Gift Orban lors d'Arsenal – OL (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP)
Lacking confidence at OL, Gift Orban joined Hoffenheim this winter. Having made his debut during the weekend, the Nigerian wants to prove that he remains a player with interesting progression.
Five small goals and above all crumbs of minutes to eat. The adventure at OL was not what Gift hoped for Orban for a year. Recruited at La Gantoise to be Alexandre's understudy, or even competitor Lacazettethe Nigerian has never succeeded in donning this costume. Worse, he saw Georges Mikautadze arrive between Rhône and Saône last summer. This clearly called into question his future in the Lyon team.
Despite his saving double against Strasbourg on the last day of the summer transfer window, Orban spent more time outside the OL group and therefore logically set sail this winter. Direction Hoffenheim and the Bundesliga. “All I want now is to get on the pitch for Hoffenheim and prove my worth, the Nigerian told Sportsboom media. I want to score goals, that’s what I’ve always wanted and that’s what I want to do here.”
An hour of play for his Bundesliga debut
Believing to want “a new challenge, to find yourself motivated by something that pushes you to progress”Gift Orban hopes that his experience in the Bundesliga will be a little more successful than that in Ligue 1. Arriving at the beginning of January, the striker made his debut on Saturday with Hoffenheim. Holder for an hour, he was unable to prevent the home defeat against Wolfsburg (0-1). He will have the opportunity to make up for it this Wednesday with a trip to the leader who is Bayern Munich.
