Ojo’s loving life in ‘Promised Land’

By Dan Barnes
A ROLLICKING from a Dutch great helped set Funso Ojo on his way to arriving at the gates of the ‘Valhalla of football’.
The 26-year-old Belgian midfielder arrived at Graham Alexander’s Scunthorpe United on a free transfer from Eredivisie side Willem II in the summer, achieving a long-held ambition of breaking into the English game.
His football education couldn’t have begun at a more prestigious institution.
The Antwerp-born Ojo came through the ranks at PSV Eindhoven, the club that ...