George Weah’s son dedicates World Cup call-up to daddy

Timothy Weah followed his legendary father George Weah’s footsteps but is charting a different path by living the one dream his dad was never granted.

Weah Junior is heading to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, not with his father’s homeland Liberia, but the country of his birth, the USA.

The 22-year winger from New York City who chose to play for the USA is one of 25 debutants in  Gregg Berhalter’s 26-member team heading to Qatar.

Weah Senior may have not gone to the World Cup, but he has big shoes that not even young Timothy could possibly fill despite heading to the greatest show on Earth.

WEAH, A TOP ACHIEVER

Daddy is a three-time African Footballer of the year, but ultimately won the biggest prizes of them all in 1995 when he took home the World Player of the Year and Ballon d’OR.

But Timothy, who plays for French Ligue 1 club Lille said he is dedicating his World Cup campaign to his father.

“I know he is excited deep down because he didn’t get the chance to play in a World Cup with his country,” Weah Jnr told DailyMail.com.

“I feel he is living that moment through me. He is excited like any father or mother would be. They want me to do my best, and I just want to perform.”

Meanwhile, Timothy is heading to Qatar as a member of one of the tournament’s youngest teams has, an average age of 25, as the USA returns to the FIFA World Cup after failing to qualify for Russia 2018.

It is a little hard to imagine that mainstays like Chelsea’s Christian Pulisic, Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Turner including Juventus midfielder Weston McKennie whose presence in the team one takes for granted, will all be making their FIFA World Cup debuts.

USA’s only FIFA World Cup veteran is defender DeAndre Yedlin who was at the team’s last tournament appearance in 2014 in Brazil.

The Inter Milan defender was just 20 years old back then.