Who would have believed that soccer superstar Mohamed Salah used to idolize a Ghana Premier League striker in his youth?
In the 12 months 2009, Eric Bekoe was unplayable. They termed him ‘Hurricane Bekoe’ for a cause, and it was mainly because he swept the Ghana Premier League with his poaching intuition.
Getting won intention king at Asante Kotoko with 17 league objectives in 23 games, he left for Egyptian facet Petrojet. There his prolific streak would continue.
As Bekoe tells Nhyira FM in Kumasi, he was so great that a young Salah seemed up to him for inspiration.
“I was a large participant in Egypt. Mohamed Salah and other young Egyptian gamers wanted to be like me. Oh yeah!”
“…..Mohammed Salah of Liverpool picked me as his job product. In the course of my times at FC Petrojet, Salah was a youthful boy playing for the youth side of Al Mokawloon, who educated with Petrojet.”
“Salah was a still left-winger who required to score a lot more ambitions for the reason that he is scientific upfront. He sometimes cried for the reason that his attempts on wings did not consequence in goals.”
Then 18, Salah was finding his toes and producing a fashion, with the then constant Bekoe scoring often in the Egyptian best flight. The Ghanaian would go away the country soon after netting an remarkable 65 ambitions in 80 game titles.
Predictably, Ghanaian social media reaction was combined, with some contacting Bekoe a lair. But others also feel the 33 calendar year old.
As for Salah, he would depart Egypt to chase a dream in Europe with Swiss aspect FC Basel, England’s Chelsea, Italy’s Fiorentina, and then, Liverpool.
Suffice to say, Bekoe did not do also poorly as an inspiration.
