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‘I Turned Down Offer From Arsenal’, Says Osimhen
Super Eagles youngster, Victor Osimhen in an interview disclosed reasons he rejected an offer from English Premier League Club, Arsenal.
The U-17 Wolrd Cup winner said the former Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger wanted him to join the club but he was not able to assure him first-team inclusion.
He said; “After the tournament (2015 U-17 World Cup) I actually got down with my family mostly my elder brother, and my agent released the list of teams that were interested,”
“It had big European clubs like Barcelona, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Arsenal, Ajax, Anderlecht, a lot of them. Wolfsburg was there also, Spartak Moscow.
“So we sat down and looked at the possibility when I turn 18 so I can start playing immediately. They said Arsenal wanted to sign me, they are desperate to sign me. I spoke with Arsene Wenger on the phone he told me how he wanted me to play but first team wasn’t promised.
“I spoke with my brother and he gave me some candid advice and said I should choose Wolfsburg because the coach wanted me so much more than the rest that we have spoken to. And I should look at the project they have for me that it will be nice that we should give it a shot. So I said okay, fine, we will go to Wolfsburg then.”
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“So for me Wolfsburg was a perfect choice but sometimes life is like this, what you imagined is not what you get.
“It didn’t work out well and I was really sad it didn’t work out well because I really had a point to prove but life is like this so I had to accept.”
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