Adebayo Akinfenwa Believe only Klopp can Relate to his Happiness
England born Nigeria Adebayo Akinfenwa mentioned Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp’s name after his club side Wycombe gained promotion to the English Championship. In return, the Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp sent him a congratulatory message congratulating him and his teammates with the entire management of Wycombe for the promotion to the Championship.
Wycombe defeated Oxford United 2-1 in the League One play-off final on Monday night and will play in the Championship for the first time in their history next season. After full-time, the 38-year-old told Sky Sports the only person that can hit him up on WhatsApp this time is Klopp, so they can celebrate together. Klopp then responded to Akinfenwa’s request to by sending the striker a congratulatory video message.
Wycombe Wanderers will play in the second tier of English football for the first time next season after edging past Oxford United in the League One play-off final at Wembley. A tense and tight contest was settled by a Joe Jacobson penalty with just over 10 minutes to play after Fred Onyedinma was fouled by Oxford goalkeeper Simon Eastwood. Wycombe had taken an early lead when centre-back Anthony Stewart headed in a dangerous Jacobson corner via a deflection off Eastwood.
Oxford found a second-half equaliser when Mark Sykes lobbed Ryan Allsop with what appeared to be a mishit cross, but the U’s could not capitalise further during what was their best spell of the game. Wycombe’s victory capped off an incredible season for the Buckinghamshire club, who almost dropped out of the English Football League in 2014 and arguably started this campaign as relegation candidates based on their bottom-six finish the previous season.