- At 16, his mum sent him to live with his aunt to keep him away from trouble
- Ideye said: 'My friends did crazy stuff. I was once picked up by the police'
- The young striker then ran away to train with his old coach in Bayelsa State
Having
left home at 16 to pursue football against his mum’s wishes, Brown
Ideye is thankful he can smile now. So much so he is able to give a
highly animated impression of her watching him play for West Bromwich
Albion.
Squinting
to study an imaginary television back home in Nigeria, his arms flap
wildly. ‘Don’t kick him!’ he shouts, mimicking his mother Teresa’s
voice. ‘Ref can’t you see!’ he jabs his fingers.
‘Each
time West Brom play my mother is wearing my shirt, sitting down in
front of the telly, and she is like this,’ Ideye laughs.
Brown Ideye told Sportsmail about his journey from Nigeria to West Bromwich Albion
Ideye's success story is one for West Brom fans and football supporters in general to truly admire
The Baggies striker left his home at 16 to pursue a career in football against his mother’s wishes
The 26-year-old is beginning to make his stamp as the west Midlands club's most expensive signing
Ideye (centre) scores West Brom's third goal in their hammering of West Ham in the FA Cup fifth round
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