Alex Iwobi: ‘I give 100% in my football but I like to have fun off the pitch as well’

The Fulham midfielder has released a music single with Ramz and been for a walk with a lion but says it will not distract him because ‘I really do enjoy playing football’Forget the numerous occasions when Alex Iwobi has played at the Emirates Stadium, Goodison Park and Craven Cottage, or even when he faced Ivory Coast in Abidjan in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final. The most nervous he has been was in Dubai this summer – and not when the dog-loving Fulham midfielder headed out for a walk with a lion, which he did in June at a local zoo. It was a request from Ramz, the British rapper Iwobi has collaborated with on Hop Out, the latest single the Nigeria international has released under his pseudonym 17, to join him on stage for a live performance that really struck fear into him.“I thought: ‘I’m not sure yet. I’m just not sure yet,’” Iwobi says. “But maybe in the near future I might start. I’ve done one live performance which felt a bit weird – there was a live band playing the drums and I had to literally use it as an instrument, which felt crazy, but I enjoyed it. It’s all about timing …” Continue reading...

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