{"id":81847,"date":"2023-07-06T21:29:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T21:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/06\/jordan-ayew-reveals-his-football-idol\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T21:29:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T21:29:47","slug":"jordan-ayew-reveals-his-football-idol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/06\/jordan-ayew-reveals-his-football-idol\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Ayew reveals his football idol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"460\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2022-11-28-152736-696x460.png\"   alt=\"Jordan Ayew\" title=\"Jordan Ayew\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jordan Ayew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ghana and Crystal Palace\u00a0forward, Jordan Ayew, has revealed that African football great Samuel Eto\u2019o inspired him while growing up.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to GTV Sports Plus in an interview, the former Aston Villa forward admitted that he had a pool of great players who he looked up to including\u00a0Eto\u2019o, Didier Drogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and Emmanuel Adebayor.<\/p>\n<p>However, the attacker pointed out that\u00a0Eto\u2019o inspired him the most.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large td-caption-align-https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/samuel-etoo-11012019_3n6szm7mee9s1fsu16dkhbt1v.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/samuel-etoo-11012019_3n6szm7mee9s1fsu16dkhbt1v-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Samuel Eto'o\" class=\"wp-image-1752672\"  \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Samuel Eto\u2019o<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was young, I was always looking up to strikers, I was looking at our continent brothers like Eto\u2019o, Drogba, Adebayor and we have Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, I always say Eto\u2019o because the time he was at Barcelona was amazing, what he did was amazing and he\u2019s being a really big influence to we the young Africans and obviously to make Africa proud together with Drogba. Those two have done it and have raised the continent really high,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Eto\u2019o is widely regarded as the best African player of all time having won two Africa Cup of Nations and an Olympic gold medal for Cameroon in his international career while retiring as the country\u2019s top scorer of all-time with 56 goals.<\/p>\n<p>In his club career which saw him play for top European sides like Real Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Chelsea, and a host of others, Eto\u2019o won 15 titles in his club career.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"RfjyUcwnBQs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NPP Race: Francis Addai-Nimo takes his turn, describes process as smooth and fair (6-7-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RfjyUcwnBQs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan Ayew Ghana and Crystal Palace\u00a0forward, Jordan Ayew, has revealed that African football great Samuel Eto\u2019o inspired him while growing up. 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