JJ Okocha Is More Skillful Than Abedi Pele - George Weah

Liberian football legend and Politician,
George Oppong Weah, has said Nigeria's
Jay Jay Okocha is more skillful than
Ghana's Abedi Pele.



The former international footballer, who
happens to be the only African player to
have won the FIFA World Player of the
Year award, admitted he was not even
close to the Nigerian legend who had
more techniques than him on the football
pitch.



“Abedi is a strong player, he’s a creative
player but Jay Jay is more skillful.


“Even me, Jay Jay has more techniques
than me.



All the things that Jay Jay does on
the field, we don’t even do one percent of
it.



“For me, I don’t do tricks, I will score a
good goal and when I am squeezed up, I
know how to run around.



“But to put the ball around and play with
it, I give it to Jay Jay; he is an entertainer.
won the 1995 FIFA World Player of the
Year award is the first African player to
win the award and the only one to date.



“So Jay Jay is a legend when it comes to
that; he is very creative, he is very smart
and he knows how to do tricks,” Oppong
Weah told Starr Chat in an Interview.



The former striker who is a serving
senator in his country will be contesting in
the 2017 presidential election against
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in October despite
losing to her in 2005.