Beating Burundi Will Be My Best Birthday Gift- Kelechi Nwakali

Arsenal football club bound midfielder, Kelechi Nwakali, has expressed confidence that the Flying Eagles of Nigeria will beat their Burundian U20 counterpart on Saturday, when the two sides clash in the final leg of the second round of the African U20 Nations Cup qualifiers.

Nigeria will host Burundi at the UJ Esuene stadium in Calabar, as they hope to seal their 1-0

advantage in the first leg of the encounter.

"I’m happy and grateful to God for the privilege of marking another birthday today (Sunday) and on Monday, it would be the turn of another of my teammate, Lazarus, but we are leaving the celebration until after our game against Burundi on Saturday," explained Nwakali, the Most Valuable Player at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 who has already secured a pre-contract agreement with English Premier League side, Arsenal.

"We are going to play and win our match on Saturday and I’m confident we would celebrate like we did the last time with Samuel Chukwueze when we beat Burundi away."

Nwakali won the FIFA U17 Most Valuable Player in Chile, when he captained the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria to the fifth world cup titles Chile in 2015, and he will be joining the Gunners whom he already secured a pre-contract agreement with earlier this year.