Head coach of the Super Eagles, Sunday Oliseh, has spoken about his relationship with former team-mate, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha.
There have been a lot of speculations surrounding their friendship and it has been suggested that both men don’t see eye to eye. But while responding to questions by a reporter recently, Oliseh replied sarcastically: “Yes, I hate Jay-Jay,” before quickly adding “I hate Okocha because anytime we play tennis, he beats me. We played at the weekend at Sheraton Hotel and he defeated me.”
“We’re the best of friends and we played Tennis at the weekend.”
Rumours of rivalry between the two ex-footballers, dates as far back as 2002, when Okocha replaced Oliseh as national team captain to the World Cup in Korea and Japan.
Oliseh also spoke about how he planned to eliminate individuality in the Eagles team and promote team play.
“If you remember our victories in 1994 and 1996, it was based on individual talents. But we do not have such individual talents again. What we need to do is to play collectively. That is what obtains in Germany and Spain. It’s a lot of hard work. We’re here to do our best.” he added.
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