PETER ODEMWINGIE is best known for his six-year stint in the Premier League – but he’s now serenading fans on social media.
The former Nigeria international hung up his boots in April 2019, a year after playing for Indonesian side Madura United.
Odemwingie has kept a relatively low profile since calling time on his playing career.
Although he’s recently built up quite the following on TikTok thanks to his previously unknown musical talent.
Odemwingie, 42, has amassed nearly 30,000 followers on the popular social media platform doing renditions of popular songs.
But he’s not just singing them – he’s strumming the chords on his acoustic guitar.
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The former West Brom, Cardiff and Stoke City ace has posted ten videos of himself singing an array of songs – including Christian rock tunes – to his page.
His videos have racked up thousands of views, with one even being watched by over 100,000 people.
Despite becoming a somewhat popular TikTok singer, Odemwingie’s vocal chords won’t trump his success on the pitch.
He bagged 35 goals in 114 Premier League appearances, although English football fans will forever remember him for his attempts to force through a move to QPR on transfer deadline day.
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In January 2013, the then West Brom hitman drove to London to try and seal a move to QPR – although the London club refused the striker entry to Loftus Road.
Odemwingie was forced to sit outside the stadium and wait in his car for both clubs to reach an agreement, which never came to fruition.
Recalling the incident to Sky Sports, he said: “Everything seemed agreed, but actually I didn’t know that one of the terms was that they [West Brom] were getting [Junior] Hoilett and [if I had known that] I would have never driven to London
“Why would I have driven to London in bad weather? It was dark already, it was winter and I had just had a newborn, who was one week old.
“Why would I leave my wife and my newborn kid to drive to London and wait outside?
“One thing I would have done [if I had known] is call my friends at QPR and say, ‘Hey guys, can you find out whether Hoilett will actually come to West Brom or not?’
“That’s what I would have done. But I didn’t have to because I thought it was never a condition that he had to go the other way.
“I was left there waiting for the agents to tell me what’s next.
“Then the time was ticking, I had a medical to go through, I obviously had to read the contracts and everything had to be drafted.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
