Troost-Ekong on Watford departure and scoring against Luton

Picture the scene: you’ve got a new job lined up, you walk through your current place of work and your boss tells you he’s found out you’re leaving by hearing it on TV.That is what happened to William Troost-Ekong though, when he was loaned to Salernitana at the end of last season.

“The night before I had spoken to Cristiano at the hotel and he said that he also believed everything had been agreed, so I knew it was all happening. “He had drawn up charts of all my playing time, and said I was his most used defender and gave me a lot of reasons why he wanted me to stay. He said he trusted me and he wanted to play me.

“The buy-in clause was £2.1m if I played ten games, with a three-year deal. Of course I got stuck on playing nine games.Troost-Ekong was still keen to try and make the move to Salernitana a permanent one. “I said I had learned from my mistake in the previous summer window when I was impressed with Rob Edwards and said I’d stay, and ended up not playing.“Very quickly afterwards Cristiano Giaretta called me and said that I had to train with the Under-21s.

“Then again after that I got another call from Cristiano telling me I needed to train with the Under-21s. “He said he understood, that it was a good deal all round and I think it was all agreed in the next day or so.”“No, not really, I’m an adult,” he said. “As a footballer, sometimes you have to put your business hat and be clever to try and give yourself the best chance.“At times the sentimental and romantic side of football has to go out of the window.”“I came to watch a game in November, and then I was at the game on Boxing Day with Bristol City.“I spoke to the lads afterwards, and even though it had been a bad result they were happy to catch up. It felt like coming home.”“I’ve just completed building our final family home in Cuffley,” he said.

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