Forward is on loan at Hull from Everton.
It’s fair to say Oumar Niasse’s spell at Everton did not work out, with the big money signing failing to hold down a first team place.
He spent the first part of this season playing for Everton’s under-23 squad, and last week clinched a move to Hull City, signing on loan until the end of the season.
Everton’s Oumar Niasse with an overhead kick
Speaking to Hull’s official website, Niasse says his Everton struggles provide him with extra motivation to be a success for his new side.
He said: “Hull City have offered me the opportunity to start playing football again and that is all a player needs to feel good,
“I want to try and prove myself in the Premier League here. This is an opportunity for me to show what I can do and I have the motivation to show exactly who I am.
“Since arriving in England a year ago, things haven’t really worked well for me but this is an opportunity that I think is going to be good for me.”
Last year: Everton’s new signing Oumar Niasse is presented to the fans
Niasse, 26, made his debut for Hull at the weekend in their 3-1 victory over Bournemouth, coming on for the final seven minutes of the fixture.
This weekend Hull play Chelsea, and while Niasse can probably expect another place on the bench, it is closer than he was to the first team at Everton.
Battling away at the wrong end of the table, at Hull the forward has a chance to become a hero, even if only fleetingly, and the chance to redeem himself and restore his reputation sounds like it is driving him on.
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