Kanu came up trumps yet again for Portsmouth with a last-gasp header that took his goal-tally for the season into double figures and knocked battling Wigan out of the FA Cup.

Kanu has warned that West Brom must display the killer instinct if they are to climb out of relegation trouble.

Kanu is the man to drag Nigerian football away from the self-destruct button threatening to detonate their chances of success in this summer’s Far East football extravaganza.