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21 February: This week we take a look at African players getting noticed in the EPL, including Omar Marmoush at Liverpool, Dango Ouattara at Bournemouth and Everton’s Beto.
We also look at Man City’s exit from the UEFA Champions League, comprehensively beaten by Real Madrid, and we chat to 1997 African Footballer of the Year Victor Ikpeba about what it takes to make it as an elite footballer.
Ikpeba was an acclaimed striker, playing six seasons with Monaco in France and three in Germany with Borussia Dortmund, winning the 1994 AFCON with Nigeria, as well as an Olympic gold medal in 1996.
21 February: This week we zoom in on Africans in the English Premier League, with Egypt’s Omar Marmoush, Burkina Faso’s Dango Ouattara and Beto, from Guinea-Bissau, all shining of late.
We also talk about the Uefa Champions League, with Real Madrid knocking Man City out, and we talk to the 1997 African Footballer of the Year - Victor Ikpeba of Nigeria. Ikpeba played as a striker and spent six seasons with Monaco in France and three seasons in Germany at Borussia Dortmund, and won the 1994 AFCON and Olympic Gold in 1996.
Ikpeba tells us what it takes to make it at the top level.
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