Dimitri Payet confident of making a comeback for LOSC Lille Metropole – Ligue 1 news
Lille LOSC striker Dimitri Payet is confident about making a full recovery and getting a starting spot for Les Dogues. The French striker was recruited as a successor to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429) from AS Saint-Etienne for an amount within the region
of 10 million Euros in the 2011 summer transfer window.
Following a month’s absence due to a knee injury, Payet was sidelined by coach Rudi Garcia, leaving an open door for Liverpool’s on loan winger Joe Cole to take his spot.
While http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 international is not worried about the challenge and is confident that it will only make him work harder to earn his spot.
In an interview to LOSC website the 24-year-old was quoted saying, “I see the competition with Joe Cole in a healthy way. He adapted himself well, he is decisive and quickly integrated into the style of play of the team.”
Joe Cole captured the attention when he supplied his first assist in his debut game against AS Saint-Etienne. The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 international made a solo run where he took on and beat four players to give Ludovic Obraniak easiest of chances for his goal.
Payet said that competition was expected with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ludovic-Obraniak-c22623 playing at Stade Lille-Metropole. The former Nantes man believes that fierce competition among the forward line players will only benefit Les Dogues.
He further added, “[the competition] can only be beneficial for the team because everyone has to perform his best. And tactically, we know we can evolve up to four attackers in the front, which leaves many possibilities for the coach.”
Dimitri Payet is keen on improving his performance in order to make a comeback for Les Bleus.
The Saint-Pierre native said:
“Being called to the France team begins with making good performance with Lille... It’s been almost a year since I played for my country.” The Frenchman said that his objective is to play for his country and LOSC Lille is a nice platform to be picked for
the French team.
Lille face http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dimitri-Payet-c11276 will be looking for another opportunity, now that he has fully recovered in order to display the results of his training.
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