The
daughter of late Africa Soccer legend, Rashidi Yekini, Yemisi, will
this weekend be traveling to Portugal to hold talks with Portuguese club
Victoria Setubal as regards her planned Foundation for her late dad.
Victoria
Setubal is arguably the biggest foreign club Yekini played for in his
active days. The club has been supportive of any move to immortalise
their former hero who they fondly referred to as ‘Black god’.
In
an interview with PREMIUM TIMES, the Yekini’s lawyer, Jubril Mohammed,
confirmed the planned trip by Yemisi to Portugal adding that the girl
has resorted to seeking help outside the shores of the country as very
little assistance has come from Nigeria as regards properly
immortalising the former African Footballer of the Year.
“Yes,
Yemisi should be in Portugal from the 25th of July; she plans to spend
her vacation there and more importantly hold discussions with officials
of Victoria Setubal on her planned Foundation for her late dad. She is
not getting the desired help here so she has to go to where she is
wanted,” the lawyer stated.
Mr. Jubril said he is confident that
the trip to Portugal will yield the positive results for the Rashidi
Yekini Foundation especially going by the reception Yemisi received
during her maiden visit to Victoria Setubal.
Yemisi, 19, visited
her dad’s former club in August 2014 and she confessed she never knew
that the late Yekini was so adored in a foreign country like Portugal.
“I
feel very honoured and proud to know that my father had much impact
here. I am very happy and excited. It is one of the happiest days of my
life,” she told the Portuguese club’s official website after her last
visit.
“My father died about two years ago and I wanted to know a
bit of the city and the club he represented in Portugal. Despite him
being a very private person and did not talk much of his career, I
always got used to view his photos as a player and the trophies he won. I
know he was very happy in Victoria,” she added.
Meanwhile, the
recent decision by the League Management Company to accept the proposal
to name the highest goals scorer award category of the Nigeria Premier
League after the Yekini has been applauded.
“We are grateful, they gave our proposal a favourable look-in, and it is a step in the right direction,” Mr. Jubril concluded.
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