Dele Ajiboye, the Plateau United goal tender has given the recipe that he knew Plateau United would win the league title last season, revealing that he knew from the start that the Peace Boys would be crowned Nigerian champions at the end of last season.
Ajiboye, who spoke to INDEPENDENT earlier in the week, noted that he banked his optimism on the few experienced players in the team, the hunger among the younger players and the sound technical bench of the club.
He said that the younger players in the team wanted to make their own names, prompting them to put in everything to ensure that the Plateau State-owned side ended last season as Nigerian champions, on the basis of which they will be representing Nigeria in the CAF Champions League next year.
“I swear to God that created me and I remember telling my general manager that we were going to win the league. Even though he was somehow skeptical of my position but I insisted.
"I looked at the players we have and we don’t have what some people will call big players in our club. We are not more than five players that have names in our club.
“The rest equally wanted to make names for themselves as well, so they were ready to play and that was it. Secondly, we have a lovely coach, who understands the mentality of the players.
"All these gave me the confidence that we were going to win the league and thank God that we did,” he said.
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