Liberia’s President George Weah to Honour Arsene Wenger & Claude Le Roy
Liberian president George Weah is set to honour former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and French coach Claude Le Roy for their role in his footballing career, BBC reports.
The decoration ceremony is billed to hold in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia on Friday 24th August.
“They will be honoured by the government of Liberia on 24 August, National Flag Day for their role in President George Weah’s footballing career,” a government spokesman is quoted by the Reuters news agency as saying.
Weah, who was raised in a slum in Monrovia, starred at top-flight European football clubs Paris St-Germain (PSG) and AC Milan, before ending his career in England with brief stays at Chelsea and Manchester City.
Arsene Wenger was George Weah's coach at Paris St-Germain (PSG) in the 1990s
Wear is the only African footballer to have won both Fifa World Player of the Year and the prestigious Ballon D'Or.
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