Former captain of the senior national team of Nigeria and Africa football legend Austine Okocha has fired at the disrespectful comments made by former footballer turned pundit Jamie Carragher on the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Carragher has come under serious attack for his comments after downplaying the AFCON saying it’s not a major tournament, while discussing the impact of Mohammed Salah this season and if winning the AFCON will help him lift the best player in the world attack.
His statement hasn’t gone down well among past and present African footballers and Okocha , who won the tournament in 1994 with Nigeria and also played in four different editions has weigh in on the matter.
Speaking in a video made available to our editorial team, the former Bolton Wanderers midfield maestro said Carragher doesn’t deserve the attention he is getting because of the kind of career he had.
“There are some players that will say some things. You just overlook them. If you look at their career and the type of football that they played you can understand. I mean you won’t want your son to be like Carragher. So he can never appreciate African football or the talents that come from Africa”, he said.
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