Osimhen commanded £73m transfer fee as at 2020.
It was so crazy that the coach of Napoli then, Gattuso, said that he will support the transfer by taking a pay cut, because clubs were struggling financially due to COVID. Gattuso wanted Osimhen so bad.
Giuntoli was the Sporting Directorof Napoli then, they didn’t have the full amount, so they sent players to Lille worth €20m to reduce what they had to pay and for financial fair play considerations.
It later paid off as Osimhen brought the Serie A title back to Naples after 33 years. He won the top scorer that glorious season, and still commanded £65m from Galatasaray. Napoli definitely got the worth of their money.
Osimhen is not small, in any shape or form. He is as big as it gets. If he is to move again, he’ll go for nothing less than £60m.
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Iwobi might not be all that glamorous or world class, but only few can achieve what he has.
He came out from a big club’s academy, broke into the first team, and wait!!!!!
He was never loaned out, not once.
He has done what most glamorous or world class players couldn’t do, CONSISTENCY.
Iwobi has consistently played top-tier football for over a decade now.
Over 100 games for Arsenal.
Over 100 games for Everton
Over 100 games for Fulham
Over 100 games for Nigeria.
All under different managers. In fact, one of his managers, Marco Silva, loved him so much that he signed him to Everton. Even Marco Silva went to Fulham, he signed Iwobi again. This should tell you the kind of person and player he is.
Zero scandal, zero attitude problems, never in the news for nonsense, a well-trained boy by his African parents. Even when we Nigerians turned our back on him and dragged him, he never said anything, and he stayed committed to us.
Irrespective of the family affiliation with a big name like Okocha and the weight that name carried, it never distracted him. In fact, he always said he knew the pressure especially when playing for Nigeria, and he took advice from his uncle when necessary, and his uncle made sure he made his own name for himself.
Put a respect on his name. Getting to the top is hard, staying at the top is even harder. He has done that while dropping back to back music, he didn’t take his eyes away from the game.
Alex Iwobi, a proper student and lover of the game. A legend in my books because that level of consistency is not sold in the market.
@jayhemz 100%
It’s why I advise folks to pursue small plots in established neighborhoods.
250 sqm in an established neighborhood is better than 600 sqm in the evil forest living with àwon iwin.
Ya Allah, we ask that you forgive the shortcomings of Alhaji Taiwo Hassan (Ogogo), have mercy on him, pardon his sins, illuminate his grave and grant him Jannatul Firdaus without punishment. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un
Akin Alabi is one of the most accessible reps on X. Which means he's also one of the most insulted.
Not once have I seeen that man threaten anyone or had anyone arrested. Not a single scandalous case of intimidation.
That's what mastering your ego looks like.
I think because many of you just started following football twitter, you don’t know how it works.
We support the club. That’s the priority.
Even if the club wants Viktor Gyokeres gone, we will support the club.
Even if it is Saliba and Saka they want gone, we will still support.
I have supported the club through worse.
If you don’t know the club will come first, no matter how much you support a player, then you don’t know what it is to be a fan.
Amin
Good question.
1. Stopped worrying too much. I give my all for everything. But if I don't achieve it after all efforts, I move on. Even if the whole world is crashing, I get worried in less proportion.
2. Family: Became more family oriented. Up to extended family. People that thought I was stingy when I was in my 20s and early 30s got to realize that I was only building and they overstated my capacity then.
3. Exercise & health: My exercise (playing football 3x weekly) and medical (bi-annual medical checks) routines help my health.
4. Quit 9-5 at 40. But still not sure whether it should fit here, because my 9-5 was also on good trajectory.
5. Environment: Thought because everything is available online, there was no nothing that can move me again. Moved to a new physical environment last year and I saw myself getting motivated as if I am just starting life. Never knew with everything I knew in life, a physical environment can still push me like that.
Inna lillahi wa inna ilaehi rajiun
Sad to hear about the death of Ogogo.
He was a great actor. We all liked him in his active acting days.
May Allah pardon his errors.