That Was The Day That I Fell In Love With Rangers Football Club! - Leon Balogun

The Beautiful Game Podcast - Episode 112 - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW LEON BALOGUN - We discussed the career of #Rangers defender Leon #Balogun with the man himself. We discussed: winning the SPL with Rangers, going invincible, the influence of Steven #Gerrard and Mick Beale, working under Graham Potter at Brighton, a deep dive into Nigeria + much more #TBGPOD

Timestamps 0:00 TBG Intro 0:15 Guest welcome 1:32 Talk to us about winning the league with Rangers 2:40 How difficult was it to stay focused after the creating a massive gap early on? 4:55 How is it dealing with the mental pressure of playing for Rangers? 8:07 How was it when you got the call from Stevie G? 12:35 Was there pressure trying to achieve an invincible SPL season? 15:33 Talk to us about Michael Beale (Rangers first team coach) 19:13 What is the dynamic between the Rangers coaching staff? 20:16 How good is Joe Aribo? 22:37 Slavia Prague and the racism incident 26:03 How was it working with Graham Potter at Brighton 31:19 Why did you not fit in at Brighton? 35:00 What happens behinds the scenes when you're frozen out by a club? 37:25 Yves Bissouma ALERT!! Can he play for a top club (Linked with Liverpool & Arsenal) 40:00 Talk to us about Nigeria "The Super Eagles" 43:33 Dealing with the pressure that comes with playing for Nigeria 45:00 What needs to change in Nigeria? The politics and the outside noise 50:28 What is you go to Nigerian meal? 52:00 Why is mentoring and other initiatives so important to Leon? 54:00 Quick fire questions from Dot & Dej 57:03 Final message to the Rangers faithful 57:37 Closing remarks and final thoughts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.