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🗓️ 27 September 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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We're joined by Premier League royalty on today's episode of Ramble Meets... as Andy catches up with former PSG, Bolton and Super Eagles midfielder, Jay-Jay Okocha!
Jay-Jay's storied career saw him become part of both Bundesliga and Premier League folklore. They talk about his incredible journey, some of his most famous moments and what it was really like working under Big Sam Allardyce at Bolton.
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0:00.0 | Hello, this episode of Upfront is brought to you by Transport for London. |
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0:20.0 | More on that later in the episode. |
0:30.0 | Hello, Ramblers, Andy here with another ramble meets. |
0:55.0 | I'm very excited about this one and dare I say it, you should be too, because my guest |
1:00.0 | today through that incredible goal against Karlsruher and yes, we do ask him about that. |
1:06.0 | Fenerbahce, Paris Saint-Germain, Bolton and Hall Dance Offs with Big Sam, yes, it's J.J. |
1:12.7 | a coach, the one and only midfield royalty, absolutely delightful company, it's got some |
1:18.8 | great stories as well and I'm really looking forward to bring it to you. |
1:23.5 | You can see his ramble meets J.J. a coach. |
1:27.2 | So J.J. obviously a lot of people in England have a lot of love for you, will come to the |
1:32.8 | England bit in a bit, but let's start where your relationship with European football started. |
1:40.6 | When you came over to Germany as a teenager, tell us about the story behind that. |
1:46.6 | Well, it was more like a coincidence because I went on holiday, but a friend of my brother |
2:02.6 | that I went to visit was playing for the third division club, Brucia Neukachin. |
2:09.8 | So I went to training with him and of course I had my football shoes with me because I carried |
2:16.0 | them everywhere I go and I asked the money that if I could train with them. |
2:23.2 | So he said, yeah, why not? |
2:26.2 | I don't think the rest is history because he kept me for like two weeks and then they |
2:34.1 | said that he would like to sign me. |
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