Yusuf Brothers: Football’s Next Big Thing

Just like the Uche bothers, Ikechukwu and Kalu Uche; Nwankwo and Christopher Kanu; Austin ‘Jay Jay’ and Emmanuel Okocha; Peter and John Utaka; Efe and Sam Sodje, the Yusuf brothers are in the class of a new generation of footballing talents set to hit the Nigerian scene.

Abuja’s OLYMPIC HYBRID ACADEMY boasts versatile forwards Muhammed and Nasir Yusuf, known for their skill across attacking positions.With Nasir playing from the right and Muhammed playing from the left wing.

Both players started playing football from a tender age of six, and commenced their footballing career at FC ROMA ACADEMY before jumping ship to OLYMPIC HYBRID under the tutelage of coach Patrick Bassey the Future Eagles coach.

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Muhammed aged 14 who was part of the FIFA Talent development scheme (TDS) models his football around Brazilian, Neymar Jnr., who he said is his role model while Nasir aged 19 adores Argentine super star, Lionel Messi and models his football around him.

Both players are fast, skillful dribblers, and prolific goal scorers.

Muhammed is a Barcelona and a Lamine Yamal fan and will love to play for both Barcelona and Manchester United in the future while Nasir who is a big fan of Pep Guardiola and started supporting Manchester City three years ago, will love to play in the premier league giants, Manchester city.

With the Yusuf brothers already playing at the cadet level for Nigeria, keep an eye on these brimming talents in the next few years as they surely will be on the lips of every Nigerian football fan in the years to come.