Selles: Onuachu can make the difference for us in relegation battle

Ruben Selles says the club’s Nigerian striker Paul Onuachu can be huge for Southampton in the relegation battle.

The former KRC Genk of Belgium forward was impressive against West Ham on Sunday at the London stadium after coming on as a substitute for the fourth time in the seven games he has featured in since his switch to the Premier League at the end of January.

The Southampton boss believes Onuachu will get better and shine in the Premier League.

‘We have been working on it in order to not be focused only on the long balls when we play Paul there,” Selles said to reporters.

‘I think he was unlucky in the first two actions basically because the first two actions for him were after five minutes of defending set plays.

‘Then we bring him in, he was attracting defenders and we opened up more situations for crossing actions and that’s where his chance came.”

‘We are working on it. I think we managed better bringing a player like Paul into the pitch and we need to continue because it can be a big
weapon for us if we continue.”