Former Juventus star rates Super Eagles legend as world’s most skillful

The talk on who’s probably the most technically gifted footballer the world has ever seen will doubtless go on until the tip of instances

Former Ghana worldwide and captain Stephen Appiah has named Nigeria and Tremendous Eagles nice Austin Okocha as some of the skilfull gamers he has seen play soccer.

Okocha’s expertise was plain, even in a era with no less than a magician in each high membership.

Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo de Lima, Lionel Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo are a number of the most interesting technicians to have ever kicked a soccer.

Whereas nobody will presumably ever be rated above Brazilian playmaker Ronaldinho Gaucho, even the ex-Barcelona hero holds Okocha as his idol.

Appiah, the primary Black Stars captain to guide Ghana to the World Cup, loved a superb profession enjoying with and in opposition to the world’s greatest from 1995 to 2012.

Regardless of his many exploits at Udinese, Parma, Bologna, and Juventus, the place he gained the 2003 Supercoppa Italiana, Appiah insists he has not seen many higher than ex-PSG maestro Okocha.

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— Stephen Appiah (@StephenAppiah) July 27, 2022

In a query and reply session on Twitter, the previous Hearts of Oak midfielder was requested, “Apart Ronaldinho, who’s probably the most expert footballer you understand?”

A query to which Appiah responded: Jay Jay Okocha.

Arguably Nigeria’s best participant, Okocha was named the BBC Africa Participant of the 12 months two instances. He was additionally a seven-time winner of the Nigeria Participant of the 12 months and a one-time Premier League Participant of the Month.

Okocha gained the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations and was the highest scorer and greatest participant on the Afcon ten years later.