Phoenix fans want Roy Krishna back

Wellington Phoenix is enjoying a very good season so far in the Australian top-tier Hyundai A-League, the New Zealand-based club is ranked 3rd in the standings in one of their best campaigns in the league history. If COVID-19 did not hit the world and forced many sports even to be put on hold, the A-League season would be already finished, but as the reality tells Phoenix and the all other ten clubs in the league are waiting the return of the competitions that might be not so far.

Despite the good moment, thanks to the good performances of players such as Liberato Cacace, Ulises Dávila and David Ball, there is much discussion in Phoenix’s social media forums about a particular player who has made history for the club in the past: Roy Krishna. The Fijian attacker is Wellington Phoenix’s top scorer of all time, and his last season for the club was formidable – Krishna was the A-League’s golden boot and also the Johnny Warren medal, the prize awarded to the best player of the season.

After a superb season for Indian club ATK at Indian Super League that ended up with Krishna’s team as champions, the Fijian is going to be a free player in the football market by the end of May. This the topic of the discussion about Krishna among Phoenix fans; whether the player would be a good addition to the squad or not – if the team really needs him as they are doing extremely well in the season so far. The majority of the fans would want to the Fijian Flyer back to Wellington, but there are concerns about the salary cap to add the player to the squad. The now 32-year star striker is attracting many interest in the market and if Phoenix really want their legend back they might need to be quick.

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Krishna also holds New Zealand citizenship, which allows Phoenix to register the attacker as a local player without forcing the club to use a slot of foreign players to add the Fijian international to the squad – something that can count in Krishna’s favour if Phoenix wants to get the player back on the team.

Roy Krishna certainly has a deep feeling for Phoenix; the player spent 5 years with club, scoring 51 goals in 122 matches. The history the player has with the Nix is something very important for Krishna – something that may count on Phoenix favour if the club decide to try signing him back -, but it is also known the player is receiving much attention in the market and many other clubs are already approaching the player for a potential move.