Upending the English football apple cart has got to be one of the lasting legacies of Arsene Wenger's over-two decades in change at Arsenal. Not only did the Frenchman disrupt the mentality of players and managers, he also brought a unique, continental stye that shifted the landscape and, for that, English football will forever owe him a debt. However, the change didn't just end in England; reverberations spread out across the world, and nowhere more so than in Nigeria. Pre-Wenger, the preponderance of Nigerians in the United Kingdom - largely a result of the colonial ties between the two countries - meant that European football support centred mostly on the English league and its big...
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