Victor Wanyama Explains Why He Left Tottenham Despite His Half Bilion salary

A break up with North London-based English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur cost Kenyan international footballer Victor Wanyama $3.3 million annual salary (Sh436 miillion). He said that the club’s leadership had irritated him. The Kenyan star said that the management staff of his former club blocked his attempt to get back into the team after suffering significant knee injuries in 2017 and 2018. Luckily, Thierry Henry’s Montreal Impact team based in Canada came to his rescue after leaving Tottenham. Wanyama signed with the EPL club in 2016, and during his time there, he scored seven goals in 97 games. He had won two Scottish Premier League championships while playing for Celtic FC and was a member of the team that advanced to the UEFA Champions League final.

The midfielder in a recent interview with Madgoat TV said that he maintained his health despite missing a significant number of games and kept waiting for his time to play again for the first squad at Tottenham. "It was very frustrating for me because I just couldn’t seem to get the playing time I craved. I love football and sitting on the bench for an extended period of time can get to you,” he narrated. The arrival of Jose Mourinho in 2019 as the club’s head coach gave him a ray of hope only to realise later that his goose was cooked.