Reading FC midfielder Midfielder Michael Olise has picked up the award of the best young player in the English Championship, the league body has announced.
Olise was announced as the winner of the young player of the year award during the 2021 English Football League award night ceremony for the lower tier of English football.
The 19 year old beat the duo of Blackburn Rovers Harvey Elliot and Max Aarons of Norwich City to the award majorly due to his stellar performance all through the season with ten goals and eight assists in 44 appearances.
His form hasn’t gone unnoticed as he was called up by coach of the Nigerian team to the senior team for their final round of AFCON qualifiers, but couldn’t make it for the game due to restrictions on travelling in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
He is expected to be a part of the squad for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers when it begins in June with Nigeria taking on Liberia in Lagos.
