German-Born Okoye Reveals Liverpool Are His Favorite Club, De Gea Among Top 4 GKs
Published: March 09, 2019Fortuna Düsseldorf youth-teamer Maduka Okoye has named Premier League side Liverpool as his favorite team and Manchester United star David de Gea among his top four goalkeepers in the world.
German-born Okoye, who is recovering from injury, is hoping to play for the Dream Team VII this month when they tackle Libya in an U23 Africa Cup of Nations after revealing that he has been contacted by coach Imama Amapakabo.
''I support Liverpool, and for me, the EPL is the biggest. My dream is to reach that level,'' Okoye told omasports.com when asked to name his favorite club and league.
''The Premier League is power, and that’s what I am, I am powerful, active and it’s always fire, and that’s why I love the EPL.''
On his role model, he said : ''My role model is Nelson Dida. He is why I’ve always wanted to be a goalkeeper. My new favourites are Andre Ter Stegen of Barcelona, David De Gea, Thibaut Courtois.
''They are people I can look up to because we have similarities. My best four goalkeepers are Ter Stegen, De Gea, Jan Oblak and Courtois but my role model is Dida forever.
''I follow their games religiously. If I don’t get to see them live, I watch the highlights. I watch football always, if not live, I do on YouTube because it gives me extra knowledge. I learn from every situation; the mistakes give me new information.''
''I follow their games religiously. If I don’t get to see them live, I watch the highlights. I watch football always, if not live, I do on YouTube because it gives me extra knowledge. I learn from every situation; the mistakes give me new information.''
Okoye has made ten starts for Fortuna Düsseldorf II in the Regionalliga West, earning two shutouts and conceding 15 goals.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
Photo Credit : instagram.com/madukaokoye
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