Dapo Afolayan

[davieG]

https://eflanalysis.com/transfers/west-brom-and-leicester-city-interested-in-first-class-talent-deemed-to-be-the-next-jay-jay-okocha/

 

West Brom and Leicester City interested in Dapo Afolayan
Dapo Afolayan is the subject of interest from several Championship clubs, including West Brom and Leicester City.

According to a report by Hayters TV, the clubs may be interested in bringing the English striker back to his native country from Germany, with the attacker currently playing for St. Pauli.

Along with West Brom and Leicester City, other Championship clubs in the shape of Blackburn Rovers and Swansea City are hoping to acquire the attacker.

All four sides have identified the English striker, who will help Blackburn in their need to sign an attacker who passes registration rules, as the man to help strengthen their attacking options.

Dapo Afolayan playing for St. Pauli against Hamburger
Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images
Afolayan has EFL experience, having previously lined up for Bolton Wanderers several seasons ago, scoring 21 goals and picking up nine assists from 101 appearances.

He continued that form in Germany, as he has scored 16 goals across both the Bundesliga and the Bundesliga 2.

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Afolayan’s comparison to Jay-Jay Okocha
Jay-Jay Okocha is a cult hero from the time he spent at Bolton Wanderers in the 2000s, not just to fans of the club but to those who grew up watching the Premier League throughout those years.

While at Bolton Wanderers, Afolayan’s manager Ian Evatt believed he had a ‘first-class’ attitude while playing in the EFL, after speaking to Bolton News.

However, the attacker was also compared to Okocha while playing in the white of the Trotters across his 18 months in Greater Manchester.

Position    Appearances    Goals    Assists
Left Wing    72    16    6
Centre Forward    60    12    4
Right Wing    53    16    5
Attacking Midfielder    27    7    2
Shadow Striker    11    1    1
Left Midfielder    11    2    0
Afolayan’s career in position according to Transfermarkt
As reported by Birmingham World, he said: “My family is Nigerian, and I see myself as Nigerian, so Jay-Jay Okocha is someone I’ve looked up to my entire life – it was incredible to meet him when he visited this season. To be compared to him is an honour.

“I don’t know about that (scoring 20 goals) – hopefully I can do it! There’s no better feeling, playing at home for Bolton in front of 15,000 fans, scoring and hearing my name sung.”

[JimJams]

NU NAME!!!

 

 

Actually it's not is it.  Just doesn't have his own thread...

Edited 13 August 2025 by JimJams

[Muzzy_no7]

No 

[Lesta Legend]

Source: Hayters "the clubs may be interested in bringing the English striker back to his native country"

[kingfox]

Probably a lazy link, but of wingers in the Bundesliga, he did rank 4th for dribbles attempted per90 last season. 
 

The type of winger that would suit Marti ball. 

[Tuna]

He's a winger apparantly, not a striker as stated.

[Lambert09]

4 minutes ago, kingfox said:

Probably a lazy link, but of wingers in the Bundesliga, he did rank 4th for dribbles attempted per90 last season. 
 

The type of winger that would suit Marti ball. 

Monga would rank 1st 

[Ric Flair]

Absolutely average, marvelous.

[STUHILL]

Don't need a winger, especially not an average one. 

 

We have Fatuwa/McAteer on the right and Mavididi/Monga on the left

 

We need an actual striker. 

[Claudio Fannieri]

Maybe his profile is seen as the type of player that could play as striker in Marti’s system. Plus he is very versatile far from my first choice but would be interesting to know if this is a club identified target or has this come about from Marti and his team identifying a certain type of profile that suits how he wants his strikers to play. 

[davieG]

4 minutes ago, STUHILL said:

Don't need a winger, especially not an average one. 

 

We have Fatuwa/McAteer on the right and Mavididi/Monga on the left

 

We need an actual striker. 

For now 

[RoboFox]

Winger or striker? 

 

3 goals and 2 assists in 32 games last season would suggest he's neither. 

 

Edited 13 August 2025 by RoboFox

[eblair]

Played football with him at university (I am not a great player)……

 

We were in a European semi final a few years ago ffs.

[Silebyfox_89]

I'm sure that's one of the medicines I'm taking for high blood pressure 😅

[Mike Oxlong]

On 13/08/2025 at 15:48, kingfox said:

Probably a lazy link, but of wingers in the Bundesliga, he did rank 4th for dribbles attempted per90 last season. 
 

The type of winger that would suit Marti ball. 

Danny Ward ranked first for attempted saves a few seasons back 

[Trav Le Bleu]

15 hours ago, eblair said:

Played football with him at university (I am not a great player)……

 

We were in a European semi final a few years ago ffs.

Awww, stop being so modest Christiano.