Five facts about Manchester United and Arsenal target Victor Wanyama

What can we tell you about him?

1. Born in Nairobi in 1991 the Kenyan midfield player for the youth setups at hometown clubs Nairobi City Stars and AFC Leopards before heading to Sweden to sign with Helsingborgs and start his European football dream.

2. Wanyama’s older brother is fellow Kenyan international and current Inter Milan based centre midfield player McDonald Mariga.

3. The robust midfielder made his international debut aged just 15 in a friendly against Nigeria and has since gone on to make 29 appearances for the Harambee Stars scoring the solitary goal.

4. Victor’s first appearance in European football came in the Belgian top flight with Beerschot AC in 2009. A tough tackling midfield player he has got himself in trouble in the past; being fined after a horror challenge on Matias Suarez of Anderlecht in 2009 and a 3 match ban after elbowing an opponent in 2011 before signing for Celtic in the same year.

5. After becoming a fan favourite with his consistent performances at Celtic Park he has been heavily linked with a move to Arsenal and Manchester United this summer.

Here’s a video of Wanyama’s best bits including a superb performance against Inter Milan ...

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Mathew Nash

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I’m Mathew Nash a 23 year old graduate in Sports Studies and I have an insatiable love for sport. With a particularly keen interest for the madcap world of football I have always been known amongst friends as a beacon for bizarre sporting trivia and knowledge. My other passion is for writing and hopefully combining the two will create a superb and entertaining marriage that will create, divide and share opinion.