After being linked with a host of clubs in the summer transfer window, Kenyan international Joseph Okumu has revealed that moves to the English Premier League and the French Ligue 1 failed to materialize.The 25-year-old admitted that moves to 2016 English Premier League champions Leicester City and French giants AS Monaco broke down after impressing for Belgian side KAA Gent in his debut season.Gent coach reveals Kenyan defender Okumu is fan favourite at the Belgian clubGent reportedly slapped a €15m price tag (£13m) on Okumu which made a number of clubs shy off from landing his signature as Borussia Dortmund, Celtic, Atalanta, and Arsenal were also reported to be interested.Okumu who took an eight-month break from football after parting ways with South African outfit Free State Stars is avoiding the same path as he revealed that the failed moves did not affect him.“Not all the pieces of the puzzle fell together. I am very afraid of ending up in something like South Africa again. I still have a contract here, a salary.##NAJAVA_MECA_6724258##Suppose I am disappointed and impress upon myself that I already have the level for Monaco or Leicester. Then I am now only at Gent. Then you start to look down on the people here. I never want that. That’s why I’m not disappointed. I’m alive today. Tomorrow will make its own plan,” Okumu told Gazet van Antwerpen.Leicester had a quiet transfer window despite offloading Wesley Fofana for £70 million to Chelsea and only brought in goalkeeper Alex Smithies and Wout Faes.The former Chemelil Sugar defender admitted that winning titles is more important than earning millions, something that Gent is offering with the club just five points from the Belgian Champions Round places.Interesting Joseph Okumu stats for Gent this season“Four years ago, I was still struggling, now they offer millions for me. I now understand that Gent had a higher goal: to play for the championship.I also find that more interesting than earning three times as much elsewhere and just sitting there for the rest. I just hope the club never gets selfish and one day only looks at the self-interest,” added Okumu.
