Nigeria U20 striker Janet Semenya, who has been dubbed as the ‘New Asisat Oshoala’, has turned down several offers from abroad.
Polish club Gornik Leczna, who once paraded top Nigerian striker Macleans Chinoyerem, have tabled an offer for the tall striker.
A Saudi Arabian club have also shown interest, while top German club Wolfsburg specially sent out scouts to watch her in action in Nigeria.
Her handlers said the highly-rated striker will rather take her time and feature at this year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup billed to kick off August 31 in Colombia.
Semenya, 17 in November, scored twice on the way for the Falconets to qualify for the World Cup.
She is from the Asisat Oshoala Academy in Lagos.
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