{"id":672728,"date":"2019-08-05T18:07:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T18:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"28\">Jay-Z's Roc Nation Sports agency have confirmed that they have added Nigerian youngster, Samuel Chukwueze, to their roster after agreeing on terms with the player's representatives, 10 Manage"},"modified":"2019-08-05T18:07:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T18:07:06","slug":"nigeria-jay-zs-roc-nation-sports-signs-samuel-chukwueze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/05\/nigeria-jay-zs-roc-nation-sports-signs-samuel-chukwueze\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Jay-Z&#8217;s Roc Nation Sports Signs Samuel Chukwueze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"28\">Jay-Z&#8217;s Roc Nation Sports agency have confirmed that they have added Nigerian youngster, Samuel Chukwueze, to their roster after agreeing on terms with the player&#8217;s representatives, 10 Management.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"25\">The 20-year-old thus becomes the first Nigerian and second African player to be signed on by the sports management agency owned by the rap icon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"34\">Chukwueze joins other big stars like Borussia Dortmund&#8217;s Axel Witsel, Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng and Manchester United duo, Romelu Lukaku and Eric Bailly, on the list of football stars associated with the brand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"16\"><em>Excited to announce that with @10manage, we are joining the @rocnationsports family! Big things coming\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe #RocFam<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"13\"><em>A post shared by Chukwuezesamuel (@chukwuezesamuel8) on Aug 1, 2019 at 7:25am PDT<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"16\">Aside from football, Roc Nation sports houses stars in baseball, athletics, basketball, American football and boxing.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/.outer-ad-container.responsive-aans-view-a-container--><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"21\">The Nigeria international had a breakthrough season in the Spanish LaLiga last season with Villarreal, scoring five goals in 26 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"37\">He also featured for the Super Eagles at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, where he scored a goal in the quarter-final against South Africa and was equally voted as Man-of-the-Match in that crucial tie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"26\">A few days ago, UEFA named the fast-rising Super Eagles winger among the top 50 young players to keep an eye on in the 2019\/2020 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"25\">A<em> ground-breaking new partner along with one of Africa&#8217;s brightest young football stars. 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