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Champions League final renamed "Mashemeji derby" as Wanyama, Origi set to clash

Tottenham Hotspur's Victor Wanyama, Liverpool striker Divock Origi. [Courtesy]

Liverpool striker Divock Origi and Tottenham Hotspur's Victor Wanyama are the talk of Kenya ahead of Saturday's European Champions League final in Madrid.

In football-mad Kenya, a nation of 50 million in East Africa, there is hope the two athletes can shine a positive spotlight on it as fans relish the prospect of a key Kenyan role, even if Origi is Belgian born.

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