“I would have cost around €150m in today’s transfer market” – Football legend, Jay-Jay Okocha says
“They paid £106m for their defensive midfielder Chelsea. To a player from Portugal. I would have cost around €150m. My assists, dribbles… World football started to pay a lot of money. Such would be the numbers of players of this quality.”
The 49-year-old also expressed his sadness at leaving Fenerbahçe, where he was loved by the fans.
He added, “It was a really difficult decision. I left very sadly. I was very happy in Fenerbahçe. Moreover, I married my wife in Turkey. My children were about to be born.
“When I went to the World Cup, I had no such thing in mind. After the matches in the World Cup, an offer came from PSG. Aziz Yildirim was the president. He didn’t want to send me. He didn’t even interview the PSG Club. This process has been very difficult. Despite my sadness, when such an offer came, I wanted to make money for Fenerbahçe.”
French Ligue 1 giants, Paris Saint Germain bought him from the Turkish side for a record-breaking £14 million after his mind-blowing performance at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
Okocha claimed in an interview with Hurriyet that his transfer fee would have been around €150 million based on the current transfer market which saw Chelsea pay a whopping £106 million for Argentine midfielder Enzo Fernandez.
On his departure from Fenerbahçe to PSG, Jay Jay Okocha added, “It was a really difficult decision. I left very sadly. I was very happy in Fenerbahçe. Moreover, I married my wife in Turkey. My children were about to be born.
The Nigerian dazzled during his two years with the Turkish club and an impressive performance at the 1998 FIFA World Cup was enough to convince French giants, Paris Saint Germain, to pay an African transfer record fee of £14m to lure the player to France.
In an interview with hurriyet, Okocha believed he would have cost around €150m going by the current transfer market.
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