Langton Nyakwenda
ZIMBABWEAN striker Macauley Bonne will be playing in England’s League One next season – unless he gets an offer elsewhere – following his side Charlton Athletic’s relegation from the Championship on Wednesday night.
Bonne played 79 minutes as Charlton were hammered 4-0 by champions Leeds to slide back into the League One after only one season in England’s second-tier division.
Charlton finished the season third from bottom with 48 points from 46 games.
Bonne, who has emphasised his desire to play for the Zimbabwe national team, finished the season with 11 goals from 33 appearances.
The bustling striker, who has been likened to Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy, has always been linked with big moves, but for now he has to grapple with the reality that he will be back in the League One.
There is also no joy for injured Warriors defender Tendai Darikwa, whose Nottingham Forest missed a play-off spot after they were walloped 4-1 by Stoke City on Wednesday night.
Forest finished seventh and will remain in the Championship.
Another Warriors star, Marvelous Nakamba, is bracing for the Premier League’s Super Sunday as his Aston Villa are targeting to survive relegation.
Villa, who are fourth from bottom and are only above the relegation zone courtesy of a mere goal advantage, play West Ham at the London Stadium hoping to get a result that keeps them in the top-flight.
They have 34 points, the same as Watford who play Arsenal at the Emirates on the same day.