Former Nigeria’s Super Eagles skipper, Joseph Yobo has revealed the former Nigeria international, Austin Okocha is a better player than Brazilian legend, Ronaldinho.
Yobo, who is presently the assistant coach of the Nigeria national football team explained that the qualities showed by Okocha is far more the Barcelona legend displayed on the field of play.
Yobo believe that Ronaldinho who had won the FIFA World Player of the Year, Ballon d’Or, La Liga and Champions League while at Barcelona can not be compare with Okocha.
“Jay-Jay, as the captain he wasn’t one of those that really enforces things, he is easygoing and then he leads by example basically but then on the football pitch he lets his football do the talking.
“A lot of things that we saw in training people didn’t see in the game because the game is always structural.
“He is one of the best I have ever seen and played with talking about technical abilities and it was always fun playing around him because like I said he loves football.
“He enjoyed the game, if you are around Jay-Jay you must enjoy football, he was a special player,” the former Everton defender said.
Okocha and Ronaldinho played alongside each other at French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain during the 2001-2002 season.
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