"You should be somewhere like Real Madrid, not Bolton Wanderers!" - Chris Kamara on Jay-Jay Okocha
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Depsite missing a penalty, Jay-Jay Okocha inspired Bolton to a 2-0 victory over Manchester City in April 2003.
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So good they named him twice
bell bell
@@yeshennaidu5102 yes lol
@@banterx185 eeew u watch docks he is so bad at youtube lol
he was an absolute baller
Same as Bebe 😂
he is so humble but secretly he knows his talents
Like Kante
No secrecy about it...he is telling it as it is and being humble too. You can actually do both those things at the same time you know
@@partyblue9 was gonna say the same thing lol
not secretly as he did rainbow flicks for fun
Love how he replied that his world class skill is his qualities, his advantage. The guy bleeds humility
Man really good interview. Dodged the Real Madrid comment well and respected Bolton. Somehow the media forgot him but the street will never forget ballers like him
The street indeed will never forget.
Where the truth always resides.
Remember seeing him play secondary school games in Africa.
You just knew then you witnessed something unique that stood above the rest of the players.
Hecommanded the respect of all the city streets, and their respective football stars.
NEVER 🗣
Real fans cannot forget Jay Jay.
Best of the best
lol, he's still a huge presence in African media, doing top punditry for any major football competition and also getting sports-related endorsements left and right. He won the Olympic Gold medal for Nigeria, he will never ever be forgotten.
Listen to how this man gives an interview. Absolute class
You can tell he was well raised.
@@african-history-fountain true
Articulate, well mannered and humble.
@@chiefobvious352 were you captian obvious
So special he gets to wear a suit in his post match interviews
Back in the day when players dressed smart
@@andrewrafferty9991 the jerseys now are a joke..nothing compared to the 90s and early 2000s
@@pranavmadhav979 jerseys now are way better idec
That’s because he’s so cool!
“I should have kept my cool”...
I need five spliffs to be that calm. He makes me fall asleep
@@pranavmadhav979 Common Man. The jerseys today are better than 90s and 2000s. Those jerseys where way too big
"i try to show that I'm worth my wages" if only half of football players actually had that mentality
Hell yeah you god damn right ... Please pin that comment!
Ozil lost it
def one of the best comments.. he sure was one of the best imports for entertainment ..and big sams best years as manager
Still overpaid.
"Anywhere I find myself I try to give my best, I try to show I am worth my wages." Total class. Brilliant, humble super star we are lucky to have had grace the pitch.
Being a Bolton fan it was just so amazing to watch him play, even after he retired he could still produce magic with his skills
How many times have we seen quality players join a smaller club and underperform? So many times. This guy showed his quality and made the team better.
Facts!!
Good times. Campo was another one. Back to the glory days soon eh boys 🐘🐘
I met Jay Jay a few times when I was younger and part of a youth group thing in town (I'm from Bolton) and he was a real gent, how he is in this interview is how he was with everyone.
You know you're a great player when you don't need a star-studded lineup to be world class. Many players can perform in a Real Madrid or Barcelona team, but few can do it in Bolton. Absolute legend
But can they do it on a rainy night in Stoke!?
Just messing!
Absolutely
This is very disrespectful to Real Madrid and Barcelona players.
@@shubhendranathsingh9888 cry abt it
this is basically grealish
From Ockocha, Hierro, Djkorkaef, Anelka, Campo, Jardel, Nolan, Stelios and Jaskelainen to being in L2
Ignore the players. It was Big Sam, as soon as he was gone they collapsed even just 6 month after he left
@@kaihiggins725 the bleeding Bolton fans booed him when he went back with Newcastle aswell. Rather fitting end for them. Ungrateful feckers.
@@marcogarofalo6343 as a Newcastle fan I am still pissed we sacked him but Ashely wanted him to get us UEFA Cup instantly. Yes in 2007 Newcastle we not the same team was they were in 2004 but I mean come on we have literally played in the UEFA Cup 2004-2005 and 2006-2007. We at the time had kind of replaced Leeds in the sense of a big club failing to achieve but still a big club. He even said why he left Bolton, he was 3rd in the table in the winter of 2006 but the board wouldn't spend money to get top 4 so he left
@@kaihiggins725 I was referring to the Bolton fans not Newcastle. After all the Newcastle fans don't owe Alardyce anything. I genuinely feel sorry for your fans putting up with what you have for so long. It's dreadful!
@@marcogarofalo6343 no I mean that was just me personally. What I meant was that was the reason he left. He wanted the pressures of a big club who had ambitions of success. That is the trick we keep playing. Sadly we live off our past success. Bolton Wanderers fans deserved everything they got
I was lucky as a fenerbahçe fan to watch him as a kid 😊 he was my hero and was often a reference to racists to say he was more superior in every facet. Technique, humility and humanity. King Jay Jay 🙏
Ur name is gooner
@@anonymousbroccolli6197 what's your point? I'm a fenerbahçe fan, not a turkish lig fan 😂😂 epl is better to the eyes. I live in a neutral country so I don't have a alligence to a league, only to a team and the sport I love 🙏
@@southgooner86 being a fenerbahçe fan and getting your nickname from another fanbase seems a little phony but what do i know
@@erentoktams1470 And people can't support more than 1 team?
@@mrbennett of course they can, but being a fenerbahçe fan is the dealbraker. The meaning of this can only be comprehended by us so i don’t expect you to understand.
Came to hull city when he was like 40. Still had the most quality on the whole team. Enjoyed watching him week in and out. So good they named him twice!
I served him at Milton Keynes House Of Fraser such a humble guy took a picture with him too.
On today’s top 10 things that never happened :
@@FinbarFUT whys that hard to believe? Englands a tiny place
@@FinbarFUT jealous because you’ve never left your room?
@@FinbarFUT people like u don't go nowhere in life
@@FinbarFUT stfu
Classiest interview I've heard from a player in a while. Just listen to him. Graceful and humble lad. Too bad I was too young to watch him dazzle then.
At 47 he is better than any player at Bolton right now, for sure, thank you for the memories legend. ❤
nah bro he got notin on Alex Baptiste😂😂😂jk
@@ldearden108they the same age, aren't they 😂😂😂 conor Bradley looking like he got a bright future tho
If this man was Brazilian people would literally compare him to Ronaldinho
Ronaldinho learned from him Skinny P, when they both played at PSG!!!
I totally agree - and they played together at PSG.
Ronaldinho already acknowledged he learnt lots of skills from Jay Jay. Lol
JJ okocha benched Ronaldinho while in the same team in PSG
Even Ronaldinho called him his mentor when both of the played at PSG.
If only iwobi was half the player his uncle was.
Iwobi is a bang average footballer. He can't pass, cross, or shoot because he's scores once every 15 games and he look likes bambi on ice when he dribbles the ball. Arsenal scammed Everton with Iwobi
Iwobi is an incredible player. Please do not make such comments against any player.
@@premsid1997 I mean the comment may be unwarranted, but it isn't wrong. If Alex was in fact half the player his uncle was, he wouldn't be coming off of Evertons bench.
@@csokopsglazersout7447 The "Bambi on ice" tag is reserved for Danny Welbeck, thank you.
agreed iwobi is nothing like his uncle divock origi
His parents raised him very well.
This man right here: Jay Jay Okocha is my childhood Idol and one of my favorite players of all time. He's the reason I began watching the PL.
Is he also the reason why you are named twice?
@@christophergreaney4974 Just so I could be JJ too. 😉😊
@@christophergreaney4974 lol. Nice one.
@@jeffreyjeffery4712 Go JJ.
Jay jay>ksi
Had the pleasure of meeting him in Nigeria, most down to earth Superstar ever!!
First time I watched Jay jay play was world cup 1998 against Spain ...I was 13, After that game I went straight to check Nigeria's next game which was against Bulgaria and trust me man never disappointed till he retired .
What he did against karslruhe (oliver kahn was the keeper. billic was also defender), unforgetable. Legend
He was so good no one says he needed a bigger club or trophies. We're just grateful to have been there to witness his magic.
Other than Sky in the video title :)
💯
I've watched this guy live for many a years as a wanderers fan .The way he'd just entice players towards him just to make them look stupid was unreal. Never watched any player manipulate a ball the way he did. Have u seen his goal against Oliver kahn in Germany in the 90s.
@@ryancoackley3660 might be the most disrespectful goal of the 90s lol
@@hakim6158 this is why football is such a powerful thing it brings complete strangers together
We were lucky to watch this man play. He's an absolute genius and one of the greatest footballers in the history of football
This dude was an absolute joy to watch. Loved watching Bolton on Match of the Day just for his highlights.
Yup Joy indeed. Unless you were Arsenal fan lol
The best African f’player of all times so far. He demonstrated the true meaning and purpose of football on earth via his skills and magics, but he was not lucky enough like the popular overrated African f’players. Respect from Congo 🇨🇩✊🏾
Pele is slightly overrated can’t lie, not in word cup though.
George Weah,Drogba,Eto'o etc.
Jay Jay was very very skilled but in terms of performance, continuity,stats and trophys was nowhere near close to the real Big Boys
@@theghizuroi713 Performance, trophies etc. depend on the club and teammate skills. If those players you just mentioned there played in the club like Bolton Wonderers I’m sure you already know the answer...Business has forcefully blinded us to believe that a best player is the one who only scored many goals, won “ballon d’or”, most popular which is due to media preferences, etc. and forget the true purpose of football. Don’t be brainwashed by Eurocentric paradigm about today’s football, there so many realities behind the curtain. Take care😷
@@fiziparadise7808
Wish I could like your comment a thousand times 👍🏻
you are a fool weah is the best african player
Promising young talent. I will watch his career with fine interest
I just hope they give him time to progress, the lads only 48.
@@the-blue-barron2791 😂😂
Had no idea Kamara interviewed players 😅
And guess what. Interviews with the players were actually good
kamara interviews rather regularly
Unbelievable Jeff!
Remember seeing him play secondary school games in Africa. Way way back.
You just knew then you witnessed something unique that stood above the rest of the players. (He scored on the day, an amazing goal too)
He commanded respects of the street and the best streetballers from his own area and the whole city.
The rest (out of Africa) then became history,
JJ
Our special gift to the world of football! Amazing skills, an incredible technician. Forever Jay-Jay. A proud Nigerian.
Humbleness at its finest...Mr Jay Jay okoja...glad I met this legend...one of the best in my eyes...and a down to earth person.
Not many like him about these days, real class on and off the pitch!
Stole him from classic psg in my master league season and he ended up scoring the winner in the champions league final over city! Happy days... God I miss this guy he was a pleasure to watch
Truly one of the most underrated players of all time and an absolute class act 👍🤘 Jay-Jay you absolute legend and a true Galactico 🫶🇳🇬
What a man. So humble so brilliant. Footballers these days are just not the same as the old players.
I loved Jay Jay, one of the best players ever to play the beautiful game of football!!!
Saw him many times when he was at PSG, what a treat this was!
I'm not sure if he had gone to one of the big clubs we would have gotten to see the best of him. I think Bolton and the premier League at that time was perfect for him, he played with freedom and a smile on his face and it came out in his football. I feel at a big club that would have been stifled for structure and we would never have got to enjoy his genius quite as much. But who knows..
Europe league is hardest so what are you saying
Such a gentleman! I am amazed, because it's the first time I see an interview with him.
Chris Kamara doesn't know what to ask the players in an interview
Jeff Stelling - Chris Kamara, what are you going to ask Jay-Jay Okocha?
Chris - I dunno Jeff!
😂😂
The man
The myth
The legend
What a pleasure to watch him play at such a small club like ours 👊
Interviewer sure sounds like he is in absolute love with him lol.The way he keeps on praising him.
My all-time favourite in a Bolton shirt (just ahead of Frank Worthington). Not only an incredibly gifted and talented player but also a humble and endearing person as this interview shows.
So humble that he speaks at such a low volume that you can't make out what he's saying.
"That's my way of getting out of difficult situations"
I watched this guy play in that Wembley cup a few years ago and he was still the best player on the pitch
Used to love watching this guy, he just played like he was playing in a park...
This man was pure class!
Extreme humility and confidence melded together.
He actually was wearing a suit the whole time, even when playing.
That's why he had long sleeves.
Lmaooooooo 😂🤣🤣
OMG! That is so funny!!!!!!!!! Hahahaha! *Choking on my corn flakes!!!!*
😆😅
Am I the only who coincides (coincide, Pepega xd) , that his voice is relaxing xd?
I watch this for ASMR.You ain't alone brother.
Coincides?
@@Povsk1 Reckon you can work out what he ment big lad? I reckon you’ve got it in you
@@MsBurndog I actually don't.
Wrong use of coincide
He is very articulate for a footballer.
He's from a middle class Nigerian family, so he went to good schools there etc.
@@african-history-fountain middle class? Wrong. Middle class Nigerians from the era JJ was a youth could afford to send their kids abroad to play in foreign leagues from very young like John Fashanu. JJ was a struggler like most NGR footballers, kicking anything to be used as a football when there was none.
@@wolfswinkel8906 Your point is ridiculous. That a Nigerian family is middle class does NOT mean they send their kids abroad at the drop of a hat, or because they're good in football. Most are right there in Nigeria. Plus you need to learn how teams acquire players. You don't just ''send your kid abroad to play in foreign leagues'' without a team specifically requesting his services.
@@african-history-fountain I didn't say they all do, I said they could afford to. JJ has shared his rags to riches story on several past interviews though. We know the privileged boys in our national team and JJ was not one of them.
@@wolfswinkel8906 not really. the middle class story is true
You can tell the Interviewer is in awe of him. So humble he's the reason I started watching football
Has such a calming voice I'd love him to tell me a story
Jay-Jay Okocha, what a player!! For me one of the best players to grace the EPL, massively underrated, Bolton had a quality midfield back then, shame to see them struggling in L2 now!!
If he comes out of retirement today,, he will still be better off some of the hyped midfielders we have today..
My country man
Our
The class, the calm way of speaking and addressing a trick question, the way his voice is always humble even tough he´s probably better than half of the over hyped premier league players today, shows the difference in mentality between yesterday´s and today´s instagram players.
Bolton were a bigger team than Man City in 2003 at least! 😂😂
He had such incredible skill and was so flashy on the pitch that you would think that he would be just as brash in interviews, but he’s so calm and humble. Classy guy.
Jay Jay played 2 years for Fenerbahce, when he was 23-25 years old in his prime, he was the best talent with Ronaldinho at the time, then Fenerbahce sold him to PSG for $19m in 1998 !. He would easily cost at least £100m plus if he was around now.
If I heard correctly he said "" Anywhere I find myself I try to do my best I try to earn my wages so I'm glad to do that here " unless I misheard him, this is the exact mentality that ever single player should have and especially those earning 300k a week at big clubs. Leave your heart out damnit. The least they can do is give it all and show that they earn the money they get.
Why do you think you may not have heard him correctly? Was the accent too strong?
@@mrbennett No, it's just that he starts speaking and then seems like he gets bored talking and lowers his voice haha
@@patrikbytyqi4ever I get you bro. JayJay is just a cool cat with his own way of talking.
Well the nicest interview i come across for a footballer. Pure class
Impossible to dislike this man , class.
Gentleman ❤ Just oozes class and what a player
Great character, great footballer. So focussed, honest and humble.
Love his cool , calm and humble nature .. rare attributes esp someone such talent
One of the reasons I started watching football as an Igbo boy back in the days
As a football coach for young children I always tell them about Jay Jay and his skill when I show them videos of him they all go out and pretend to be him.
One of my favourite entertainer its a shame he did not take his football too seriously. He had all the tools to be best but didn't have the ambition to match his natural ability..
This man is an absolute class. The way he talks, the way he dresses, the classy style of his and the smart answers to questions like him being at Madrid.
And he’s humble, also knows how to drop defenders on the field aswell.
Probably my fav person for interviews and one of my fav interview along with Alisson one where he scored and cried while talking…
Always skilful and always smiling
Legend of Legends, but man it hurts having my childhood years now boxed off in to the "retro" section, that to me was flares and good music :D
His nephew isn't quite as good as him
Yes I am
@@jordannolan4008 ok
Stop being negative
@@BlueKidSwag But it's the truth. Alex Iwobi is simply not as good as Okocha.
He doesn’t have to. Talents like jj are incredibly rare
Jay Jay is an absolute legend ong ❤❤
this brother was one of the best that ever did it bar none
I remember watching this man as a kid. He was phenomenal!
What a player !
One of BEST that ever grace the field of play in Football.
Jay Jay was quality! We had some great players in the league back then. Not like now.
I feel like jay jay is a underrated legend of football/soccer
Don't put / soccer please it's called football. Don't make the yanks happy .
One of the best things that happened to the EPL was this man, absolute excitement & joy to watch. Thank you Jay Jay Okocha.
Anywhere I am I try to show that I'm worth my wages.
What an OG.
Take Jay Jay's technical ability and 'on his day' he was the best player in the world. Take his overall wider impact on team results and that is where he fell short of the more recognised / celebrated careers of other perceived greater players. But technically? Again, he was up there with anyone : )
A bit unfair when you consider that he stuck with Bolton, and even at that level he made a huge impact. Just imagine how much he'd have achieved and how much recognition he'd have gotten if he had played for a big club.
I love how cool and humble he is
As a family friendly of jay jay for the past 15 years, I always wanted to ask him why he never moved to a great team. But seeing how he lives now I understand. He needed that money. Respect uncle jay
🧢
No one actually believes you btw
@@jh55x that’s your choice to believe or not I don’t have to prove it
@@jh55x He has a Nigerian name, it could be true.
@@AOmar2305 Wow such a convincing story young man
Wasnt just jay jay. Bolton had some great players under big Sam.
Jay jay was world class, i always remeber him destroying arsenal midfield. Phenomenal player, so glad i got tobsee him play in his prime
Literally the only Retro vid in the past 5 months with 1m plus views
Love his accent
..middle class Nigerian.
Fans of other premier league teams use to go watch Okocha play at the Reebok stadium. I'm not a Bolton fan, but I never missed Bolton's matches back then.
Now we're in League Two😐
Lol
That's life.
So calm. Respect 👏🏿
Kammy is genuinely a great interviewer
Cult team with Ivan Campo, Ricardo Gardner etc.. My fave team on pes back in 2006-8
Very classy interview, especially the retort to the Madrid comment. Classy player and gent.
Kammy should still be doing these interviews!
"To do something the defender wouldn't think of, that is my way of getting myself out of a difficult situation" Masterclass!
Academy bred stock should take notes. Ever seen a 1v1 situation where it looks like they are doing a choreographed dance? It's exactly this JJ is hinting at. Modern football tactics and strategies rely very heavily on speed and brute force. Flair and finesse have almost entirely been phased out by these mechanical and Geometric styles of play. Rewind it.
He is so relaxed..
Great interview. His outlook on the game is so inspiring
Jay Jay so good they named him twice!
comment theft
Comment theft
Comment theft? That's basically his slogan, everyone says that about Okocha.
@@Dikkesamir why there only 2 comments saying *the exact same thing* then?
@@archersd just google jay jay okocha so good they named him twice
What a player /character one of the best
His english grammar is so good
ffs we speak English in Nigeria
@@adewaleadesanwo9997 😂