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Odemwingie revisits the infamous QPR transfer saga

From The Punch · () English

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  • Peter Odemwingie has criticized the portrayal of his failed transfer from West Bromwich Albion to Queens Park Rangers in 2013.
  • He said West Brom introduced a late condition requiring QPR midfielder Junior Hoilett to move in the opposite direction.
  • Odemwingie later returned to West Brom before moving to Cardiff City, ending his Premier League career with 37 goals in 127 appearances.

More than a decade after one of the Premier League’s most notorious transfer sagas, Peter Odemwingie says the public never heard the full story. The former Nigeria international was filmed outside Queens Park Rangers’ Loftus Road stadium on deadline day in 2013, trying to force through a move from West Bromwich Albion.

Odemwingie now says the incident was presented unfairly, particularly by Sky Sports. “The problem about this whole story is that nobody is interested in the truth. They just want to be distracted. Sky Sports milked this situation for so many years. I think it’s just wickedness really,” he said in a recent interview.

The problem about this whole story is that nobody is interested in the truth. They just want to be distracted. Sky Sports milked this situation for so many years. I think it’s just wickedness really.

— Peter OdemwingieOdemwingie criticized the media portrayal of the failed transfer saga.

He also disputed the explanation given for the collapse of the deal. According to Odemwingie, West Brom introduced a new condition late in the negotiations, saying the transfer depended on QPR midfielder Junior Hoilett moving in the opposite direction.

But then, West Brom also misbehaved that day, saying it was a conditional decision and that Hoilett had to go the other way for the deal to happen.

— Peter OdemwingieHe described the late condition he says West Brom imposed during negotiations.

“But then, West Brom also misbehaved that day, saying it was a conditional decision and that Hoilett had to go the other way for the deal to happen,” Odemwingie said. “There was no such condition given and they misbehaved.”

Odemwingie joined West Brom from Lokomotiv Moscow in 2010. After the QPR move fell through, he returned to the club and was reinstated in the squad. He left for Cardiff City at the end of the 2012-13 season after scoring 30 Premier League goals for West Brom. He finished his league career with 37 goals in 127 appearances for West Brom, Cardiff, Stoke City and Bristol City, and won West Brom’s 2010-11 player-of-the-season award after scoring 15 league goals in his debut campaign.

There was no such condition given and they misbehaved.

— Peter OdemwingieOdemwingie rejected West Brom’s reported explanation for the transfer collapse.
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