Onyekuru: "I was fit and I did not play so I'm not staying"

INTERVIEWS RSC Anderlecht and Everton have already reached an agreement to keep Henry Onyekuru in Brussels for another season. But the Nigerian refuses. Reason: Hein Vanhaezebrouck and because Onyekuru do not play in the last games.


"I would not know how Vanhaezebrouck's voice should sound, I have not spoken to him for weeks," Onyekuru says, "I had to read in the press that I was not ready. I have worked very hard to get back, but apparently that was not enough for some people. "

The Nigerian rehabilitating after his knee injury at his mother club Everton before returning to RSC Anderlecht: "At my return I was asked to do two weeks of exercises to strengthen my knee, I made three weeks of it. And I couldn't even be a substitute. I was told against Bruges that I would come in, but no, even Leander Dendoncker came to ask why I was not in the selection. "

World Cup

"Anderlecht has cost me my World Cup, although they knew that I needed to get a work permit for England. By not letting me play, I could not go to Russia and they tried to keep me for another season at Anderlecht. At first I was going to sign, but not anymore, why should I? When Weiler left everything changed, " says the Nigerian.