{"id":224123,"date":"2023-11-06T18:58:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T18:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/?p=224123"},"modified":"2023-11-06T18:58:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T18:58:06","slug":"former-arsenal-star-opens-up-on-catastrophic-time-in-brutally-honest-interview-following-shock-transfer-to-euro-giants-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/sport\/former-arsenal-star-opens-up-on-catastrophic-time-in-brutally-honest-interview-following-shock-transfer-to-euro-giants-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Arsenal star opens up on \u2018catastrophic\u2019 time in brutally honest interview following shock transfer to Euro giants | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHUBA AKPOM has opened up about the start of his Ajax career, which he has labelled as a "catastrophe".<\/p>\n

The former Arsenal striker joined the Dutch giants in the summer in a shock \u00a310.5million transfer from Middlesbrough.<\/p>\n


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Akpom, 28, has not enjoyed the best start to life at his new club.<\/p>\n

Ajax currently sit 11th in the Eredivisie after losing five of their first ten games of the league season.<\/p>\n

The poor form had seen the side drop all the way to the bottom of the league at one point.<\/p>\n

The club has started to rebuild their season in recent weeks with back-to-back wins.<\/p>\n

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Akpom has played his role in the victories scoring three goals off of the bench.<\/p>\n

After the game against Heereveen, Akpom opened up on his time in Holland so far.<\/p>\n

He admitted to not being settled at the club.<\/p>\n

He told ESPN: "It\u2019s been a catastrophe, personally and for the team.<\/p>\n

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"I haven\u2019t felt settled for two months, it\u2019s only this week that I\u2019ve felt settled.<\/p>\n

"I\u2019ve been in a hotel by myself, I\u2019ve not been playing and I feel like I\u2019ve been alone here, but this week I feel back to my normal self."<\/p>\n

Akpom's upturn in form has come with the change of manager.<\/p>\n

Maurice Steijn was sacked as manager in October and replaced by John Van \u2018t Schip.<\/p>\n

Akpom has praised his new boss for helping improve his mood by speaking to him about his life and not just football.<\/p>\n

He added: "The manager came and spoke to me straight away, on a human level not a football level.<\/p>\n

"He asked how I am, how my family is.<\/p>\n

"We\u2019re footballers but we\u2019re human beings firstly and I really appreciated that little chat with the manager and the assistant.<\/p>\n

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"But, it\u2019s been really tough for me.<\/p>\n

"I try to stay professional and keep working, but a new country, new environment, new team, in a hotel \u2013 it\u2019s really a struggle."<\/p>\n

Expectations were high for Akpom following his switch from Boro as he was coming off the back of an exceptional season in the Championship.<\/p>\n

The strike finished the season as the league's top scorer having netted 28 goals in 38 appearances.<\/p>\n

Akpom graduated from Arsenal's academy and made 12 appearances for their first team before joining Greek side PAOK in 2020.<\/p>\n

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During his Gunners stint, he had loan spells at Brentford, Coventry, Nottingham Forest, Hull, Brighton and Sint-Truidense V.V..<\/p>\n

Following two years in Greece, he signed for Middlesbrough in 2020.<\/p>\n

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