West Ham United boss Avram Grant is keen to secure Victor Obinna to a long-term deal.
The Nigerian ace is on-loan at West Ham from Inter Milan.
Grant said: "I don't have a problem with his somersaults, I hope he has a lot of reason to do it again.
"One big manager in this country told me that the first year in England you don't count the player because it takes time to settle. It is totally different from Italy. He's still not there, but he is on the way.
"He knows he made a big mistake when he was sent off - and who knows what could have happened if he had not been. We missed him in the second game and we lost.
"But I think in a way it helped him because he learned a lesson."
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