7th June, 2013
Nigerian international Yakubu Aiyegbeni, has praised the appointment of Sven Goran Eriksson as the new manager of Chinese outfit Guangzhou R&F.
Yakubu, who worked with Eriksson while at Leicester City, said that he is excited at the prospect of re-uniting with the Swede once again.
Eriksson helped Yakubu rediscover his goalscoring abilities after he was frozen out of Everton, scoring 11 goals in 20 games at Leicester before going to replicate the form at Blackburn Rovers.
“I am excited to work with him again. I worked under him at Leicester City and Sven is one of the best managers in football,” Yakubu told Goal.com
“It is exciting news for Chinese football and now Guangzhou R&F can win trophies” he added.
“Just imagine the derby game against Lippi; the fans and team are going to be happy watching some interesting football in that fixture,” Yakubu said.