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Gary Lineker reacts as Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi emerges as Nigeria’s Player of The Year

The Ballers Award have named Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi as Nigeria’s Footballer of the Year following a great year with the Foxes and Super Eagles. The 23-year-old beat Victor Osimhen, Samuel Chukwueze, Odion Ighalo and William Troost-Ekong to the gong, and he has taken to Twitter to share the news, thanking his Leicester and Nigerian teammates:

Its a great privileged to win Nigeria's best footballer of the year. I couldn't have done this by myself, I want to thank my teammates both in the National team and at Leicester City. Thank you to the organisers of The Ballers Awards and all the fans.