goals to take his tally in the Premier League to seven from nine appearances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old bagged a brace in the 4-0 rout of Blackburn Rovers before netting from the spot in the first half of a 6-0 win hammering of\u00a0Manchester City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Okoronkwo was the standout performer as the Toffees thrashed Southampton 5-0, scoring a hat-trick, albeit two goals came from the spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aboh and Okoronkwo are competing for the prize alongside\u00a0Luke Harris (Fulham), Ryan Bartley (Derby County), Justin Hubner (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Callum Marshall (West Ham United) and Vicente Reyes (Norwich City).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The nominees were selected by the Premier League&#8217;s Football Development Panel, after PL2 club coaches nominated the best performance by an opponent in each of their league matches in the month.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embeddedContent oembed-provider- oembed-provider-twitter\" data-align=\"none\" data-oembed=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PLYouth\/status\/1743213826537877961\" data-oembed_provider=\"twitter\" data-resizetype=\"noresize\" data-title=\"m\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Here are your <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PL2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">#PL2<\/a> Player of the Month Nominees for December \ud83d\udcab<\/p>\n<p>Read about their standout performances \u27a1\ufe0f <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z3HVkyWhTG\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/z3HVkyWhTG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 PL Youth (@PLYouth) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PLYouth\/status\/1743213826537877961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">January 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ifeanyi Emmanuel\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit : evertonfc.com<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright ANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAll rights reserved. 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