Ndidi wins Leicester City’s young player award

Leicester City have named Nigerian midfielder Wilfred Ndidi as their Young Player of the Year following the club’s awards ceremony on Monday night.

The 20-year-old Nigerian joined Leicester from Genk in the January transfer window and has made a major impact at the King Power Stadium.

He has made 15 Premier League appearances and scored two goals, with the Super Eagles player particularly impressive when Craig Shakespeare took over from Claudio Ranieri.

Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel was named the Players’ Player of the Year and the Player of the Year, while Goal of the Year went to Danny Drinkwater.

The Super Eagles midfielder, who signed for the Premier League champions in January, is fast earning a reputation for brilliant longrange efforts.

Ndidi, whose goal against local rivals Derby in their FA Cup fourth round 3-1 replay win was picked by James Nursery, a Mirror Sports writer as the best goal of the season, has settled down in Leicester City.

Nursery said when asked to name the best goal that: “I enjoyed Wilfred Ndidi’s leftfoot screamer in Leicester’s televised FA Cup fourth round 3-1 replay win over local rivals Derby at the King Power Stadium earlier this year.

“It was a quality goal from outside of the box, which went in off the post, from a youngster who announced his arrival in England on just his sixth appearance after a £14million January move from Genk.

“Ndidi, 20, has since been a revelation at the Premier League champions to help them climb to safety.

“The Nigerian international looks a hugely promising player and already has bigger clubs interested in his services.

“The midfielder’s signing has enabled Leicester to return to last term’s successful 4-4-2 formation to do the club proud in the Champions League and turnaround their miserable top-flight form.

“Ndidi also proved his screamer wasn’t a fluke with another belter, this time off his right-foot, into the top corner last month against Stoke.”