Former Ghana and Fulham midfielder Derek Boateng has revealed he idolised compatriot and Olympic Marseille legend Abedi Ayew ‘Pele’, former Nigeria and Paris Saint-Germain star Augustin 'Jay-Jay' Okockha, and ex-AC Milan and Liberia attacker George Weah as a young footballer.
Now retired, Boateng made the Black Stars side in two World Cup tournaments – Germany 2006 and South Africa 2010 – having also played club football for German fold Cologne and Spanish trio Getafe, Eibar and Rayo Vallecano.