One Of My Saddest Moments In Football—Jay Jay Okocha Reveals

<h4>One Of My Saddest Moments In Football<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that football legend and dribbler extraordinaire&comma; Austin Jay Jay Okocha&comma; has&comma; in a rare interview&comma; disclosed an unforgettable sad moment in his football career which spanned decades&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The football entertainer&comma; who played for some notable clubs in Europe&comma; singles out his moments in Turkey which were a mix of joy and sadness&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to the 49-year-old ex Super Eagles star&comma; leaving Fenerbahçe of Turkey where he was loved by the fans was a sad moment for him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He added&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It was a really difficult decision&period; I left very sadly&period; I was very happy in Fenerbahçe&period; Moreover&comma; I married my wife in Turkey&period; My children were about to be born&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When I went to the World Cup&comma; I had no such thing in mind&period; After the matches in the World Cup&comma; an offer came from PSG&period; Aziz Yildirim was the president&period; He didn’t want to send me&period; He didn’t even interview the PSG Club&period; This process has been very difficult&period; Despite my sadness&comma; when such an offer came&comma; I wanted to make money for Fenerbahçe&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Okocha joined Fenerbahçe from Eintracht Frankfurt in 1996 in a deal believed tobe around £1m after the German outfits were relegated from topflight football&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Nigerian dazzled during his two years with the Turkish club and an impressive performance at the 1998 FIFA World Cup was enough to convince French giants&comma; Paris Saint Germain&comma; to pay an African transfer record fee of £14m to lure the player to France&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;