SUNDERLAND boss, David Moyes has challenged Nigerian striker
Victor Anichebe to get back to his “unplayable” best to revive his Premier
League career.
At just 28, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games silver
medalist found himself without a club
having been released by West Brom when the summer transfer window closed last
week, only to be handed a lifeline by his former Everton manager when he signed
a short-term deal with the Black Cats.
Now Moyes is hoping he can get the man who burst on to
the scene as a teenage powerhouse at Goodison Park back in business after
taking a chance on him.
Moyes said: “I would like to get back to the Victor I
know who can be at times can unplayable, but he also has to get himself in a
condition to do that and I need to feel he is ready.
“He has something to prove. We have kept him on a short
leash, he’s got one year here, so it’s up to him to get on pitch and score the
goals.
“He will give us something else. We didn’t get a striker
in the window and Victor was available after the window had closed, so it let
me get that done.
“But I know what he can bring and if he’s got his get his
mind correct and he’s physically right – and I’ve worked with him before and he
knows me well – it’s a great opportunity for him to show what he can do, and
maybe for him to realise as well he didn’t have loads of takers out there
waiting for him.
“So now it’s, ‘Get up, roll your sleeves up and show
everybody what you are about’ because he can be on his day very, very difficult
to play against.”
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