BEVERLY HILLS, June 11, (THEWILL) – West Ham United has offered Nigeria’s U-17 goalkeeper, Daniel Jinadu, who is an academy product of the club, his first professional contract.
Aside from Jinadu, other players that signed professional contracts with the club include: Keenan Appiah-Forson, Harrison Ashby, Sam Caiger, Dan Chesters, Will Greenidge and Joshua Okotcha.
Academy manager, Ricky Martin, congratulated the players for the feat.
Martin said: “This is a tremendous achievement. All our young players aspire to be offered a professional contract, and these players have all deservedly been rewarded for their efforts and development to date.
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank Kevin Keen, Mark Phillips and Billy Lepine, the three coaches for the U18s who have worked with these players all season and given them all the support and guidance they’ve required.
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“These players are still progressing, and fully deserve the opportunity to move into the next stage of their development with the U23 squad. They have shown resilience, determination and dedication so far, so as long as they keep those traits up, they will give themselves every opportunity to progress further in the future.”
Jinadu also expressed joy over his new contract on Instagram. He said: “Dream come true and proud moment for me and my family signing my first professional contract at West Ham. The hard work continues! All the glory to God!”
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