Super Eagles star reveals how visiting a witch helped him achieve his dreams

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- Leon Balogun joined Brighton from Bundesliga club Mainz in May

- The 30-year-old defender has revealed how a spiritual encounter with a witch saved his career

- Balogun previously struggled with injuries prior to the supernatural visit

Super Eagles and Brighton defender Leon Balogun says visiting a ‘witch’ helped him achieved his Premier League ambitions.

According to a UK Daily Mail report, quoting sources at BBC's Football Focus, the 30-year-old defender was urged to re-connect with his roots during a spiritual rebirth which has positively taken his career to the next level.

The Nigeria international completed a switch from Bundesliga campaigners Mainz to Premier League side Brighton during the summer transfers and played important roles in their matches against Manchester United and Liverpool in recent weeks this season.

“I had a lot of issues with injuries so my sister said 'look, I have this one lady I always go and see her and she reads auras.

“I was like 'let's give it a try.' She asked some questions about me and my right shoulder if I had an injury or something. I thought 'how would she know?' I can see a hole in your aura on that side.

“I showed her my scar there and it was attracting bad energies and it gives them entrance into your whole being.

“After she asked me if I had lost someone close to me or a dear person five years ago and that's when she had my attention because my grandma died around that time.

“I had never really met my grandma in Nigeria but when she died it was one of the worst feeling I've had in my life.

“This lady, she could read it or see it somehow and she gave me the advice to go to Nigeria and reconnect with the country.

“When I got the call for the national team, that reconnection started and since then things have fallen into place.

“'There might have been times when I took a step back but then I was able to take two steps forward, or even three, so I am very happy with the way everything happened in the end,” Balogun was quoted as saying.

Interestingly, Balogun was born in Berlin to a Nigerian father and a German mum had his formative years in Germany, meaning he strayed away from his Nigerian roots.

At the last count, Balogun has won 22-cap for Nigeria during his stay at Fortuna Dusseldorf, and also made the Super Eagles 23-man squad for the summer World Cup.

In Russia, the hard-tackling defender was in action for all of Nigeria's World Cup games but defeats by Croatia and Argentina ensured the Gernot Rohr-tutored side failed to reach the knockout rounds.

Balogun says an encounter with a 'witch' helped him fulfil his ambitions. Photo credit: Getty Images
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The Nigerian is expected to be in the thick of the action when Brighton play host to Fulham in Saturday’s Premier League clash.

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously had reported that Super Eagles defender Leon Balogun has said he and his teammates will learn from their mistakes following the 1-0 loss to Liverpool.

The Brighton center-back was given his first start of the season but could do not stop Mohamed Salah from scoring the winning goal of the match in the 23rd minute.

The 30-year-old gave his opinion on how he and his teammates performed in the encounter in an interview on his club's website.

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