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By: Johnny Edward.
Striker, Paul Onuachu, is relishing his new-found scoring form at Turkish club Trabzonspor after scoring three goals and making one assist in his first three games for the club, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.
The 29-year-old, who joined the Turkish club on a season-long loan from Southampton, admitted that it was easy adjusting to football in Turkey because he was desperate to prove himself again, after a slow start to his career at Saint Marys.
The Nigerian failed to find the net in 12 games nor make a goal contribution for the Saints as they suffered relegation to the English Championship last season.
But after a bright start to his Trabzonspor career, the former Genk striker is confident of continuing his hot streak after setting a new record at the club last weekend.
Onuachu’s goal against Pendikspor last Saturday saw him enter into the history books of the club as the first player to score in his first three Super Lig matches after the 2007/08 season for Trabzonspor.
The strike was his 167th club career goal, having played for KRC Genk, Midtjylland, Vejle Boldklub, Southampton and Trabzonspor.
“I’m back to my best,” Onuachu said.
“Everybody here played a big role in making me settle in and I just want to give my best to the team and help them win games and make the fans happy as well.
“It was not easy at the start of the year but I’m happy to have begun my career on a good note here at Trabzonspor and I want to keep improving and in every game and prove again that I have it.”
Onuachu, according to several reports took a massive wage cut to make the move to Trabzonspor, after they agreed to pay €1.5m in two instalments for the Nigerian.
The former Genk striker, who was the top scorer in Belgium two seasons ago, will be eager to make it four goals from four games when Trabzonspor face Adana Demirspor in a Super Lig game on Friday.