Former West Brom forward, Osaze Odemwingie, has talked about his infamous failed move to Queens Park Rangers.
The former Nigerian player thought he had secured a Deadline Day switch to QPR in January 2013 and drove to Loftus Road believing he would complete the formalities on the deal.
Sadly, Odemwingie was left outside Loftus Road in his car and refused entry into the stadium after both clubs maintained a fee had not been agreed.
Speaking with brila.net on Wednesday through former teammate Ifeanyi Udeze’s diary; Odemwingie insisted the deal take him to QPR had been agreed and was only told subsequently that the transfer rested on Hoilett moving to the Hawthorns.
‘Everything was agreed, but actually I didn’t know that one of the terms was that they (West Brom) were getting (Junior) Hoilett and (if I had known that) I would have never driven to London,” Odemwingie said.
‘They decided to make last-minute additions to what has been agreed upon, so when the whole thing didn’t go through, they make it a reason.
‘No one really knows the truth, till today and I’m keeping it for my autobiography,
‘Last year, Harry Redknapp the then QPR Manager said on radio that they told me to come, he made the confession. However, you know the mainstream media don’t care about the truth,’ Osaze said.
‘They (media) only want sensation, ‘A guy turned up at the stadium, look at this’ Wow, wow!
‘If you give them the truth, they believe no one is interested in this since its not sensational stuff, and that is the world we live in today; there is politics about everything we see today.”
