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By Abedi Pele<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Former Marseille and Ghana midfielder<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Former Marseille chairman Pape Diouf died this week from coronavirus – the\nfirst victim of the disease in Senegal. He was not only the first black\ntop-flight chairman in elite European football, but before that an agent and\njournalist. One of the players he managed to greatness was Abedi Ayew Pele. The\nGhanaian attacking midfielder played for Marseille in the 1993 Champions League\nFinal against AC Milan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“There is no amount of words to describe Pape Diouf. At this\nparticular moment, all I can say is that Pape was a father, a senior brother,\nand then a manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
He managed my children Jordan and Andre. He took them to Marseille at the\nage of 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everybody is saying that I’ve got wonderful children – they are\nwell-respected and disciplined in the society – but it was not me who did that;\nit was Pape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When he took them to Marseille and they were at the academy, the first\nthing he would ask them was, ‘where are your school reports? I want to see them\nbefore you even greet me.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is somebody who was more than everything to us – and to me especially,\nbecause he saw me growing up and achieving great things in Marseille and\nbeyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, it is a very difficult moment for us and it’s sad.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAbedi Pele (Shirtless)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In the nineties, when I got to Marseille, Pape was a journalist, writing\nfor one of the biggest newspapers in Marseille. He was somebody who was\nrespected all across French sport. And he was always very close to the team\nMarseille<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was someone who saw a career for me in football and managed me to\nsuccess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the Champions League finale in ’93, when he was my agent, he said to\nme, ‘you are the black Maradona.’ Because I was voted the Man of the Match in\nthat particular game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And he said, ‘Africa will always be proud of you. You are the black\nMaradona.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that I kept those words close to my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pape was bigger than any words. He was intelligent, he was kind, he was\nloved and he loved people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was a great personality. And unique. You could not have two of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hope and pray that, after all this virus saga, Marseille will try to\norganise something for Pape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If that is being done, I think people will see how Pape is loved all over\nthe world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
He went above race, colour, religion, whatever you can name. He was\nrespected across the board. He was a big, big, big personality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He opened a door and put the bar very high for all of us to emulate what he\nhas achieved and what he has done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most disappointing and difficult moment for us is that because of this\nvirus we cannot say bye to Pape. Whether in Senegal or in France, we cannot be\nat the grave and share the pain with some of his close family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But God will take control and God will give him a better place.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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