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FIRST LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST DIAMOND STAR....
I am a PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER. I play on the wings, or in the midfield as an attacking midfielder. I am a team player.
27/04/2021
FIRST LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST DIAMOND STAR....
I am in His rest... I have ceased from myself. Grace is the voice. Watch me play my ball and u will testify
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Invictus
Former Super Eagles defender Taribo West has warned young footballers against signing slave contracts, which he revealed he was a victim of , during his early European career.
Taribo joined French Ligue 1 side Auxerre from domestic league side Julius Berger in a highly celebrated move in 1993.
But 25 years later , the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games gold medallist revealed that he had a hellish time at Auxerre having signed a contract without knowing the details. This he added , also affected him , when he made another high - profile move from the French side to Italian giants Inter Milan in 1997.
“ I played in Auxerre for (almost ) free . I was playing under a contract for five years without knowing the contents and conditions binding the contract ,” Taribo stated during Footballers Connect, an event aimed at bridging the gap between young footballers , professionals and ex -internationals.
“ After the third year, Arsenal, Juventus , Glasgow Rangers, Sevilla and Betis came for me . I went to the coach stating that I wanted to leave but he sat me down, showed me my contract terms with Auxerre . I saw the details of what I had signed . Where my fellow defenders were earning as high as 120, 000 French Francs, I was going home with 3000 French Francs.
“ I wanted to set Auxerre on fire that day. Immediately, I called my manager , who was turning me left and right (while) enjoying himself in Senegal .
“ One day I went to see my coach after training where I met a certain manager who told me that about five clubs were interested in signing me . On the table I saw Arsenal , Juventus , Glasgow Rangers, Sevilla and Inter Milan . He began to make calls and Inter was the destination , I signed the contract papers without knowing its content yet again. ”
In an interview with The PUNCH , Taribo stated that he had used his experiences to guide young African footballers , who would jump at the bait of European football without considering the negative consequences.
“ Most young Africans sign contracts they don’ t know about because they are desperate to play in Europe . I didn ’t know too . They need to have lawyers ; that ’ s why the big players use their fathers or brothers as their agents these days. I didn’ t know all these during my time.
The first and second managers I had in Europe were the same . It was when I left my second manager that things got better for me. I don’ t want our present generation of young players to fall victim too ,” Taribo added .
“ Many Nigerian players of my era passed through the same torture but they hide it from the public, they don’ t want to talk so that the young players can learn from them .”
I ask for grace
IT TIME TO PROPHECY D PROPHECY
AM A VOICE DAT MUST B HEARD.IJN