Former Nigeria captain, Austin Jay Jay Okocha has been identified as one of the driving forces behind the impressive run of Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) club, Warri Wolves this season. Wolves are the only Nigerian club still in the running for continental success this season.
Victories over RC Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso), FC Dedebit (Ethiopia) and FK Étanchéité (Congo DR) have seen Wolves reach the play-off rounds of the competition.
They will now face Congo DR club, AC Leopards for the right to play in the group stages of the competition and Wolves captain, Goodluck Onamado has now identified Okocha’s contributions as one of the positive influences to the clubs positive run thus far.
“Jay Jay has been great to us. Since he became the Chairman of the Delta State Football Association, he has not stopped helping us, the players.
“He encourages us all the time, tells us to play for our country and plan for life after football,” Onamado told supersport.com.
Onamado’s position was buttressed by the club’s head coach, Paul Aigbogun.
“I was with Okocha in the UK for an NFF programme recently and I can tell you that he’s a top top man.
“He’s held in great esteem by even men like (Arsenal manager), Arsene Wenger because he’s a great world star.
“Okocha regularly takes time to speak to the boys and it has really encouraged them a great deal.
“Hopefully, this will help us in becoming the first Nigerian club to win the Caf Confederation Cup this season,” he said.
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