Former Super
Eagles captain, Austin Okocha is 33rd on the list of top 100 best foreign
players to feature in the English Premiere League, according to acclaimed
football
magazine, FourFourTwo.
"Okocha
almost single-handedly rescued Bolton from relegation trouble in his first
season,
netting
crucial long-range goals and dazzling the Premier League with strings of
outrageous skills and showboats that embarrassed a host of opponents" the
magazine said.
Former
Arsenal striker and Nigerian Captain, Nwankwo Kanu is 78 on the list. The
magazine described him as the "Nigerian with telescopic legs"
"Kanu
is a magician" explained former Arsenal team mate Gilberto, "and
sometimes I'm not sure he knows what he's going to do next with the ball."
"The
Nigerian with the telescopic legs was a bewitching force in the Gunners team
during the early noughties, often teeing up Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp
with mind-boggling dummies and flicks. Many of his own Arsenal goals were also
sublime, including a back-heeled volley at Middlesbrough in 1999 and a
stupendous hat-trick at Stamford Bridge in his side's incredible 3-2 win. Kanu
demonstrated that there was life after Arsenal, too, netting the Wembley winner
to help Portsmouth win the FA in 2008.
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