He may have won Love Island, but it seems like Finn Tapp won't be able to dodge the real world for too long. While many of the contestants tend to quit their previous roles in order to pursue other interests after the show, he will be expected to return to the English lower leagues.
Tapp is on the books at Oxford City, who he only joined last summer after being released by MK Dons. That didn't stop him from going on the ITV show, and he even did so without telling the club first.
BIRTHDAY | Happy 20th Birthday to our Defender @Finn_tapp hopefully more to celebrate later today! pic.twitter.com/vIkZAztNX3
— Oxford City FC (@OxCityFC) November 9, 2019
Despite this, they want him back in the dressing room now that the programme has ended. Speaking on BBC Radio Oxford, club commercial director Mick Livesey said that while they weren't happy that left for South Africa, they expect him to report back for duty for the remainder of the season:
They've made us laugh, cry and feel all the love! ❤️ Say hello to your winners, Paige and Finn 👏 #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/na5vw3sFhb
— Love Island (@LoveIsland) February 23, 2020
He was [in breach of his contract] but I think you need to take a pragmatic sort of view: A 20-year-old lad, he's offered all this reality TV stuff.
He has a contract, so he has to finish the contract he has with the football club. He's done very, very well for us.
As a football club, we wish Finn all the best and I can understand everything that's going on but we have a duty of care for Finn and we've got a duty of care for the football club.
I can assure you that all new players we sign from now on, we will be putting clauses in their contracts. I think we're going to have to.
We're an ambitious football club, we're going from strength to strength and we're looking to build. This hasn't been ideal. It is probably disruptive to the club and results.
