Iwobi eyes European competition with Fulham

Super Eagles and Fulham attacking midfielder, Alex Iwobi, has said the Cottagers are in the pursuit of a European competition spot next season.

Marco Silva’s side finished the last two seasons in 10th and 13th place respectively, but a positive surge of form has seen the Cottagers rank eighth after 25 top-flight games this campaign, and they’re currently four points behind the UEFA Champions League spots.

Following their huge 2-1 victory against Nottingham Forest last weekend, Iwobi has backed his side to build on their good form and gun for European spots.

Fulham completed a double over Newcastle United this season, and the result gave Iwobi a confidence boost as he urged his side to go all out in the remaining games left this term, just like Calvin Bassey earlier mentioned.

“To do the double over big teams will give us an advantage but we always take it game by game. It doesn’t matter if the other team is challenging for the European spots or in the relegation zone, we’ll treat everyone with the same respect,” Iwobi said.

“We just have to keep on pushing, we see the quality in training every day. We’re all very ambitious, and we take things step by step. It’s [European qualification] definitely in the back of our minds, though.”

Iwobi credited their head coach, Marco Silva, for a job well done, by harnessing the strengths of the individuals in the team and putting it to collective use.

 “He’s somebody that puts 100 per cent into his job every day. He always analyses, even after the game, we’re all celebrating and he’s still on the laptop analysing.

 “That’s just the sort of guy that he is, he always wants to improve and that rubs off onto the players. The plan was executed to a tee, so it was a very good result for us,” the former Arsenal midfielder said in quotes revealed by The Mirror.