Africa: From Ivory Coast to Real Madrid – Malawi’s James Woods On Africa’s Most Expensive Footballer, Yan Diomande
James Woods, the Malawian diplomat and sports-business figure who was part of a sports group who backed Yan Diomande in the early years of his career, reflects on the making of a €140m footballer Four years ago, Yan Diomande was an unknown teenager, his name familiar only to the small network of scouts and agents…