Stoke City fans have expressed their disappointment at the Sky Bet Championship side for sending out Oghenekaro Etebo out on loan to Spanish Laliga side Getafe, Completesports.com reports Stoke City club announced on Wednesday that Etebo will spend the remainder of the 2019/20 season with the La Liga outfit.
Etebo joined Stoke at the start Stoke at the start of the previous campaign and featured in 34 Championship league games, scoring two goals.But this season, he made only 11 appearances in Stoke’s 26 league fixtures
played so far, before heading to Getafe.
Etebo was not not prominent in the game plans of new manager Michael
O’Neill, who replaced Nathan Jones in September 2019.
And following his loan move to Getafe, some of The Potters’ fans took to the
Twitter to express their disappointment.
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Commenting on Etebo’s move, Leigh Salmon described it as a joke.
“Absolute joke,” he tweeted.
Joe Thompson called it a strange decision.
“This is a strange one, seemed to want to put in a shift for the shirt. I fear this
is just a necessity due to the FFP rules.”
Another Stoke City fan Luke Barker, tweeted: “So we’ve just decided we don’t
need our best 2 midfielders?
“I thought we’d turned a corner with Ndiaye getting game time this season, but
the last few days have seen that all undone.”
In his reaction, Stuart Mitton mocked the board.
“Master stroke. Genius from the board,” his Tweet reads.
The Potters fan simply known as Jordan tweeted about Etebo’s loan switch to
Getafe: “This is a sickening transfer. Arguably the best player in our entire
squad being sent out on loan while the threat of League One hangs over us.
Funny how he’s going to a team fighting for a European spot in La Liga…
almost like he’s a very good player.”
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