Nigeria international midfielder Uche Chrisantus has fired a barb at his club coach Olivier Glasner accusing him of not liking him as his loan spell draws to an end, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Chrisantus joined the team in the summer on a season long loan deal from Getafe with an obligation to be signed permanently, if he plays a certain number of games.
He failed to meet the target of triggering a permanent deal as he was frozen out by Glasner from the team in the League, and also in the Conference League where despite his fine run he was deregistered from the squad for the knockout games.
“I hope to make you proud whenever I do get the chance to play, but I know maybe it won’t happen again because the coach doesn’t like me,” Uche said.
Replying the forward Glasner said it’s not true and he took the best decision for his team , and has nothing personal against Uche. “For me, I never blame the player for somethings. This stays internal. Uche wasn’t registered for the second part of the Conference League. I had a conversation with him, he wasn’t pleased with it,” he explained.
“I had to take a decision due to the rules. We had new signings coming in. Honestly, If I had known that Eddie Nketiah wouldn’t get fit, Uche would have been registered.
“But at that moment, we thought Eddie was close to returning. We had Strand Larsen, Brennan Johnson, Mateta, and Eddie Nketiah. This was the reason, and from that day he felt that I don’t like him. There was nothing personal. I like him as a person, but again I had to take a decision.
“Every player who is here gets the best possible support we can give him. On the other side, you also have to be open for support. Support is never a one-way direction, it’s always vice versa. He’s our player, and he’ll get all the support.
“It looks like he doesn’t make a game for us. There are some reasons for it, but I want to keep this in-house. I’m always talking to the players directly and not over the media, this is what everybody deserves”.
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