5 June: Nigeria's Leon Balogun on battling to play in the EPL + footballers on Black Lives Matter

Planet Sport Football Africa

English - June 05, 2020 07:58 - 29 minutes - 6.75 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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Previous Episode: 29 May: George Weah on African football's future - and there's little home comfort in the Bundesliga

Next Episode: 12 June: The return of the EPL, Gambia’s John Bass, Raheem Sterling speaks out

On this week’s show we have an interview with Nigeria defender Leon Balogun, he’s on loan at English Championship side Wigan Athletic from EPL club Brighton until the end of the season. He talks about the disappointment of failing to get a regular starting place with Brighton. Balogun also talks about racism in Germany, where he grew up, and on the same theme we look at the Black Lives Matter movement as footballers have spoken out about the death of George Floyd in the USA.