In an interview with The Guardian, Adebayo Akinfenwa40 years old and player of Wycombe Wanderers (League One), is said to be happy with the English team, where he signed for a season and is now in sixth. This Saturday he will announce after nearly 800 games and more than 200 goals in the match against Sunderland, in the playoff final in front of approximately 70,000 spectators.
Akinfenwa, who weighs more than 100 kilograms, has typically played for teams from the Third (League One) and Fourth Division (League Two), so he said that “my status off the pitch is greater than I’ve done it. ”Guardiola told him he was“ a legend of English football ”and after the Championship promotion Klopp sent him a congratulatory message in the video which went viral.
Akinfenwa has been ridiculed over the years and he hopes his journey will serve as an inspiration. “I was unapologetically on my own,” he said. “Being who you are is the most powerful thing we have as individuals. Some people will say: ‘He has the build of a rugby player, or a wrestler.’ We are all entitled to our opinions, but I want people to know: the strongest thing we have is our mind and if we believe in ourselves, we can achieve it. The mind is a powerful thing. They told me I was too fat to play football and I had been playing football for 22 years. I didn’t need anyone’s recognition. “
Source: La Verdad
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