The Newcastle United winger could face his Norwich City relative when Sheffield Wednesday visit Carrow Road in April.
Norwich City’s Max Aarons has explained how he talked his cousin into joining Sheffield Wednesday on loan from Newcastle United.
Rolando Aarons made the move to Hillsborough on the final day of the January transfer window and has impressed with a goal and assist in six starts for Wednesday.
But with little prior Championship experience – he appeared just four times for Newcastle at that level before a nine-month spell on the sidelines – the winger was understandably curious.
And having a relative playing regularly in the competition was certainly helpful.
“Obviously he’s played in the Premier League for Newcastle and he asked me what it’s like in the Championship and stuff like that,” Max, who was recently named in the division’s team of the season, told the Pink Un. “I told him it’s tough, three games a week, a lot of the time it’s hard but I said he’d really enjoy it because he loves playing football.
“Then he gave me a little tweet just saying ‘to bring my shin-pads’ or something like that, as obviously we’ve got them soon!
“He’s from Bristol, which was a bit of a way away from me (in Milton Keynes), and he moved to Newcastle, so I haven’t seen him loads in the last few years but I am really close with him.”
Max’s Norwich currently lead the Championship promotion race, with Rolando’s Sheffield Wednesday sitting in 10th – just two points off the play-offs – despite being 18th in mid-December.
The two cousins are scheduled to meet at Carrow Road on Good Friday, where the Owls will hope to avenge November’s 4-0 humiliation.
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