Yaya Touré has become the first African manager to take a team to the Champions League group stage 📈
The dressing room scenes last night 🙌
(via @SKSlovan)
Football is such a brutal sport, things can change in a second.
Arthur Okonkwo arrived on loan from Arsenal in 2023, he helped Wrexham secure promotion from League Two to League One.
You can hear the fans singing for him to “Sign the contract”. This was at the end of the season in June 2024.
Well, he eventually signed a 3-year contract and stayed with them. He helped them secure promotion again from League One to Championship.
Wrexham signed Ward to replace him in the Championship, because Ward was more experienced…Unfortunately, Ward got injured as the season started.
Okonkwo then helped them so much in the league that they almost got promoted to the premier league. Guess what?
Ward came back from injury in the last 4 games of last season, the coach, Phil Parkinson benched Okonkwo. I can even say that’s why they didn’t promote, because he started to change the squad that was already doing well and sitting in a good spot for play offs.
Wrexham has now signed Patterson from Sunderland. He was on loan at Millwall last season but those ones didn’t keep him. Okonkwo has now moved to 3rd choice.
This is the reason he’s now being loaned to Charlton. If he does well, and Charlton does well, I’m sure he’ll get a good move because he is a good goalkeeper and he’s still 24.
Again, football is brutal. Fans could be singing your name to sign a new contract today, and by tomorrow, you’re out. Football is not played with emotions, it’s a brutal sport.
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