Adebayo Akinfenwa: “In truth we wanted anyone but City!”

Adebayo Akinfenwa, the FIFA and Wycombe legend, made it clear his side wanted anyone BUT City! Speaking prior to their league cup clash the ‘Beast’, as he’s affectionately known made it clear that in his probable final season he wanted a better matchup here. In jest, he spoke about that and his career. Let’s check it out-

“In truth we wanted anyone but City!” laughed Akinfenwa.

“Everyone knows we are going to be doing a lot of running around on Tuesday, but when you play in the lower leagues, you want to pit your wits against the biggest clubs you can, and there’s no doubt City are one of the biggest clubs in the world.

“When the draw was made it was all, ‘yeah! City at the Etihad Stadium!’ and then the realisation quickly sank in and it was more like, ‘boy, we may not see the ball very much!’.

“We are going to go into the game and just try and enjoy it as best we can and hopefully spring one or two surprises.

“We got back to winning ways against Charlton on Saturday and I’m sure there will be changes from the starting XI for that game on Tuesday, but we’re looking forward to it.”

“The truth is, you want to play against the best. I was watching the game and doing some research as well, saying ‘we can get at City this way or that way’ and then watched as City scored six goals.

“We won’t sit back and we’ll put our best foot forward and give it a good go and see what happens.”

“I’ve said this is my final chapter, so to be going up against Pep Guardiola who I think is one of the best in the business, is fantastic.

“And it doesn’t matter what City team we play – A, B, C or D – we know it’s going to be something special, so I’m sure myself and the lads will really enjoy it.

“We are fans before the game, then during the 90 minutes, City are our opponents, then after the game we are fans again.”

“It should be a great night.”

What a good bloke, having fun with this is the right mindset. Good luck, Beast, but not too much.