Jay-Jay Okocha, a legend in Nigerian football, said that in today's transfer market, teams would have needed to spend almost €150 million to hire him.
The midfielder, who has played for PSG, Fenerbahçe, and Eintracht Frankfurt, was making a statement on the enormous prices teams currently pay to attract players.
Okocha said in an interview with Hurriyet that, based on the current transfer market, he would have cost around €150 million.
“Maybe 1 billion should have been paid for me,” he said.
“They paid £106m for their defensive midfielder Chelsea. To a player from Portugal. I would have cost around €150m. My assists, dribbles… World football started to pay a lot of money. Such would be the numbers of players of this quality.”
In addition, the 49-year-old acknowledged his sorrow at leaving Fenerbahçe, where the supporters adored him.
He added, “It was a really difficult decision. I left very sadly. I was very happy in Fenerbahçe. Moreover, I married my wife in Turkey. My children were about to be born.
“When I went to the World Cup, I had no such thing in mind. After the matches in the World Cup, an offer came from PSG. Aziz Yildirim was the president. He didn’t want to send me. He didn’t even interview the PSG Club. This process has been very difficult. Despite my sadness, when such an offer came, I wanted to make money for Fenerbahçe.”
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