Former Nigeria defender Taribo West, who played for Internazionale and Derby County among other clubs, has been accused of lying about his age.
West, who retired in 2008, is listed as 39 years old today in his Wikipedia profile, but former Partizan Belgrade president Zarko Zecevic, says he has already passed the age of 50.
The defender joined the club in 2002, leaving two years later.
But despite the enormous gap between West’s stated age and his alleged actual age, Zecevic says he is still glad that he signed the player.
“He joined us saying he was 28. We only later found out he was 40, but he was still playing well so I don’t regret having him on the team,”' Zecevic said. Read more >>>Yahoo Sport
No comments:
Post a Comment
Comment here