Certainly the timing is not ideal, but Onuachu had only 18 months left on his contract. The closer the expiry approached, the more its market value would naturally have decreased according to the laws of the market. In the end, Dimitri De Condé and company realize a nice capital gain on the one who arrived at the Cegeka Arena in 2019, once morest 6 million €, from Midtjylland. Not to mention that they allow the Golden Shoe 2021 to fulfill his childhood dream. “Throughout the day (Tuesday), I had mixed feelingsexplained Onuachu in a farewell interview collected by our colleagues from the Newspaper. I wanted to give myself to the end for this club which gave me everything. I knew Southampton’s interest was concrete. You must know that I have had a dream since my childhood: to play in the Premier League. Like the stars I watched on TV did. Even without me, the team will win the title. There’s enough quality in the team that doesn’t depend on one player.”
Anderlecht’s target as a substitute
Wouter Vrancken was able to count on De Condé to quickly find a successor to Onuachu. The “Head of Football” obviously did not sit idly by: it gave priority to Anderlecht to enlist Emmanuel Arokodare, the striker from Amiens. The 22-year-old Nigerian striker has a similar build to Onuachu: he is 1.97 meters tall. With the Ligue 2 club, he scored 8 times in 23 appearances. At the time of closing this edition, the transfer had not yet been formalized either.
