Bobby Adekanye (27) has looked back in detail on his journey through the world of football. By the time he turned 20, the speedy forward had already played for clubs such as Ajax, Barcelona, PSV, Liverpool, and Lazio, which raised high expectations everywhere he went. Adekanye made the move to Lion City Sailors in Singapore last summer. Previously, he also played for Cádiz, ADO Den Haag, Crotone, Go Ahead Eagles, Amed SK, and Manisa FK. “People have always had incredibly high expectations of me,” Adekanye says. “Because people know all the places I’ve been, they often say something like, ‘You should be able to show us two or three times more than we’ve seen so far.’” He continues: “That does create a certain amount of pressure, which hasn’t always been fun. When I get injured or my performance dips a bit, I always feel like people expected more from me.” At a young age, Adekanye was already gaining experience at various top clubs and scored for Lazio in Serie A. “When I arrived at Lazio, I naturally had big—really big—ambitions. To reach the top, play in the Champions League, and I hoped to one day play for Nigeria or the Dutch national team. Unfortunately, things didn’t turn out the way I’d imagined. I could spend all day whining about it, but that won’t get me anywhere.” In Singapore, there’s a happy man who can see exactly what he has managed to achieve thanks to football. ‘People say: “You were a top talent, weren’t you?” Then I reply: “Yes, that’s right, I was.” I’m really very happy with what I have. It certainly doesn’t keep me awake at night.’ 8The full interview is behind a paywall I can't access but I still thought it was interesting enough to post this Translated with DeepL.com (free version)   submitted by   /u/Roller95 [link]   [comments]