Former IK Sirius of Sweden captain, Moses Ogbu has received words of encouragement that he still has better fortunes ahead of him, despite being released earlier this week by Grimsby Town of England, megasportsarena.com reports.
Although he arrived Grimsby on a roll, with great expectations heralding the 28-year-old striker with The Mariners, the lower division club decided to terminate his contract due to his inability to get into their main team on a regular basis, but the coach is wishing him well elsewhere.
Grimsby’s boss, Ian Holloway noted that Moses is leaving by mutual consent and stated that it is an opportunity for the player to try his best efforts in a more salubrious environment, where he would face less pressure in his desire to hit the big time of football.
While also hinting that the lad was feeling homesick, Holloway admitted that Moses gave his best during his time with the club, despite being able to score only four goals in 25 appearances for The Mariners, after joining on a one-year deal in the summer.
However, Ogbu is forced to move on, after less than seven months after his arrival at Blundell Park, where the striker, who played in Sweden from 2009 and holds a Swedish international passport, got a high-profile appearance against Chelsea in the third round of the Carabao Cup.
His departure is reminiscent of what happened in 2018, when he played his last home game for Sirius, against Kalmar FF at Studenternas IP in Uppsala, as he insinuated after making his 185th appearance for the club he joined nine seasons earlier, that he was edged out because of his age, despite scoring seven goals in 26 appearances in the Swedish topflight.
Nonetheless, there are cheerful words from Holloway for Ogbu, who also played for Jonkopings Sodra of Sweden and Al Ain of Saudi Arabia, with a warm send off by the coach of the side he joined on a year’s deal last summer.
Holloway told BBC Radio Humberside: “I think he needs to go and see if he can be happy again. I’m trying to make his life better. I believe that he needs to go back to where he came from and see if he can be happy again.
“The boy took it brilliantly. He admitted that he hasn’t seen his family in Nigeria for over a year, so we had a big hug at the end of it and I told the lads that. We had a chat, he took it brilliantly and we had a big hug at the end of it.”
