The impending transfer of William Troost Ekong from Udinese to English Championship side Watford has triggered a rift between the owners of the club and the coach, owngoalnigeria.com understands.
We gathered that coach of the team Luca Gotti doesn’t like the tactical rigidity of the Nigerian defender hence his preference for the trio of Rodrigo Becao, Bram Nuytinck and Sebastian De Maio.
The coach tried Ekong on the right side of the trio instead of through the middle but the experiment ended as a total failure. That made him to lose faith in the Nigerian and subsequently upgraded Samir as back up to the preferred trio.
According to sources close to the club it was on the instructions of Gotti that the club took a decision to let go of the 27 year old but the Pozzo family, owners of the club don’t want to transfer him elsewhere.
They want him to still remain within their reach so they came up with the decision to sell him to Watford which is owned by same family, however Ekong isn’t happy with the move.
His unhappiness is the reason why the move has stalled in recent days and with Nuytinck injured the move was further delayed but his injury isn’t as worst as initially feared. Which means Ekong could yet leave the club.
More will be known in the coming days particularly if Ekong is not listed for action when they get to play their next Serie A game on Sunday against Hellas Verona.
Daniel Martins
