Daryl Dike, the beautiful bride of European football.
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Daryl Dike, the 20 year old Akalite American who was born in Edmond Oklahoma, United States of America may most likely be the most talked about footballer in the United Kingdom in the nearest future. Dike who is on loan from a major league club side from America, Orlando City, has within a couple of months become the “beautiful bride” of English Championship club Barnsley. According to some findings made by Umuaka Times, Dike used his football skills and goal scoring abilities to impress some of European clubs who placed him on their watch list. Today, many clubs like Leeds, Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea are working towards buying the young Dike.
Despite all these, the Barnsley’s CEO, Dane Murphy has told reporters already that he would be signed permanently by Barnsley around summer. He also told reporters that the highly skilled Dike, has impressed other clubs in the Championship League too. He said: “We have a price set with Daryl that we have with Orlando since the beginning of the deal – we have first right on him. If we want to exercise that option at the end of the season, it’s achievable for Barnsley, we just have to see where we are at the end of the year.”
According to one popular sports newspaper Umuaka Times came across, “Dike stands at an imposing 6 foot 2 and built like a powerhouse, there’s a lot of similarities between Dike and Chelsea legend Didier Drogba, who terrorized the Premier League in his pomp – the Ivorian bagged a whopping 164 goals in 381 games for the Blues. “Dike’s combination of power and technique makes him a potentially formidable opponent himself, and someone who could terrify the top-flight given the lack of real comparable strikers in the division.”
Further findings by Umuaka Times especially from SBNation, notes that Dike is “a physical striker, Dike is more than a bruising finisher. His ‘delicate touch’ and high level of technical ability belie his size, enabling a confidence in possession with both passing and dribbling. That said, he scores a lot of goals in a variety of ways. Headed finishes, short-range placement, and long-range bombs, the 6’2” attacker can do it all.”
Dike’s former coach when he was with Virginia, George Gelnovatch, observed: “But one of the things about him that nobody ever talks about is relentlessness. He is a relentless competitor, a ruthless guy on the field. You put that inside a body like his, and it’s pretty impressive.”
