The Var Room

Former Super Eagles captain Jay-Jay Okocha paid a courtesy visit to Nigeria’s 1994 AFCON-winning coach, Clemens Westerhof 🤍💚

Westerhof is so far the most successful foreign coach Nigeria has ever had.
During his time, the potentials of grassroot football was elevated and lots of great talents were discovered, harnessed and exposed to the world.
May he enjoy his retirement in peace and grace.

His success was tied to how he understood the politics of destruction and boycotted the FA and dealt directly with the then Vice President Aikhomo who funded him directly from his office. Otherwise, those thieves at the glass house would have frustrated him.

He Made us Love the SUPER EAGLES Till Date.

💥🚨OFFICIAL: Fiorentina agreed deal to sign Parma forward Matteo Pellegino. The Argentinian forward will join the violets on a fee around €20Million.

🤯 THIS IS INSANE 👏

Facing a severe financial crisis, Peruvian football club Deportivo Municipal came up with a brilliant fix: selling over 1,000 micro-sponsorship slots on their new kit for $50 to $150 each to avoid bankruptcy!

Designing a jersey with a thousand local business logos sounds like a total nightmare, but you have to admire the creativity and effort. 👏⚽️

🚨 FINALLY, A BLACK PLAYER FOR ARGENTINA

Kiki Ramos made his debut with the U17 team of the Argentine national team 🇦🇷

Born in Haiti 🇭🇹 in 2009, he is a survivor of the terrible earthquake in 2010 that claimed the lives of more than 300,000 people.

Adopted by an Argentine family, he left his homeland.

He now plays for the youth teams of Velez Sarsfield and has just made his debut with the Argentine jersey 🙌

[Via: ES]

💭 The transfer market has become ridiculous.

Cristiano Ronaldo had already won a Ballon d'Or before being valued at €100 million.

Luis Suárez had won the Premier League Golden Boot before his €80+ million move.

Gareth Bale had delivered a trophy with Tottenham and scored 26 goals in a season before his €100 million transfer.

Now, players like Diomande and Kroupi are being valued around €130 million despite having fewer than 65 senior club goals combined.

The game's gone. 💔

Sébastien Haller putting a reporter in their place about AFCON 👏❤️

🗣️Journalist: “Would you prefer to stay at the club in January or play the AFCON?”

🗣️ Haller: "This question shows all the lack of respect you have for Africa. Would you ask this question to a European player before a Euro? Of course, I will go and play in the AFCON....

Liverpool fans are clearly taking the loss of Andrew Robertson well. 😂😅😅