Dylan Bettencourt
U-Benoit Assou-Ekotto phambillini owayengumdlali we-Cameroon, owaziwa ngezinwele zakhe ze-afro, uveze ukuthi wake wenqatshwa iqembu esigabeni sokuqala sase-Italy ngenxa yezinwele zakhe.
Lo mdlali wasemuva uchithe iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye e-Tottenham Hotspur ngaphambi kokuthi abeke amabhuzu akhe.
Uthe ubesezodlulela ku-Serie A kodwa isivumelwano sashabalala ngesikhathi iqembu libuza ngezinwele zakhe.
“Ngakhuluma neqembu lase-Italy, eliwumsangano. Bangitshela ukuthi bayangithanda, kodwa kungaba nzima ukuthi sichazele abalandeli ukuthi sithenga umdlali onezinwele ezifana nezakho’,” kusho u-Assou-Ekotto etshela i-The Athletic.
U-Assou-Ekotto uthe akangabazi ukuthi kunobuhlanga phakathi kulokhu kuphawula.
Uthe ukuphawula kwabo kube nomthelela omkhulu kuye uze wazibuza ngomsebenzi wakhe.
“Ngiyazibuza ukuthi ngabe ikusasa lami ebholeni likude kanjani ukube angizange ngihlale nginazo izinwele eziwubukhazikhazi,” kusho lo mdlali.
U-Assou-Ekotto wayehlale ekhuluma ngezinsuku zakhe zokudlala, eveza ukuthi ibhola wayelithatha njengomsebenzi nje futhi wayezithandela imali kunokuthanda umdlalo.
Udlulele kwiligi yase-France lapho adlalela khona i-Saint-Etienne ne-Metz ngaphambi kokuthatha isinqumo sokumisa ikusasa lakhe ebholeni.
U-Assou-Ekotto wazalelwa e-France kodwa wakhetha ukudlalela i-Cameroon ngenxa yomndeni wakhe e-Lineage – usebonakale amahlandla angu-24 kuma-Indomitable Lions. U-Assou-Ekotto wadlala eNdebeni yoMhlaba ngonyaka ka-2014 ngaphambi kokuba amise ukudlala kwakhe nekusasa lakhe ebholeni lamazwe ngamazwe.
Udlale imidlalo engu-155 ye-Premier League nemidlalo engu-117 kwi-Ligue 1.
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