Equatorial Guinea goalkeeper Jesus Owono has an extra incentive ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final, after being given a chance to own a piece of pop music history.
Owono, 20, has been offered a glove worn by Michael Jackson if he can help the team go on and lift the trophy on Sunday, 6 February.
The country's vice-president Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, who was handed a three-year suspended jail term for corruption by a French court in 2017, is the man who has put his memorabilia on the line.
Equatorial Guinea, ranked 114th in the world, face 2019 runners-up Senegal in the last eight on Sunday (19:00 GMT).
"The results of the Nzalang National have us all euphoric, but I want to focus on our young goalkeeper, Jesus Owono," Obiang tweeted.
"If [Equatorial Guinea] wins the Nations Cup, I'll give him one of Michael Jackson's gloves for his impressive work during the competition."
Owono, who plays for Spanish side Deportivo Alaves, has kept three clean sheets at the tournament in Cameroon and proved to be a penalty-saving expert.
He denied Kei Kamara from 12 yards in their final group match against Sierra Leone to help seal a 1-0 win and kept out two spot-kicks in the 6-5 shoot-out win over Mali in the last 16.
Obiang is the son of Equatorial Guinea president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Africa's longest-serving leader, who seized power in 1979 and is described by rights organisations as one of Africa's most brutal dictators.
His 53-year-old son - known for his lavish lifestyle and love of Jackson memorabilia - was appointed a government minister in 1998.
A $275,000 crystal-covered glove which the singer wore on his 1980s Bad tour is among his collection, which includes at least three items of Jackson's famous hand wear.
Jackson, dubbed the King of Pop, won 13 Grammy awards while his 1982 album Thriller is the biggest-selling album of all time. He died in June 2009 aged 50.
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