“Zero as a person” – Super Eagles legend Okocha suffers vicious attack from Romanian coach

The retired Nigerian footballer is taken into account some of the gifted Africans ever to play the sport

Romanian coach Dorian Marin has slammed Nigerian legend Austin Okocha for his poor man-management abilities.

Austin Okocha, certainly one of Nigeria’s greatest-ever gamers, retired from soccer in 2008 after an illustrious profession that received him accolades from residence and overseas.

Since then, the Bolton Wanderers icon has tried his hand at enterprise and soccer politics, as he was as soon as the Chair of the Delta State Soccer Affiliation.

Okocha presently serves as a soccer pundit for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar for African sports activities broadcaster Supersports.

However former Calabar Rovers coach Dorian Marin claims Okocha was as soon as his supervisor, and the pair labored collectively for about 18 months.

Marin accused Okocha of being a horrible supervisor whose incompetence denied him three alternatives to teach golf equipment in Southern Africa.

Whereas Marin admits that Okocha was an excellent participant, the Romanian insists Okocha’s dispute together with his brother reveals the previous Tremendous Eagles captain lacked fundamental interpersonal abilities.

“For a 12 months and a half, I had Jay-Jay Okocha as my supervisor,” Marin informed Sport. “Nice footballer, grade 10 for his taking part in profession, however zero as an individual!

“Due to him I misplaced not one, not two, however three provides! These had been good golf equipment in South Africa, Angola, and Zimbabwe, and I didn’t perceive why the talks weren’t being accomplished.

“Till somebody from certainly one of these golf equipment defined to me that they may not switch to the crew the 4 Nigerian footballers that I had requested. Besides I wasn’t the one who requested them!

“I discovered that now even Okocha’s brother doesn’t speak to him anymore!”

Throughout a improbable taking part in profession, Okocha received the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations and the 1996 Olympics gold medal with Nigeria.

The mercurial midfielder remains to be considered a membership nice at Borussia Neunkirchen, Fenerbahce, Paris Saint-Germain, and Bolton Wanderers.