Sam Allardyce Names Super Eagles Legend Okocha in the List of Best 11 Players He Managed

• Nigerian legend Jay-Jay Okocha was one of the best midfielders the Premier League had seen
• New Leeds United gaffer Sam Allardyce has now named the Super Eagles legend in his best XI
• Okocha and the English coach worked together at Bolton Wanderers for five impressive years

New Leeds United coach, Sam Allardyce has named former Super Eagles captain, Austin Jay-Jay Okocha in his list of the best 11 players he has so far managed in his career.

As far as coaching teams in England is concerned, Allardyce made his name with Limerick in 1991 before moving to Blackpool in 1994.

The 68-year-old has also handled bigger clubs like Everton, West Ham United, Sunderland, and also the English national senior team, which he managed for one year.

It was at Bolton Wanderers that Allardyce and Okocha met, with the coach and player forming an excellent working relationship in their five years together.

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The Englishman was in charge of the Trotters from 1999 to 2007, with Okocha playing for the side from 2002 to 2006 and also captaining the team.

According to the reports by Punch and Naija News, Allardyce has now named the Super Eagles legend in his best-ever eleven-team.

Others in Allardyce's best eleven

The Leeds manager came up with the following all-time team:

Jussi Jaaskelainen in goal; Habib Beye, Ryan Nelsen, Phil Jones, and Patrick Van Aanholt on defence, and Jermain Defoe and Nicolas Anelka on the attack.

Along with Okocha, Fernando Hierro, Garry Speed, and Youri Djorkaeff also made the list.

Okocha rates his modern-day value

Earlier, Sports Brief reported on Okocha suggesting his net worth would be around €150 million in the transfer market today, compared to what he was paid in 1996.

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Back then, the master dribbler moved from Eintracht Frankfurt to Fenerbahce for a fee of around £1 mil after the German team's relegation from the top flight league.

Okocha became a household name for his impressive performances with the Turkish club and after the 1998 World Cup in France, joined Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1.