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The relegation of FC Groningen from the Eredivisie was a foregone conclusion on Sunday with a 1-1 draw at the Go Ahead Eagles. After 23 years in the Dutch Oberhaus, the coming season will continue in the Eerste Divisie. For one player, the scenario has already become an uncomfortable routine.
29-year-old Elvis Manu was relegated for the sixth time on Sunday. And all this in just seven years. He experienced the first relegation in the 2016/17 season. At the time, he was also relegated from the Eredivisie with Sunday’s opponent, the Go Ahead Eagles.
Descents in Turkey and China
In the following season, Manu moved to Turkey. But the relegation series continued at the Bosphorus. He was first relegated from the Süper Lig with Genclerbirligi in 2017/18, before moving to Akhisar Belediyespor in the summer of 2018, where he also had to move from the bottom of the table to the second division.
With two relegations to his name, the striker then left Turkey for the Chinese capital. In 2020, the fourth descent in a row must follow with Beijing Renhe.
It also went wrong in Poland
After two years at Ludogorets Razgrad, which he actually survived without relegation, he ended up at the Polish club Wisla Kraków in the winter of 2022 and brought his relegation curse there too. The club from southern Poland went to the second division in the summer of the same year, while Manu continued to Bulgaria.
Botev Polvidiv contracted him, but rented him out to his hometown of Groningen in the winter of 2023. Since then, he has played 10 matches for his new club, has not yet scored a goal and has already been relegated.
Keeper is record relegation in the Bundesliga
Besides Elvis Manu, other pros have a terrible record when it comes to demotions. For example, Hoffenheim’s central defender Ozan Kabak was relegated three times between 2019 and 2022. The Turkish national player was caught with Stuttgart, Schalke and Norwich.
Goalkeeper Jürgen Rynio is currently a record relegator in the Bundesliga. Between 1967 and 1986, the now 75-year-old lost five times to the 2nd Bundesliga. But this brand also does not reach the unlucky Dutch Elvis Manu. He will return to regular club Polvidiv in the summer. Are the fans worried about staying up yet? (byl)
Source : Blick
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