When AFC
Bournemouth were promoted to the Premier League in 2015 they needed to add
quality and they did this through the loan system and landed a big fish in
Ghanaian international Christian Atsu. Yet, the loan period from Chelsea was
not profitable for Christian who only played in two League Cup matches and he
was quickly recalled by and annoyed Jose Mourhinio. It’s been a different story
for Christian though on Tyneside where he has become a fan’s favourite.
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| Christian just couldn't get in a league team for AFCB. Next thing is he is helping Newcastle win a Championship and now he has been signed up on Tyneside |
Newcastle
were quickly in to sign Atsu in June following his successful campaign with
Newcastle in the Championship in 2016/17. The Ghanaian scored five goals in the
Geordies’ promotion run and a price-tag of £6.2m sounds a reasonable outlay for
an international player that has 42 caps and has been in a World Cup squad.
So did AFC
Bournemouth miss a trick? The player that mainly kept Atsu out of the Cherries’ team
was a certain Matt Ritchie who of course is now at Newcastle. The fact that
Rafa Benitez has managed to get both players into his team is either a tale
that Atsu has improved and Newcastle had less competition for places or
Bournemouth’s wingers were exceptional to keep Atsu out of the team.
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If the
latter is true, Newcastle haven’t done too badly as Atsu will be looking to
impress in the top flight and with the Geordie crowd behind him, he has
everything to play for. For once, Eddie How might have missed out on a player
that just needed some games.
Sometimes players need to be give a chance and now that Atsu has found that at Newcastle he looks like a bargain buy.
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