Little known Nigeria teen Murphy Akanji is slowly gaining inroads into the first team set up at top Swiss side FC Basle after impressing in a pre season game against Germany's Bayern Leverkusen.
He started alongside Argentina's veteran defender Walter Samuel and the 19 year old Swiss Nigerian held his own against the Bundesliga team attackers and even though they conceded he set up his team second goal that gave them a 2-1 win.
The game was his first for the team since he joined them from Winterthur in April after impressing their scout he signed a three year deal with the option of a further year with Basel after playing 24 games for Winterthur in the fourth division last season.
Akanji will be hoping to keep up his superb showing in pre season to help convince the coaches to give him a look in ahead of their campaign in the UEFA champions league this season.
Highly rated in Switzerland he has already played for the country's Under-21 side but still qualifies to play for Nigeria at senior level.
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