Chris Maduewesi
Member
After completing the expected move to Stoke City on Monday from Cardiff,Nigerian international Osaze Odemwingie has promised the club's fans that he would score goals.
Just months after he joined Cardiff,Odemwingie has moved to Stoke in a swap deal that saw Kenwyne Jones move to the other side.
“Maybe in the past few months I didn’t get too many goal-scoring opportunities, but I am sure that will change here at Stoke,” he said on the club’s website.
“One of my strongest qualities is being able to put the ball into the back of the net, with either my right foot or my left foot, and I intend on doing that regularly here.
“I like to get myself into good positions on the field whereby I can get opportunities, and I know that with the quality of players here at the club, there will be days where we do create a lot of chances to score the goals.
“I feel I am a different player to Kenwyne Jones, who went to Cardiff – he is more of a target man, but I am somebody who likes the ball at my feet, and I also like to get in behind the defence as often as possible too.
“I am sure that the manager and his staff know about me and I am certain they will use me to my strengths.
“They are very knowledgeable people and they must feel that I can bring something different to the team. That gives me a lot of confidence and belief in myself.”
Odemwingie stated that the prospect of playing under Mark Hughes helped convince him to join Stoke.
“I have watched many clips of him (Hughes) as a player and I know there is so much that I can learn from him,” the forward said.
“He knew how to score goals and he knew how to be a successful footballer, so the chance to experience working with him at close quarters was incredibly appealing to me.
“I have spoken to people who have played under him and his staff before and they all have great things to say about them, so that was good to hear, and gave me a lot of excitement when I heard of the club’s interest to bring me here.”
Just months after he joined Cardiff,Odemwingie has moved to Stoke in a swap deal that saw Kenwyne Jones move to the other side.
“Maybe in the past few months I didn’t get too many goal-scoring opportunities, but I am sure that will change here at Stoke,” he said on the club’s website.
“One of my strongest qualities is being able to put the ball into the back of the net, with either my right foot or my left foot, and I intend on doing that regularly here.
“I like to get myself into good positions on the field whereby I can get opportunities, and I know that with the quality of players here at the club, there will be days where we do create a lot of chances to score the goals.
“I feel I am a different player to Kenwyne Jones, who went to Cardiff – he is more of a target man, but I am somebody who likes the ball at my feet, and I also like to get in behind the defence as often as possible too.
“I am sure that the manager and his staff know about me and I am certain they will use me to my strengths.
“They are very knowledgeable people and they must feel that I can bring something different to the team. That gives me a lot of confidence and belief in myself.”
Odemwingie stated that the prospect of playing under Mark Hughes helped convince him to join Stoke.
“I have watched many clips of him (Hughes) as a player and I know there is so much that I can learn from him,” the forward said.
“He knew how to score goals and he knew how to be a successful footballer, so the chance to experience working with him at close quarters was incredibly appealing to me.
“I have spoken to people who have played under him and his staff before and they all have great things to say about them, so that was good to hear, and gave me a lot of excitement when I heard of the club’s interest to bring me here.”
