Transfer: Why I didn’t join Bayern Munich – Jay Jay Okocha

Former Super Eagles star, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha, has revealed that helium astir joined Bayern Munich.

Okocha, speaking connected the ObiOne Podcast, claimed that the Bundesliga giants wanted to motion him successful 1991.

But the woody fell done due to the fact that helium was nether 18 years aged astatine the time.

​”I got an connection from Bayern Munich. I went with their younker squad to a tourney successful Switzerland, and aft that, they wanted to motion me,” Okocha said.

​”Because I turned 18 successful August, German rules stated that you had to crook 18 earlier July to play professionally that season. Because of that, I wasn’t adjacent allowed to play successful the promotion play-offs for the 3rd part squad I was playing for, adjacent though we won our determination league and were aiming for the nonrecreational 2nd division.

​”Bayern made maine an offer, but it was lone verbal due to the fact that they said, ‘Oh, we can’t springiness you a nonrecreational declaration until you crook 18.’ Since I turned 18 precocious successful the year, I would person had to hold astir different year. I would person had to bid with the professionals and play with the reserve team, but I was consenting to instrumentality the hazard due to the fact that they were the biggest nine successful Germany.