Austrian side SV Ried have announced the departure of one cap Nigeria international Kingsley Michael from the club bringing a premature end to his season long loan at the club, OGN can exclusively reveal.
Kingsley was originally supposed to spend the entire season at the Austrian side on loan from Italian Serie A side Bologna as he bids his way to full fitness after missing eight months due to injury. The idea is for him to get match fitness ahead of a return to the Serie A side.
It started really well with the Nigerian getting games but with two months to the end of his loan and the decision of the club to bring in a new coach, the 23 year old found it hard to work his way into the plans of the new coach as his game time became limited.
He left the club on the 30th of April to his parent owners with 13 games under his belt. No reason has been given for why the loan deal was terminated early but his focus will be on pushing for a spot in the first team of Bologna, when the team resumes for pre season, possibly add to his one cap for Nigeria which came on the 7th of September 2021 in the World Cup qualifiers.
That game was away at Cape Verde and he lasted the entire duration of the 2-1 win. A fine run of form will no doubt see him return back to the team particularly with the dearth of options available to Jose Peseiro.
Daniel Martins