[ 2015-01-24 ]

Derby dismiss Christian Atsu rumours
Christian Atsu will return to Everton as soon as
his African Nations Cup adventure is over.

Reports claimed the on-loan winger would be
joining Derby County at the end of the month as
parent club Chelsea were unhappy with his lack of
game-time at Goodison.

But Rams boss Steve McClaren dismissed the
reports.

“I know him from Vitesse Arnhem in Holland but
no, no interest in him,” he said.

Atsu has started just four matches at Everton -
limping off 11 minutes into his last appearance
against Krasnodar with a hamstring injury.

He recovered in time to join Ghana’s African
Nations Cup campaign, but after losing their
opening clash to a last minute Senegal goal the
Black Stars must bounce back quickly against
Algeria.

Atsu won a penalty which gave Ghana the lead, but
also missed a glorious opportunity to double the
advantage before Senegal hit back to win.

“Nobody goes into a game to miss a chance but
these kind of situations happen in games all the
time,” he said.

“My intention was to score and make all Ghanaian
happy but it didn’t work like that.

“If I had scored it would have been two goals
and would have been very good for us.

“These kind of these happen and we lost the
game. It is behind us now and we are now focusing
on our next game.”

That comes against tournament favourites Algeria,
who opened their Cup of Nations campaign with a
come-from-behind 3-1 win over South Africa.

Source - Liverpool Echo

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