Afena-Gyan: AS Roma Boss Jose Mourinho Buys N368k Sneaker for Ghanaian Lad

Afena-Gyan: AS Roma Boss Jose Mourinho Buys N368k Sneaker for Ghanaian Lad

Babajide Orevba, Akan Anwankwo
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:51 PM
  • Felix Afena-Gyan has gotten a new 800 euros footwear he was owed by Manager Jose Mourinho
  • The Portuguese before the Genoa game in the Italian Serie A on Sunday, promised the 18 years old to buy him the shoes if he scored
  • Motivations could not be any stronger, as the Ghanaian forward netted two late goals to hand AS Roma the win

AS Roma manager, Jose Mourinho has followed through on his promise to buy Afena-Gyan his most-wanted pair of footwear if he scored in Sunday's Genoa game.

There was a video of the Portuguese handing over the £670 (N368k) gift to the 18-year-old.

Afena-Gyan came off the bench with 15 minutes left on the clock to score the 2 goals that earned Roma all three points.

Afena-Gyan: Jose Mourinho Comes Good on 800 Euro Kick for Ghanaian Lad
Ghanaian teenager, Afena-Gyan receives gift from Jose Mourinho. Source: Twitter/@SaddickAdams
Source: Twitter

The second goal by the Ghanaian lad has been making headlines since and for good reason. It was a thing of beauty.

Video of Afena-Gyan's 15 minutes cameo

YEN.com.gh has sighted a video showing all the important moments of Afena-Gyan's 15-minute cameo for AS Roma in their 2:0 win over Genoa.

The video shows, aside his two goals, Afena-Gyan contributed immensely to Jose Mourinho's side's attacking threat on the night.

AS Roma crush over 18-year-old Ghanaian wonderkid

AS Roma could not hide their love for 18-year-old Ghanaian kid, Felix Afena-Gyan after his brace on Sunday, filling their Twitter social media handle with all things "Afena-Gyan".

The Italian giants nicknamed Ghana's Afena-Gyan, "Felixita", in the wake of his two-goal performance for the 'Lupi' in their Italian Serie-A game versus Genoa.

Drogba says he would cry if Salah continues to break his record

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had earlier reported that Mohamed Salah is now the leading African scorer in the Premier League breaking Didier Drogba's feat with Chelsea in almost ten years, The Sun.

The Liverpool striker now has 108 goals to the former Chelsea forward's 105 in the English top-flight division.

And the Egyptian does not seem like stopping any moment as he still chasing down Ivorian's record for the most assists (54).

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Babajide Orevba
Babajide Orevba is a CAF accredited Nigerian journalist and HOD of the Local Desk with over 10 years of experience in media landscape.He studied NCE Political Science/Social Studies, AOCOED.
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