Malmo. Muhammed Boya Toray was surprisingly left out of the MFF squad against Norrköping.
He did not speak to Åge Hareide at all after the announcement.
– If he thinks I should show more, he can tell me and not at a press conference, says the attacker.
Mohamed Boya Toray He has started his last five matches in Allsvenskan and in Åge hrides New Era coach’s first match Malmo FFIn the opening Europa League match against Braga on Thursday, the striker was substituted after just 25 minutes when Erdal Rakib tripped.
But in the following match on Sunday, against IFK Norrköping, the 27-year-old Sierra Leonean was abruptly removed from the match squad.
– Toray can show his front feet a little more, it’s that simple. I would like to see him show more of what he can and what he was bought for. It’s good and I expect it to continue that way. Then Aji Harid said in the post-match press conference that he had to train and show him in training.
I haven’t spoken to Hared
On Tuesday, two days before the Europa League meeting with Union Saint-Gilloise, Toure now talks about twitching for the first time.
– Everyone was surprised. Lots of friends wrote to me asking why I wasn’t on the team and if I had talked to the coach, he says.
Toray did not speak to Hared.
– He never said anything about why I left. He did not speak to me. But nothing strange. He is the manager. This is football and I have been around for a long time.
Didn’t you ask Åge?
No, I don’t need to ask him. I don’t think you should run to the coach and ask about such things. So I haven’t had any issues with a coach either.
– But oddly enough, he says I need to show more. I don’t know what it means because it was only here for a week.
How do you feel then?
– I don’t feel anything. I’m a professional, I do my best in training every day and do my best for the club.
Aren’t you disappointed?
– No, I was just surprised. It was a bit shocking.
Aiming for next season
The only thing Boya Toray turns against is that Hared justified the media twitching, not his.
– If he thinks I need to show more, he won’t have to say it at a press conference, but it’s better for him to come to me and say it.
Toray thinks one of the reasons he hasn’t won the Premier League yet is that he came in the middle of the season from a long spell in China with virtually no matches.
Now it looks like he is above all striving for next season.
– The most important thing now is that we finished in the top three and then we will see what happens next season. He says it will be a new beginning.