Club de Foot Montréa (Montreal Impact) Sunusi Ibrahim has expressed optimism that his former Club Nasarawa United would bounce back to the elite domestic football league in Nigeria as gathered by Nigeriasoccernet.com.
The bulky attacker stated this when he visited the Solid Miners' training session at the Lafia City Stadium on Monday morning.
The Nigerian international who joined the training programme told the Club's Media that he was devastated to learn about United's demotion to the lower division but trusted the array of players on ground to fight their way back to the top-flight league in the foreseeable future.
"I am here to visit my former Club and teammates and it's so sad that Nasarawa United got relegated to the lower division, the Nigeria National League but that's football".
"However, I strongly believe that from the crop of players here today, the team can bounce back to the Premier League immediately. There are still some of my teammates who are in the team and I know their quality and what they can offer to the team", he added.
"Equally, too, the coaching crew is made up of individuals with impeccable track records as far as coaching is concerned in this country coupled with the support of the government, the team will return to the Premier League".
Sunusi who last played for the Solid Miners during the 2018/19 defunct Nigeria Professional Football League Season, during which period he scored ten goals and assisted ten donated the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Naira (N200,000.00) to the team.
He appreciated the Nasarawa State government, management, staff and supporters of Nasarawa United FC for their support toward his development and progress in the round leather game, revealing that he has already begun programmes to reward the society that gave birth to him through the introduction of the Si14 Peace and Unity Cup Grassroots Football Competition in Keffi Local Government Area to harness hidden football talents in the State for further development.
After amassing the maximum points in their first game of the 2023/24 NNL campaign, Nasarawa United will be on the road to face EFCC FC in Abuja on Friday, 24th November, 2023, in their next Group C game, before returning home for a tie against neighbours, Mighty Jets FC of Jos, at the Lafia City Stadium on Saturday, 2nd December, 2023.
By Olaleye Oluwadamilola