Salis Abdul Samed (25) endured a difficult season on loan at Sunderland. The Ghanaian joined Régis Le Bris’ side in the EFL Championship with high expectations. Two seasons prior, he formed arguabl...
Salis Abdul Samed (25) endured a difficult season on loan at Sunderland. The Ghanaian joined Régis Le Bris’ side in the EFL Championship with high expectations. Two seasons prior, he formed arguably the best midfield partnership in Ligue 1 alongside Seko Fofana, and just months before making the move to the Stadium of Light, he featured prominently in RC Lens’ UEFA Champions League campaign.
However, injury scuppered his stint at Sunderland. In a roundtable interview attended by Get French Football News, Abdul Samed revisited what was a difficult, injury-hit spell.
“I got injured even before going to Sunderland. I had a problem with the psoas. I spoke with the doctor and he said that it would be three or four weeks, so I called Régis (Le Bris) and said, ‘I’m injured, so I don’t think I can sign’. But he said, ‘No, we’ll have a look’. So Sunderland’s doctor came to Paris, we did tests, and he said the same thing, that it would be two or three weeks. I arrived at Sunderland and in the first or second week, I started training, and in the second session, I suffered an injury in the same place,” revealed Abdul Samed.
He continued, “Then it took five or six months [to come back]. I came back, I started playing a bit again, and then I injured my calf, too, so then the season was basically over.”
Having returned to Lens, he then quickly made the move to OGC Nice, where he has been reunited with former manager Franck Haise. “I just want to play football again and be happy. At Nice, and with the manager who is here, it is the right place to do what I want to do,” said the Ghana international.
>> Read the full interview with Abdul Samed HERE
Category: General Sports
