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George Weah, Marcel Desailly, others to attend Stephen Keshi’s burial

Liberian football icon, George Weah as well as World Cup Winner, Marcel Desailly have declared their interest in attending the burial of former Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi.
“We have been receiving calls from world soccer legends and I can tell you that the likes of Marcel Desailly, George Weah among others have indicated interest to grace the burial. We have promised to get back to them once the final burial arrangements have been concluded by the committee.” Football Federation (NFF) General Secretary  Mohammed Sanusi said.
Sanusi also revealed the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung will chair committee for the burial which will hold in the last week of July.
“We are tentatively settling for the last weekend of July as Keshi’s burial. The burial committee will soon be constituted and I can tell you that the Hon Minister of Sports and Youth Development will chair the committee. Other members of the committee will be drawn from the NFF, the Delta and Edo States government and members of the Keshi family.” Sanusi added.
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Yaya Toure makes a case for undervalued African players

Three-time African player of the year, Yaya Toure during an interview on Football Focus segment on BBC World News made a case for undervalued footballers in Africa. Toure who has netted a total of 22 goals this season for his club, Manchester City says African footballers deserve to be celebrated like their European counterparts. The 30 year-old UN ambassador believes the media has a major role to play in the recognition/celebration of African players.

“To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans, I don’t want to be hard and I don’t want to be negative, but I want to be honest. If we play well and we don’t have the recognition from the media, we are not going to be where we want to be. If you go to any part of Africa now, people will say, ‘yes, we know Messi, but when you come to Europe and say ‘Yaya Toure’ people will say, ‘who is that?’ Some will say they know my name but not know my face. But they will know Messi’s face.” He stated

Citing the likes of Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto’o who are un-appreciated despite their significant contributions at their various clubs. The Ivorian believes they also deserve to win the Ballon d’Or award, adding that there has only been one African winner of the award, which is former AC Milan and Liberia striker George Weah who won in 1995.

“Those players are more than legends for me and Africa. I am very proud to be African, I want to defend African people and I want to show to the world that African players can be as good as the Europeans and South Americans.”

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