The Beautiful Game Podcast

I Will Never Forget When Jose Mourinho Embarrassed Me - Ola Aina

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The Beautiful Game Podcast - Episode 142 - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW OLA AINA - We discussed the career of Ola #Aina with the man himself. We discussed, growing up on ends, playing for #Chelsea, his time with #Torino, coming back to England + much more.

0:00 Intro

03:09 Guest intro

04:34 Growing up in Bermondsey

07:10 Where did football journey begin

09:37 Becoming a Chelsea fan

10:27 Getting scouted

12:01 Choosing between Chelsea and Tottenham academy

14:15 Tottenham messing his family around

16:00 Signing for Chelsea

18:00 Chelsea golden youth team

24:39 Wanting to leave before Conte came to the club

26:50 Being in around the first team

28:37 Eden Hazard

31:27 Jose Mourinho man management

34:50 Antonio Conte man management

37:45 Conte’s 3 at the back system

38:45 Going on loan to Hull

41:40 Sarri not having Ola

43:11 Going to Torino

47:25 Playing in Italy

48:42 Fans coming to training ground

52:03 Playing against Cristiano Ronaldo

53:40 Finding out Torino has a buy clause

56:25 2022/23 season at Torino

58:13 Loan spell at Fulham

1:00:25 Racism in Italy

1:02:38 Current situation with Ola

1:03:29 West Ham bidding during the season

1:08:53 Would Ola consider Saudi

1:09:48 Are Chelsea academy prospects underrated

1:13:10 Tammy and Tomori lack of England opportunities

1:16:10 Ola’s international journey

1:19:24 Why isn’t it clicking for Nigeria?

1:25:22 Victor Osimhen

1:27:00 African success in World Cup

1:28:10 Life outside of football

01:36:55 Guest recommendation

01:38:50 Outro

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