The Beautiful Game Podcast - Episode 142 - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW OLA AINA - We discussed the career of Ola #Aina with the man himself. We discussed, growing up on ends, playing for #Chelsea, his time with #Torino, coming back to England + much more. 0:00 Intro 03:09 Guest intro 04:34 Growing up in Bermondsey 07:10 Where did football journey begin 09:37 Becoming a Chelsea fan 10:27 Getting scouted 12:01 Choosing between Chelsea and Tottenham academy 14:15 Tottenham messing his family around 16:00 Signing for Chelsea 18:00 Chelsea golden youth team 24:39 Wanting to leave before Conte came to the club 26:50 Being in around the first team 28:37 Eden Hazard 31:27 Jose Mourinho man management 34:50 Antonio Conte man management 37:45 Conte’s 3 at the back system 38:45 Going on loan to Hull 41:40 Sarri not having Ola 43:11 Going to Torino 47:25 Playing in Italy 48:42 Fans coming to training ground 52:03 Playing against Cristiano Ronaldo 53:40 Finding out Torino has a buy clause 56:25 2022/23 season at Torino 58:13 Loan spell at Fulham 1:00:25 Racism in Italy 1:02:38 Current situation with Ola 1:03:29 West Ham bidding during the season 1:08:53 Would Ola consider Saudi 1:09:48 Are Chelsea academy prospects underrated 1:13:10 Tammy and Tomori lack of England opportunities 1:16:10 Ola’s international journey 1:19:24 Why isn’t it clicking for Nigeria? 1:25:22 Victor Osimhen 1:27:00 African success in World Cup 1:28:10 Life outside of football 01:36:55 Guest recommendation 01:38:50 Outro Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.