This did not go to plan for the summer signing.
in August for an initial fee of £25.7m after a sparkling season on loan in Ligue 1 with Reims last season.
Balogun scored 21 goals in just 37 league games for Reims and earned himself a permanent move to Monaco, signing a five-year contract. He has already opened his account for his new club, scoring after coming off the bench in a 2-2 draw with Lorient, but on his first start for Monaco, things did not go so well.
The United States international missed a spot-kick after just 12 minutes and did the same after 56, with goalkeeper Marcin Bulka saving both efforts. Balogun’s night was ended when he was taken off after 67 minutes, replaced by Wassim Ben Yedder, but things got worse for him as his misses were punished late on.
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