Ikorodu Utd ‘ll be Nigeria’s Leicester City — Edema

Head coach of Ikorodu United Football Club of Lagos, Edema Benson has declared that his wards are battle ready for the new Globacom Premier League season due to kick off next month. Speaking to Sports Vanguard at the club’s launch in Ikorodu yesterday, the former Nigeria international who guided the team to promotion within a season said, “we are aware of the challenge ahead of us and I will say without equivocation that we are ready. This is our first season in the top flight but we are not scared of any team as big names don’t play football.”
Drawing inspiration from what is happening in the Barclays Premier League, where a relatively ‘small’ club, Leicester City is topping the table at the moment, Benson said, “we want to replicate what Leicester City is doing in England here in Nigeria. We played Enyimba in Otta a few days back, it was tough for them as we drew the game 2-2. We are not going into the league as second rate. We will justify our place in the Premier League as worthy representatives of the good people of Lagos state, and Ikorodu in particular.”
Benson showered encomiums on his players as he recalled their struggle for promotion: “The beginning was not easy. We lost the opening game and from then on we never looked back again.”