Vanhaezebrouck: Why Gift Orban lost his starting shirt

Gent manager, Hein Vanhaezebrouck has revealed his reason for not starting Gift Orban in recent matches for the club.

As reported by HLN, the Nigerian has had to settle for a spot on the bench in recent matches because he has not been as productive and hardworking in
training.

The 21 year old was the cynosure of all eyes in his first season in Belgium after joining from Norwegian second division side, Stabæk Fotball.

He scored 20 goals in 22 games for KAA Gent which sparked speculations he might be on the move after the end of the season.

The Nigerian seems not to have recovered from that failure to move to a bigger league after he was linked with Tottenham in the Premier League and Lille in
the Ligue 1.

Vanhaezebrouck says he picks his starting line up based on the players’ performance in training and revealed that the Nigerian has been struggling to score in training.

In the league, Orban has only scored twice in seven matches, not quite the same goals to game ration as he was managing last season.

He did score a hat-trick in qualification for the Conference League against Pogon Szczecin, as well as one against Zilina.

Gent will hope that he can rediscover the scoring touch, but it has not disrupted their league progress so far. They are second in the Pro League, level on
points with leaders Union St Gilloise. Last seasons top scorer Hugo Cuypers leads the side with three league goals.