Osula Wins April Award With 76% Vote for Newcastle

William Osula won Newcastle United’s Player of the Month award for April with 76% of the vote, and the osula result landed in a month when the club lost five straight games across all competitions. The 22-year-old striker finished top after scoring against Crystal Palace and AFC Bournemouth.

Osula and Newcastle United

Newcastle’s April slide made the vote stand out. The club were beaten by Crystal Palace, AFC Bournemouth and Arsenal in the month, yet Osula still provided two of the few attacking returns on offer.

Eddie Howe had already put him at the center of the front line. Since the international break, he chose Osula to lead the line ahead of Nick Woltemade, Yoane Wissa and Anthony Gordon in every fixture, a run that gave the striker a longer spell to turn those chances into output.

Howe on Osula

Howe’s comments at the start of May matched the selection trend. “He is very hungry, motivated and believes in himself. I think he has a really bright future,” he said of Osula, then added: “We signed him with the view of developing him and trying to build him to become a Premier League player, because that certainly wasn’t the player we recruited.”

He followed that with a third line that fit the award vote. “He has done really well to stay stable, commit to that development and see the longer-term plan. It is great to see that when he comes into the team and gets an opportunity, he grabs it.”

April Vote, May Form

The award came with a visible lift too: Osula debuted a new hairstyle when the result was announced. His momentum did not stop at April, either, because he also scored against Brighton earlier in May.

For Newcastle, the number that matters most here is 76%. It turned a rough month into a clear individual win for a striker who was trusted to lead the attack, scored twice in April, and kept that form rolling into May.