Weah played for Man City and Chelsea, made Wenger a knight, and won Ballon d'Or

Ballon d'Or winners and presidents don't normally fit into the same category. But then again, there was nothing normal about Weah on the football pitch.

Just listen to Thierry Henry. "George Weah, Romário, and Ronaldo changed the game for me," said the former France striker.

His career in Europe began when Arsene Wenger found him playing for Cameroonian side Tonnerre Yaounde and brought him to French side Monaco in 1988.

It was a match made in heaven and Weah scored 47 goals in 103 league games for the French side, before earning himself a move to divisional rivals Paris Saint-Germain.

Like many players Wenger has worked with, Weah credits the now 71-year-old for the incredible career he had.

The striker once told the Guardian: "[Wenger] was a father figure and regarded me as his son.

"Besides God, I think that without Arsene, there was no way I would have made it in Europe."

He even awarded the ex-Arsenal manager Liberia's highest honour for services to African football, including launching Weah's own career.

Wenger was named a Knight Grand High Commander of the Humane Order of African Redemption, the highest rank in Liberia's Order of Distinction.

Now would be a good time to briefly discuss how Weah moved from scoring goals to senatorial polls in Liberia.

He first ran for president in 2005 and then, 11 years later, Weah was elected President of Liberia, winning a run-off against vice-president Joseph Boakai with more than 60% of the vote.

Weah was sworn in in 2018, making him the fourth youngest-serving president in Africa, with Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto'o both attending the inauguration.

You would love to think that they had a post-ceremony five-a-side game…

Let's go back to 1996 and, after some more goal-ladened seasons at PSG, which helped him win the Ballon d'Or in 1995, Weah signed for Italian giants AC Milan.

Spoiler alert: he scored more goals. But there was one, in particular, that will go down in history.

It was the first game of the 1996/97 season and Milan were facing Hellas Verona, while hoping to win back-to-back Serie A titles.

They were 2-1 up and, in the 85th minute, Weah did something incredible.

A Verona corner was overhit and, standing towards the back post, Weah brought the ball down magnificently - that would have been brilliant, just on its own.

He then started to run, and run, and run, and run.

Players were running into each other, attempting to foul him, and sprinting like their lives depended on it, just to stop the striker.

They, obviously, couldn't and Weah calmly stuck the ball in the back of the net - he had run from one end of the pitch to the other in around 15 seconds.

That was one of many wonderful goals he scored throughout his time at Milan and, after four and a half seasons in Italy, the Premier League came calling.

Chelsea signed the striker on loan and, despite scoring on his debut against Tottenham, Weah scored just three goals in 11 league games for the Blues, although he did win the FA Cup, but they decided not to extend his deal beyond the end of the season.

Milan then cancelled his contract that summer and, with moves to Monaco, Fulham, Celtic, and Rangers collapsing, he eventually signed for Manchester City.

By that stage, he was probably focusing more on his presidential prospects and definitely wasn't the same player that was banging in the goals for Monaco, PSG and Milan.

However, just to see him in the Premier League was incredible, and there will be plenty of players playing for Chelsea and Manchester City on Saturday that could only dream of the career Weah had.