Book reveals how Ghana winger Quincy almost led Chelsea star Diego Costa astray during loan spell at Celta

Published on: 03 August 2015
Book reveals how Ghana winger Quincy almost led Chelsea star Diego Costa astray during loan spell at Celta
Quincy has been tagged as a player with bad influence

Former teammates of Quincy Owusu-Abeyie have revealed how the Ghana winger almost led Chelsea star Diego Costa astray during their time in Celta Vigo.

Costa was best friends with the former Arsenal youngster while both at loan at Celta in the 2007/08 season.

Quincy had always been considered as a troublemaker for his several off the field issues since bursting unto the scene from the youth system of Ajax.

One of his notable off the field issue was when he was arrested at a PFA dinner as reported in the Evening Standard while also being accused of being a notorious gambler.

Two of Quincy’s former teammates Antonio Nunez and Roberto Lago in a book ‘Diego Costa: The Art of War’ by Fran Guillen recalled how the now Chelsea stay was almost led astray by his notorious Ghanaian budy.

“They were always together,” Nunez said.

“The rest of us couldn’t understand how they communicated, because one of them could only speak Portuguese and the other stuck to English all the time.”

Lago explained the system the pair had in place: “Diego told me how they did it: ‘I don’t speak English so we use sign language instead.”

“We were actually worried that he would be led astray by Quincy, who was a bit of a rebel.”

Quincy is widely believed to be a player full of promise who never quite lived up to his billing.

He has played for 10 different clubs across seven countries including stints with Arsenal, Spartak Moscow, Al Sadd, Malaga and Panathinaikos but never really met expectations.

Quincy played for Ghana at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations and also at the 2010 World Cup for the Black Stars having featured for the Dutch national team at youth level.

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