The world famous soccer star, Jay Jay Okocha recently stated his views on Germany’s Bundesliga and why it’s better than Premier league.
Okocha made this known doing an exciting interactive session with the media recently as the foremost digital television company, StarTimes and DFL Deutsche Fussball Liga unveiled plans for ‘Bundesliga Legend Tour with Jay Jay Okocha’.
It was a remarkable applaud when Jay Jay Okocha stated that, ‘Bundesliga is better than Premier League in terms of tactical approach, technical approach, discipline, stadium attendance and number of goals scored per week.’
The Bundesliga’s current average attendance of about 42,000 fans per match is the highest in a professional football league worldwide and only second after the American National Football League (NFL) compared to all professional sports leagues.
The football game usually attracts more than 18 million spectators in total to the stadiums.
According to StarTimes Marketing Director, Mr. Dare Kafar, ‘The Bundesliga Legends Tour is a continuation of the journey that was started more than twelve months ago when StarTimes signed the exclusive broadcast right of the Bundesliga for five years in Nigeria.’ He further reiterated that, StarTimes is also using this platform to allow subscribers and fans to interact with their Bundesliga legends.
Jay Jay Okocha while in Lagos and Accra will share his experience on the Bundesliga during live studio shows and serve as co-commentator for Bundesliga matches.
Moreover he will take part in various activities like football clinics and autograph sessions for African football fans. Another Bundesliga legend, Sunday Oliseh will visit Kenya between 20th and 22nd December, where he will appear as an analyst and guest with media partners, holding training sessions with local football managers and meeting with football fans in Nairobi.’
Speaking on behalf of the Managing Director, DFL Sports Enterprises, Mr. Daubitzer, Tobias Ross stated that, ‘Bundesliga is very proud to partner with StarTimes and Jay-Jay Okocha. He underlined that it is very important for us to take the Bundesliga experience out of Germany with activities such as the Legends Tour. We want to be close to our international supporters and show them what makes the Bundesliga so special.’
Okocha concluded by stating that Bundesliga has the best youth development program stating that the Youth Development Program can be pointed out as one of the reasons for the successful development of German football in recent years.
