Everton signed Henry Onyekuru from Belgian club KAS Eupen in 2017 and loaned him to Anderlecht the same summer as he wasn’t able to get a work permit to play in the United Kingdom.
The Nigerian international suffered a knee injury in December, which forced him to spend time on the sidelines. This also hampered his chances of making it to the African nation’s squad for the 2018 World Cup.
Onyekuru’s failure to play for Nigeria has reduced his chances of getting a work permit to play for Everton next season. He had a fallout over the situation with Anderlecht manager Hein Vanhaezebrouck in the second half of the 2017/18 season.
The youngster is already attracting interest from Germany and Turkey, with Borussia Monchengladbach and Besiktas looking at the option of taking him on loan. Another loan move could be on the horizon for the 20-year-old, but the forward stressed that he will not return to Anderlecht next season, despite Everton already agreeing to the move.
“By not setting me up, chances were I could not go to Russia, and I could not go to the Premier League. Maybe that is how Anderlecht hopes to keep me a year longer? A ridiculous reasoning: I can go anywhere.
“It is now certain that I will not stay at Anderlecht. Beware, initially I wanted to sign. Only the coach did not need me in the past few weeks. That way it does not make sense, does it? I will go abroad, somewhere I get respect.”
Clearly angered, the Everton owned player also said about Hein Vanhaezebrouck: “I know what was said about me. Through the media I had to learn that I wasn’t ready, that’s not how you treat a player.”
