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Asamoah Gyan: Jay-Jay Okocha one of greatest, could play with Ronaldinho on bench
By Olu Dare
Asamoah Gyan has described Jay-Jay Okocha as a player who was skillfully gifted and one of the best to have ever come out of Africa.
In a video posted by SuperSport TV ahead of the resumption of the Premier League on December 26, Ghana legend Asamoah Gyan is shown a compilation of Nigeria legend Jay-Jay Okocha tearing it up in England during his playing career.
The video shows the skills of Okocha while playing for Bolton Wanderers and it leaves the 37-year-old Gyan unsettled in his seat while watching the action. Gyan, who played in the Premier League for Sunderland, has discussed the effects of Okocha, even claiming he could play while Ronaldinho Gaucho was on the bench.
Okocha and Ronaldinho played alongside each other at Ligue 1 outfit Paris Saint-Germain from 2001 to 2003.
“Hahaha… Jay-Jay [Okocha] is one of the best players Africa has ever produced, his skill scale, and his skill level was out of this world,” Gyan said on TV.
“I remember I was watching him when I was at school, he is one of the greatest players, one of those guys who opened the way for us, those guys who were playing at that time and you could see Ronaldinho on the bench, he was up there, he was one of the best and am happy to see him play, his skill level was great, I saw him in the World Cup with Nigeria.”
