MADUKA OKOYE TARGETS PREMIER LEAGUE PROMOTION WITH WATFORD

Tremendous Eagles goalkeeper, Maduka Okoye, is concentrating on rapid promotion to the Premier League with Watford.

Having joined Watford from Sparta Rotterdam at first of this 12 months, Okoye was loaned again to the Dutch membership so he may end the season taking part in for them.

He ended the marketing campaign with 30 Eredivise appearances to his title, however he was additionally following Watford’s fortunes similtaneously they had been relegated to the Championship.

The transfer to England fulfils a childhood dream for the keeper who was born in Dussledorf, in Germany.

“I grew up watching English soccer and it was all the time a dream to play on this nation,”Okoye instructed Watford Observer.

“It does nonetheless really feel prefer it’s a little bit of dream even now, so I would like a number of weeks of being across the coaching floor to remind me that I’m right here now and I’ve made the step to English soccer. “As a child it was English soccer I needed to play in and now I’m going to place the work in to make that occur.”

On the distinction taking part in in Germany and Holland, the 22-year-old stated, “I believe the principle variations between English soccer and the soccer I’ve performed in are the followers and the stadium, in addition to the historical past of English soccer. There’s quite a lot of ardour.

“There are additionally quite a lot of totally different kinds and sorts of soccer throughout the English sport. I’ve all the time thought it’s superb.”

On his new head coach Rob Edwards the previous Sparta goalie added, “My first impressions of him are excellent,” stated Okoye.

“I used to be studying loads about him earlier than I met him, after which this week in particular person it was even higher. He took quite a lot of time to speak to all of us, he has time for all of us.

“We additionally must carry out for him. Having a coach who desires to get know us as folks actually helps as a result of soccer is greater than only a sport and the place you play on the pitch. It’s extra rounded than that, and it helps a lot if the coach is aware of what kind of particular person you’re and the way you see soccer, your work, your life. That is what he’s making an attempt to determine and I like that.”

Mike Cookey