I once played for Arsenal – Naira Marley

<p>Popular singer, Naira Marley has revealed that he once played for Arsenal youth team while growing up in London, United Kingdom.</p>, <p>According to the Marlian honcho, many never knew about this part of his life prior to arriving Nigeria.</p>, <p>He made this known in an interview with Cool FM Nigeria in Lagos.</p>, <p>The ‘Coming’ crooner also said his dad influenced his Yoruba language as he banned speaking of English at home.</p>, <p>He said, “What made it easy for me to blend with Nigerian street music is that I grew up in South-East London, Peckham to be precise. That is like small Lagos, you know what I mean?</p>, <p>“And all my life in England, my dad banned speaking English in the house. So, we had to speak Yoruba and all these Yoruba stuff. I still listen to Fuji. We eat African foods. Even though I’m in England, it was like I’m still in Nigeria. Yeah, it was easy for me. When I came back to Nigeria, people didn’t really know I came from London.”</p>, <p>“I could have been a footballer too, i used to play for Arsenal youth, Millwall, Charlton”</p>