Everton and Nigeria star Alex Iwobi has expressed his love for music, reports Completesports.com.
Iwobi claimed that music is a way of expressing himself.
“It’s a certain way of just expressing yourself and letting yourself be,” Iwobi told Standard Sport.
“It’s a hobby, a way to escape from football. It’s just a sense of freedom and being someone else – not just Alex the footballer.”
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The midfielder recently released his single ‘Don’t Shoot’ with striker Chuba Akpom and former England youth international Medy Elito, aka Don-EE.
The lyrics behind the song have a deeper meaning and are based around encouraging young people to ‘shoot’ towards their life goals, as opposed to street violence.
“Growing up in London, there is a lot of criminal activity, things that you don’t want to see or hear,” Iwobi added.
“With our powers, we are trying to say don’t do that, channel it into something else. Whether it is football or music, anything that keeps you on the straight path is what we are trying to show everyone.
“I’ve always loved music, I am not going to lie, but in terms of releasing a song, I never thought [that would happen]. It was just something where my friends said: ‘The music is actually decent, why don’t you release it?’
“So, we thought let’s release it at the right time and not get distracted, because the main focus will always be football. But at the same time, I am more than just a footballer. I am human, like everyone else.”
By Adeboye Amosu
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This confused opportunistic footballer… I am more than a footballer. After you come Super Eagles come be passenger for midfield. Very weak player wey no the improve, where them mention small boy Kobi Mainoo sef nobody go reason Iwobi. Person wey dey average sef the late come camp… Weak midfielder.
Iwobi is one of the best midfielders in Africa. You can’t buy experience in the market. Let’s appreciate our own.