After helping Serie A side Inter win the Uefa Cup in the 1997-98 season, Kanu joined the English team in February 1999 for approximately £4.15 million, and immediately established himself in the team.
In his first full season with the Gunners, the Nigerian scored 17 goals in 50 matches, while also helping them to a runner-up finish in the Uefa Cup [now Europa League]
Nwankwo Kanu is among those revelling in Arsenal’s victory over Manchester United in Sunday’s Premier League showdown.
After a disappointing 1-0 home defeat to Leicester City their last time out, the North Londoners returned to winning ways against the Red Devils.
Against an underwhelming United side, Mikel Arteta’s team dominated proceedings and went a step further winning 1-0 at Old Trafford.
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Excited by his former team’s performance on Sunday evening, the two-time African Player of the Year took to social media to revel in the club’s fourth triumph of the 2020-21 campaign.
“Done and dusted. Come on you Arsenal, job well done. We move!,” the former Ajax, Inter Milan and Portsmouth star wrote on Instagram.
The result helped Arsenal move up to eighth place in the table on 12 points, ahead of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side who are in 15th place.
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