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Onuachu to stay at Southampton

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WOLVERHAMPTON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 9: Paul Onuachu of Southampton FC looks on during the Premier League match between Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and Southampton FC at Molineux on November 9, 2024 in Wolverhampton, England. (Photo by Rene Nijhuis/MB Media/Getty Images)

Super Eagles ace Paul Onuachu says he is reconsidering his future at Southampton.

The centre-forward hopes to turn things around under new manager Ivan Juric.

Onuachu told the Daily Echo: “It’s been (an) up and down season. First of all, we were talking about transferring and leaving the team.

“It didn’t happen. I kept working hard and believing in myself. Russell Martin saw I had potential and started including me.

“He started to believe in me. He gave me some chances and I think I executed them very well. Now we are here.”

He continued: “Russ spoke to me when I got back from loan but I felt like I probably wasn’t going to get a chance like he told me.

“I just wanted to leave (and go) where I could play more. But he spoke to me saying he wanted me to stay.

“I felt like, probably, that some minutes is not being involved. I wanted to leave at that time. This has happened a lot of times already in my career.

“I don’t care if I’m training with the B team, C team or by myself. I give everything when I am training, whether that is with one coach, two coaches or three coaches.”