Pretty sure Barcelona & Inter would have know all about his passport & birth certificate.The 'officially 33' remark certificateorderline offensive/racist, playing on the old stereotype of Africans lying about their ages and doctoring their birth certificates to stay in this country.
The 'top top club' stuff is the usual passive aggressive slight against Everton that predominately ex-LFC pundits have been making about us (usually on the BBC) for years.
Must be degrading for the lad to hear this sort off stuff....bitterness of the lowest order.