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Customary Liege striker Thomas Henry has revealed that Leicester Metropolis supervisor John Rudkin blocked his transfer to Swansea Metropolis a number of years in the past.
The French attacker has revealed that Swansea Metropolis wished to signal him throughout his time at Haut Leuven, however Foxes sporting director John Rudkin blocked the transfer regardless of his repeated requests.
Thomas Henry talks about failed transfer to Swansea
“I had agreed to go to Swansea. I acquired a name in March from my coach on the time. All of it occurred very early on. The issue was that I had scored 21 targets. My market worth was going up,” he mentioned by Walfoot.
“It was Leicester’s sporting director John Rudkin, not Leuven, who dealt with the switch. The switch didn’t undergo. Swansea made two provides and I begged Rudkin to simply accept them, however that didn’t occur and Swansea withdrew from negotiations.”
Rudkin stopped Henry from shifting.
Henry performed for Au Leuven from 2019 to 2021. The Belgian membership is owned by the identical group that owns Leicester Metropolis. After a formidable season with the Belgian facet, by which he scored 21 targets and supplied seven assists, Swansea wished to signal him and likewise made a number of provides to Leuven. Nonetheless, Mr Rudkin took cost of the negotiations and prevented the participant from becoming a member of the Welsh membership. Henry ended up becoming a member of Venice in the summertime of 2021.
Rudkin is presently Leicester Metropolis’s Director of Soccer and has been on the O Leuven board since 2017.
The striker feels that his elevated market worth after his wonderful performances for the Belgian membership led to the switch collapse. They had been holding out for extra money than Swansea had provided. Rudkin refused to budge and the Welsh membership needed to withdraw from the race.
