THE CONCRETE ROUNDABOUT (TCR)

Currently top of the Belgian first tier with his new side Union SG, they won 4-0 yesterday. Sorinola hasn't played much of a part though, used as a sub in the last 5-10 minutes of most of his games so far. He could be playing Champions League football next year.

Thanks for this information. I really rated him, he improved so much when he was with us for such a slight person he was very strong in the tackle and fast. I have a feeling he will feature in the ones who got away in a few years.
But not our fault as we tried our best to keep him.I hope he appreciates us picking him up when discarded by other clubs.

He has still only appeared as a substitute so far but he came on at the weekend and got an 85th minute winner, it was a bloody lovely goal in fact.

https://twitter.com/UnionStGilloise/sta ... 07745?s=20

Thanks for that link.

Still limited in his appearances, generally comes on for a few minutes in the second half. Union SG are still top of the league, 4 points clear of second.

Injured from mid December, Matty came on for the last 25 minutes in the victory against second placed Antwerp on the 5th February. He missed the most recent match against struggling St Truiden, in which Union SG surprisingly got beaten 1-0 at home - only their 4th loss of the season. Still 7 points clear at the top, they look certain to take a points advantage into the championship play-off where the top four play each other home and away to decide the title.

He's only played 149 minutes this season, all of them coming off the bench. However Union St Gilloise came top of the league this season after 34 games and now enter the 'Championship round'. The top 4 games, which also included Anderlect, Club Brugge and Antwerp start a mini league which is quite odd. Their points tallied are halved from the regular season and play each other twice, the team who finish top after these games are crowned Belgian Champions.

What an experience this will have been for Matty. Moved to a different country, played in a squad with 16 different nationalities and competed at a pretty high level, played in front of 15,000+ crowds and there is a realistic chance for him to be in a Champions League squad next season, all whilst being watched by Brighton

According to Football League World, Swansea are interested in signing him

I know people joke that snake only goes after our players/ex-players, but they really need to broaden their horizons.

It just shows that his contacts in the game aren't all that in the grand schemes of player recruitment.

Regarding Sorinola, I genuinely believe he would have been better of staying with us for one more year. All our fullbacks under Manning have done really well and I've no doubt he would have been a big success in the purpose based approach Manning has implemented. Guess we will never know but I always think regular 1st team football trumps limited minutes in terms of player development regardless of playing level.

Stuart James
@stujames75 16m
Swansea City are set to sign Matthew Sorinola on a season-long loan from the Belgium club Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. Sorinola, 21, is a left-wing back. No option to buy.


You really can't make it up anymore