Genk of Belgium Nigerian striker Paul Onuachu says it’s not normal that top teams didn’t make attempts to sign him from Genk after his incredible goal haul last season.
Onuachu ended last season with 35 goals finishing as the top scorer in the division and also winning the Ebony Shoe award for the best black player in the Belgium league.
This season he has 13 goals so far, no thanks to injury and fitness issues. He however lament the fact that he is still playing in Belgium as he was hoping his feat should have earned him a deal in a top league.
“The more the end of the summer transfer approached, the more frustrated I became. I was really mad at the club at one point. I don’t think it’s normal that, when you finish such a season in Belgium, no one comes to get me. I don’t know why it just didn’t happen. Covid, Covid, Covid: I hear that a lot. If a club really wants you, then it will get you right?”, the Gazet van Antwerpen quoted the lanky striker as saying.
He said he is back to working hard after the injury he struggled with towards the end of last year, he further cited the injury as why he believe a move away in January didn’t work out despite having a new agent which he trust more than the previous one.
“I can’t change it. I keep working hard and get myself back on track. This time I had less stress than in the summer. Then I wanted it too hard. I knew my hamstring injury was going to make it difficult now, because in the winter clubs want players who are fit and ready to play right away.
“It was not me. My previous agent also just drove my head crazy, putting my expectations too high in the summer. Now I am calmer and my new agent is more honest.”
