Arsenal loanee notches 5th goal contribution in 3 games

First, he set up Kalmar’s equalising goal for 1-1, driving a low cross into the box with his left foot for Charlie Rosenqvist to finish. He then repeated the trick with a dinked left-footed cross for Olusanya to score the winner.

Sagoe Jr. then did the same again against IK Sirius later that week, providing another two assists for Kalmar.

The winger first played a curling right-footed cross into the box for Rosenqvist to head home for 1-0, then played a short pass lay-off to Rony Jansson for a first-time finish for 2-0.

Unfortunately, Sirius rallied to score three second-half goals and win the match, but Sagoe Jr. couldn’t be faulted for that. He wasn’t even on the pitch by the time the hosts scored their winning goal.

Sagoe Jr.’s six goal contributions from his first nine games with Kalmar are encouraging, as his game continues to mature in senior football.

Perhaps more importantly, he’s started all nine of those matches in a row, quickly racking up the minutes he needs.

Previous loans to Swansea and Shrewsbury only earned Sagoe Jr. 877 minutes in total, whereas he’s played 750 minutes in just over two months at Kalmar, despite a four-week break from games between their elimination from the Swedish cup and the start of the league action.

With another seven months until the Swedish domestic season ends, there’s plenty of time for the loanee to far surpass his game time in the English lower leagues.