General Manager (GM) of German Bundesliga side Cologne Horst Heldt has termed the signing of Nigeria international winger Emmanuel Dennis Bonaventure a bad signing.
Cologne were in a difficult position and in January with the option of signing just one player they went for the Nigerian on loan from Club Brugge where he was axed from the team after a row over a seat in the team bus.
The Nigerian was suppose to give the team a lift but he ended up making just nine appearances with Heldt confirming that he was taken out of the squad as they bid to stay in the Bundesliga.
They ended up preserving their top flight status after a play off win over Holstein Kiel and it was achieved without the 23 year old Nigerian.
“Last winter, for example, it was clear that we could only sign one player for economic reasons. We opted for the storm and brought Emmanuel Dennis.
“But Dennis didn’t work. It was a misjudgment. We knew that he was difficult in character”, Heldt said.
“We clearly did something wrong when weighing up the risks. The human component didn’t fit in the end and the risk we took with it was too great. We should have put character traits above possible sporting added value.
”That was a mistake that I admit and that will not happen to me again. In order to protect the group structure, we then took it out. That was a bad transfer.”
