Benjamin Fredrik is a Nigerian U20 central defender who joined Brentford on loan from Nigerian club Simoibeng FC in the summer.
Brentford B centre-back Benjamin Fredrick has said how Super Eagles midfielder Frank Onyeka has helped him since moving to England,Soccernet.ng Thereported.
Benjamin, 18, joined on loan from Simoiben F.C. in August. To bees. He moved to Nigeria, had a permanent buyout option in his contract, and was immediately drafted to the B team.
Benjamin plays for the same club as Onyeka, but Onyeka plays for the club’s first team. After an interview on the club’s official website, the defender revealed that his role model is Sergio Ramos.
“I respect Sergio Ramos. He is my role model. I love his mentality on and off the pitch. Whenever I am on the pitch, I play like Ramos. I want to, because he has a mentality on the pitch that hates losing. I hate losing and always want to win.”
For Fredrick, hard work has been ingrained in him since his time in Nigeria, and he revealed that Frank Onyeka has reinforced it.
“Onyeka told me a lot about the club. He also told me that I had to work hard. He said it was a good club and that it was like a family. I saw it.’ Here we are. He always encourages me, everyone loves me, I love all my friends and I’m grateful for that,” added the former Nasarawa United defender.
Fredrik has embraced life at a Premier League club and has noticed the level of training and play in the men’s first team, a level he hopes to achieve throughout his career.
“It’s hard, it’s very hard. I have to be strong and work hard to get on the pitch in the Premier League, so I’m doing my best. That’s my dream, to be there. , to be in the first team and play in the top league, that’s my dream,” he added.
The teenage sensation is doing everything he can to remain in the Brentford squad after his loan spell ends.
