This is the first departure recorded by the Marine et Blanc for this winter transfer window 2022. Nigerian winger Samuel Kalu has signed a four-year contract with English club Watford, the Girondins announced in a press release. Our colleagues from L’Équipe report a transfer which could reach 4 million euros, depending on the number of appearances. The 25-year-old arrived in the summer of 2018 from La Gantoise for a sum close to 8 million euros. The Girondins de Bordeaux would therefore lose a few million euros in this operation.
A disappointing passage in Gironde
His performance with the Navy and White remains disappointing due to performances that are too inconsistent and recurrent injuries. For good reason, he did not play more than 32 matches played during a season (in all competitions) with Bordeaux. In total, he disputed 86 meetings for 10 goals and 8 assists. Last November, his coach at the time, Bordeaux Gernot Rohr, announced on France Bleu Gironde that he “wanted to concentrate on his club and he had asked me not to be part of the selection. The time had come for him to fight to regain his starting position.”
One of the highlights of his time with the Girondins de Bordeaux was also his fear during the match at the Vélodrome against OM. At the fifth minute, the Nigerian collapses for no reason as he forms the wall on a free kick. He will come out and the examinations will report a simple vagal discomfort. Striking images, a few weeks after those of the Danish Christian Eriksen’s heart attack at the Euro.