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    HE’S IN THE BIG LEAGUE!

    Jan 29, 2021 4 minutes
    COMPILED BY KIM ABRAHAMS
    ‘He invested more in football than in having a social life’

    WHEN he was a little boy he promised his mom he would take care of her one day.

    Elizabeth Tau was a single mother struggling to care for her eight children on a domestic worker’s salary, but her son was determined they wouldn’t live a life of poverty.

    He was going to be a successful soccer player, Percy Tau decided. He was going to give his mother the life she deserved.

    The young boy made good on his promise – today he’s an international, headline-grabbing footballer and

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