“We had food but we were poor” – Super Eagles star stunned by his rise from lowly childhood to Champions League

“We had food but we were poor” – Super Eagles star stunned by his rise from lowly childhood to Champions League

Europe’s premier club competition returns next week, and a Nigeria international cannot wait to make his debut

Ajax defender Calvin Bassey has revealed he is awed by his journey from his limited beginnings to the peak of European football.

Born in Aosta, Italy, Bassey moved to England with his parents at a tender age and took to playing football on the streets of London.

Leicester City picked up the youngster, from where he joined Glasgow Rangers in 2020.

At the end of an excellent 2021-22 campaign, Bassey sealed a record move to Ajax Amsterdam, where he is guaranteed an…

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