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Weah, Abedi Pele, Okocha: Who’s Africa’s greatest natural talent?

All three were masters of their art, but who was the most thrilling?

Look through footage of George Weah, Abedi Pele and Jay-Jay Okocha at their best and one thing’s particularly all-encompassing about videos of the trio: they never get old or boring to watch.

All three epitomised talent in every sense of the word and were indeed a joy to behold. Was made them extra special was in the distinctive styles they had, coupled with the peculiarity of how each went about his business on the pitch, which made it the more intriguing.

One rose from the streets of Liberia to the magnificence of San Siro, exciting fans of the Rossoneri every other week and inspiring an entire generation and the one after.