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Saka, Rashford Make Premier League Player Of Month Award Nominees List

The nominees for the Premier League Player of the Month (POTM) award for January 2023 have been announced with Arsenal forward of Nigerian descent, Bukayo Saka leading the chase for the prize.

Some great games have been witnessed since the restart with Manchester City and Manchester United hot on the heels of Mikel Arteta’s impressive side.

The Premier League resumed on Boxing day (December 26) after the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar with Arsenal still topping the table.

This season has been a great Renaissance of sorts for Marcus Rashford who has been simply electric since the World Cup. He’d also be a worthy winner and would possess an insane card in FIFA 23.

Riyad Mahrez who has been in scintillating form for current champions, Manchester City, has also been named.

Newcastle United’s defender, Daniel Burn has been a pillar for the new giants in the top-flight.

Solly March rose to the challenge of filling the vaccum left by Leandro Trossard who has left for Arsenal while youngster, Brennan Johnson has been in promising form for Nottingham Forest who will be without his Nigerian teammate, Taiwo Awoniyi for the foreseeable future due to injury.

The full list is as follows:

Dan Burn – Newcastle United
Brennan Johnson – Nottingham Forest
Riyad Mahrez – Manchester City
Solly March – Brighton & Hove Albion
David Raya – Brentford
Marcus Rashford – Manchester United
Bukayo Saka – Arsenal

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.