A biography for Victor Wanyamahasn’t been written yet.
“Southampton are well known in Kenya. I've seen Southampton shirts in Nairobi.”
“When you are two players down it is not easy for any team to do a good job.”
“Every player dreams of the World Cup and we'll do all we can to qualify.”
“Dele Alli is a bit messy. I want to say him 'stop being naughty, be nice to the kit man!'”
“In football, it is always difficult to try and advise someone who has played the game and knows what's next in his move.”
“The FA Cup is still a big trophy to win. It is important, it's a big Cup.”
“In Kenya, we have a lot of fans of Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea.”
“I want to lead by example and most importantly I want to win, I want to lead a team that can win and that performs well, that is very important for me as well.”
“I lost many souvenir shirts of my Champions League football, and also some of the opponents, like Iniesta and Pogba.”
“I think a lot of great players in Africa started with bare feet.”
“When I was young we went for a tournament and I was playing in the tournament barefoot. I won my first boots there and that's when I also started playing in them. I was about 11.”
“My foundation is doing a lot of stuff, in my foundation we are helping the kids, we are helping the community and it isn't only in Kenya because the community for me is very important because we have to take care of the environment and when the environment is good then we have created a better place for everyone to stay.”
“I don't believe in retirement because in football there is no retirement. Even if you finish playing, there are a lot of things to do and you can stay on the same field for long.”
“Celtic is still like a family to me. It is still a home. They gave me the platform on a big stage and I took it.”
“It's important to have faith and it also plays a big part in my career.”
“When Tottenham played Real Madrid at Wembley and I had to watch... I wanted to play so badly, it was probably the lowest point of my career.”
“Celtic taught me what the Champions League was about.”
“My dream since childhood has been to one-day give back to society and try to improve on what I didn't have during my childhood.”
“I've moved a lot during my career. I started in Kenya and then moved to Belgium before going to Scotland, where I played for Celtic.”
“My parents provided what they could but they could not buy football shoes for me. There was not any day where they wanted to see me go to sleep without eating. So I was getting food.”