Why Osaze Odemwingie’s infamous deadline day transfer failed – Steven Caulker

Former Liverpool defender Steven Caulker has revealed why Peter Osaze Odemwingie’s deadline-day move to Queens Power Rangers FC failed.

Both players played together at Cardiff Arms Park at a point in their careers and Osaze apparently opened up to him during that time.

The Nigerian man believed that he had completed a deadline-day move to QPR, so he drove down to Loftus Road to complete the deal but was denied entry into the stadium.

The ex-Stoke City striker was a West Brom player at the time of the incident and was told that a fee had yet to be agreed upon. So, the transfer eventually broke down.

Nine months after the saga, the Super Eagles star finally made a move away from West Brom to join Steven Caulker at Welsh side, Cardiff FC.

“When he arrived I was desperate to ask him, but I thought I’d let him settle in,” Caulkers said on SkySport, per the Sun.

“One of the nicest men I’ve ever met—and two weeks in, I asked him, Whatever happened at QPR? Because it doesn’t fit what I’m seeing of you as a character here and what I’m seeing there. What happened?

“He explained to me that it was none of his doing. He was misinformed by agents and the club that the deal was done.

“He turns up there with his bags packed and ready to sign, and they weren’t expecting him. So he was embarrassed about the situation, but not by his own doing.”