Former Liverpool forward, Michael Owen has claimed that Chelsea legend, Didier Drogba changed changed football for every striker following his move to England in 2004. The former Real Madrid player made the declaration during a documentary by FourFourTwo named The Art of Goalscoring documentary .
The Ivorian who scored 101 leagues goals in eight seasons won 3 Premier League titles, 3 League Cups, 4 FA Cups and 1 Champions League trophy during his spell at Stamford Bridge.
“When I was growing up it was always two centre forwards. And it was always about how you could work together, how you could link together as a big man and little man. And I think the introduction, in my eyes anyway, of Didier Drogba at Chelsea, when Jose Mourinho played him upfront on his own, got a lot of people thinking, ‘We can get one big man to do a bit of everything.” Owen noted
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Jay-Jay Okocha named in top 100 best foreign EPL players list
Former Super Eagles captain, Jay-jay Okocha has been named in the top 100 best foreign players to feature in the English Premier League list, created by football magazine, FourFourTwo.
The former Bolton player was described by the magazine thus, “Okocha almost single-handedly rescued Bolton from relegation trouble in his first season, netting crucial long-range goals and dazzling the Premier League with a string of outrageous skills and showboats that embarrassed a host of opponents. For half a season, he wasn’t far from being the best player in the league – even at Bolton.”
Okocha who won the BBC African Footballer of the Year in 2003 and 2004, and the Premier League Player of the Month in November 2003 represented Nigeria 75 times with 14 goals to his name. In March 2004, he was named one of the top 125 living footballers by Pelé and hung his boots for the Super Eagles in 2006
Ronaldinho covers new issue of Four Four Two Magazine!
Brazilian football icon, Ronaldinho has covered the South American Special issue of Four Four Two magazine.
The edition which was dedicated to Chapecoense FC who lost their club members to a Colombia plane crash few months ago also features interviews from Robinho and Pablo Zabaleta.
In his interview, Ronaldinho explained how he inspired the new generation, what he’s planning to do next, and why he wishes he was Dele Alli
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Saviours? Can they rescue their teams? Di Maria and Balotelli cover the new issue of Four Four Two Magazine
From Spain and Italy to the English Premier League, can these new sensational signings, Di Maria and Balotelli save their new teams? This week, Angel Di Maria sealed a move from Real Madrid to Manchester United on a five-year deal for a record of £59.7m, Mario Balotelli on the other hand had a £16million switch from AC Milan to Liverpool.
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