Omo, e be like say transfer drama don start again for the football world! Na Jean-Philippe Mateta we dey talk about today, the Crystal Palace striker wey just miss him chance to join AC Milan because of medical wahala. Na serious gbege wey don scatter everywhere this transfer window.
Original plan be say Mateta go join Milan for over £30 million, but no be small wahala when dem carry am go do medical. Na knee problem wey dey disturb am no make Milan fit go ahead with the deal. Abeg, wetin happen? E be like say the thing shock everyone around! Mateta dey for limbo now, and time no dey wait for anybody as the transfer window dey close sharp sharp.
As dem talk am, since Mateta’s transfer fall through, e mean say plenty other deal wey dey linked to am fit also scatter. We don hear say Crystal Palace dey eye Jorgen Strand Larsen from Wolves, plus Southampton dey plan to sell Adam Armstrong. Na so e be, if Mateta no fit move from Palace, this transfer chain go jam brake!
Manager Oliver Glasner don talk say Mateta no fit play for their last match because him no dey ‘in the right place’ after the injury talk wey dey fly around. How we go take see am now? Mateta don dey struggle for goals this season, with only two goals from him last 13 matches. No be small beating for the striker wey don score nine goals in total for the league this season.
Shout out to Milan too as they don pull out fast fast from the deal. E be like say dem don sense say Mateta dey carry heavy waka for him knee. We dey wonder now wetin go happen to Mateta and him dream of playing for the World Cup wey dey come. If him go take surgery now, e fit end him chances completely, you sabi how dem go talk am for football world.
Crystal Palace don still sign Strand Larsen for a club record fee of £48 million, wey dey tell us say dem get backup plan if Mateta no fit move. But wetin be this wahala for Palace side? No be the first time transfer drama dey happen for this season, as dem don lose their captain, Marc Guehi, to Manchester City earlier this month.
We dey expect say plenty echelon of deal fit still happen if Mateta finally move late for this window. Ogun dey sweet for this season, as e be like say every week na new transfer story from all over Europe. No matter how e go be, we go dey follow am gidigba – all these transfer wahala dey sweet for body! Make we dey shine our eye and see wetin go happen next!
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