wo years ago Christian
Dolphins Womens Jersey Bassogog was earning £25 a week with Rainbow FC in the Cameroonian second division. Today he is an Africa Cup of Nations champion with Cameroon and, having been named as the best player
[img width=118,height=118]http://www.officialbuckstore.com/img/nba_jerseys_new/milwaukee_bucks/bucks_120.jpg[/img] at the recent tournament in Gabon, his weekly wage has rocketed to £60,000 after tax.“In my wildest dreams I could never have imagined what I have been able to achieve,” the 21-year-old winger says. “It’s hard for me to find the words to explain it. Even sometimes when I am going to sleep or when I am waking up, I ask myself: ‘What did I do to be where I am today?’ I am grateful for it but one of the things I know is that I still don’t believe it.”If Hollywood is making a movie about the rags-to-riches story of Jamie Vardy, the Leicester City and England striker, it should consider Bassogog for the sequel. The Cameroon manager, Hugo Broos, had not even heard of him until the early weeks of this season and he admits he had Google to thank for flagging up his availability.Bassogog was at the Danish club Aalborg at the time, having joined them in August 2015 following a short spell with the Wilmington
http://www.miamidolphinsauthorizedstore.com/adam-joseph-duhe-jersey Hammerheads at the foot of the US third division, and Broos gave him his international debut as an 82nd-minute substitute in the World Cup qualifier against Zambia on 12 November.Bassogog kisses the winner’s trophy after Cameroon beat Egypt 2-1 in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations final, after which he was named the player of the tournament.Facebook Twitter Pinterest Bassogog kisses the winner’s trophy after Cameroon beat Egypt 2-1 in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations final, after which he was named the player of the tournament. Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images The Africa Cup of Nations from mid-January to early February had been billed as the stage for Sadio Mané, Riyad Mahrez, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang or the Ayew brothers. Instead it was Bassogog who became the talismanic figure, dazzling with his speed and skill. “When the coach
http://www.tennesseetitansauthorizedstore.com/adoree--jackson-jersey gave me those 10 minutes or so against Zambia, I said to myself: ‘I am going to grab this with both hands’,” he says. “I took that attitude into the finals.Bassogog has taken it on into his latest assignment. On the back of his performances in Gabon there was a scramble for his signature with
Titans Youth Jersey clubs including Schalke, Red Bull Leipzig, Club Brugge, Anderlecht, Granada, CSKA Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow expressing interest. Most of them had done so with a view to a summer transfer because their mid-season windows were closed. Then came the offer that turned Bassogog’s life upside down.It was from the Chinese Super League club, Henan Jianye and, with their window still open – and their season set to start in early March – they wanted him immediately. At first Bassogog was not keen. He was worried it was not a move for a young player, rather one towards the end of his career, and he knew it would entail upheaval on every level.Bassogog prevaricated, which Henan Jianye seemed to take as a negotiating tactic. Initially they had offered him a net annual salary of €2m [£1.75m] but they would go up to €2.5m, €3m and then €3.5m.Did they overpay? Undoubtedly. Bassogog had been blown away by the original contract offer. Did they care? No. The only thing that mattered to Henan Jianye was getting the deal done and, on 19 February, they could hand Bassogog the No10 shirt and parade him as their player. Aalborg received a fee of €6.8m – a club record.The cynics have had a field day – as they have done with many foreign transfers into China. So, Christian, what was it that first attracted you to the multimillion pound contract at a club you had not heard of? The money is breathtaking and Henan Jianye pay for all of Bassogog’s living expenses as well, such as his five-star hotel suite and a second apartment close to the training ground.The club’s other foreign players live at the same hotel and they have a chauffeur who takes them to and from training. When Bassogog was called up for Cameroon’s recent friendlies against Tunisia and Guinea, and the flights that were organised for him by the federation were not ideal, Henan Jianye paid €9,000 to book him on to better ones. It is all a long way from Rainbow FC, Bassogog’s boyhood club in Douala, or the Hammerheads on Cape Fear in North Carolina, where he moved in April 2015.I am just drawn to my window every morning. In my whole life I have never seen so many cars. It is nonstop.The financial
[img width=118,height=118]http://www.officialflamesauthentic.com/img/nhl_jerseys_new/calgary_flames/flames_361.jpg[/img] clout of the Chinese Super League enables them to be extremely persuasive and Bassogog is in no position to deny it played a part in his transfer. He sees a bigger picture, which takes in the themes of personal advancement and globalisation, and which majors on the sporting challenge for which he has signed up.“That is of more interest and relevance to me,” Bassogog says.
