SAN FRANCISCO, May 10, (THEWILL) – Brighton & Hove’s Nigeria international, Leon Balogun, believes Austin Jay-Jay Okocha was a better footballer than Arsenal legend, Nwankwo Kanu.
He disclosed this in an Instagram chat with the Super Eagles Team.
Balogun said: “I always admired Kanu, you know he is very tall, very lanky and that’s technical, it is not easy.
“Even though I picked Jay-Jay, Kanu definitely deserves a lot of respect because he has been through a lot, also physically.
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“For me he’s one of the greatest in the history of Nigerian football.”
THEWILL reports that Okocha and Kanu were in the Super Eagles team that finished second at the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations and won bronze medals at three consecutive AFCONs in 2002, 2004 and 2006.
Kanu won the African Footballer of the Year award twice – 1996 and 1999.
