“For me, family is my strongest base. I know that, with them by my side, I’ll always have the best motivators, the best critiques, the best pushers of my career – that’s the role they have played throughout my life. So whenever I get a little chance to give back to them, I make sure it’s exceptional,” the budding player told City Press.
Like his son, Phiri senior was relatively unknown because he turned out for unfashionable clubs, including the now defunct Vaal Professionals.From left: Lebogang Phiri’s brother Katlego, mum Tshidi, little sister Tinyiko and dad Esau Buti Phiri during a recent visit to France Phiri senior, or Asprilla as he is called by his peers after the legendary Colombian striker Faustino Asprilla for his pace, noticed something special in his son from an early age.
“He pushed himself into the Brøndby first team and he helped the team to top-two finishes twice during his four-year stay in Denmark before he was signed in France in 2017,” said Phiri senior. Lebo has rubbed shoulders with some of the best players in world football – the likes of Paris Saint-Germain stars Neymar and Kylian Mbappé.“And when these things happen, you just have to stay strong and focus on the ultimate goal. We all know what we want and, at times, what we want is not always there, but it doesn’t mean we stop working,” he said.
Lebo, who still lives with his parents in Edenvale on the East Rand, has settled in nicely in Plérin, northwestern France. He has also immersed himself in the language: “I understand a lot of French, although sometimes I don’t have words to express myself, but I have all these phrases that I use to get me going.”
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