Author of great performances in preparation with AC Milan, Noah Okafor is currently untenable on football fields. But the 25 -year -old striker is also outside, he who recently settled his accounts with the Swiss media in a podcast.
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First a double against Liverpool (4-2), then a double and a decisive pass against Perth Glory (9-0): Noah Okafor has distinguished himself in recent days in the preparation match. He thus increased his chances of playing for Milan next season, he who had become undesirable at the start of the year and who had been loaned to Naples during the winter transfer window.
At that time, instead of staying in Serie A, Okafor should have landed in Leipzig and Bundesliga. But his transfer had fallen into the water at the last minute due to a disqual hernia diagnosed in the Basel.
“They (Editor’s note: Leipzig) said that they needed immediate reinforcement and that they were going to spend too much money in the loan and the option if I was not available for six weeks,” said the 25 -year -old player in the Podcast “Say Less”, recorded alongside his brothers Elijah (21) and Isaiah (20).
“The coach, Marco Rose, really wanted me, the sports director also wanted me, but the decision came from above, in consultation with the doctors,” added Noah Okaor.
“What were they waiting for?” That I put all my clothes in an Ikea bag? ”
However, the latter had not lingered long on the failure of his transfer. “It was difficult for a day or two, and overall, the period was very eventful,” he admitted. It was more media coverage in Switzerland that disturbed it.
The choice of his clothes (notably a Louis Vuitton jacket at around 6,000 francs) and his bag for the short trip to Leipzig had thus passed in the first level in the German press. “The ostentatious appearance of Okafor turns fiasco”, for example, titled the “Blick” at the time.
“A Swiss media must be behind me and write something good at that time. Many things are not doing well in this country, and that’s why I don’t want to do any interviews with them, “said Okaor in the podcast. “What were they waiting for?” That I put all my clothes in an Ikea bag? ”
For the Swiss international with 24 selections, he is free to spend his money where he understands it. According to him, the origin of these criticisms is simple: “These are those who are jealous and who would like to be in my place,” concluded Noah Okaor, who visibly addresses this new season the Revanchard spirit.