Jean-Michel Aulas is confident in the abilities of Yoann Gourcuff – Ligue 1 news
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yoann-Gourcuff-c37416 will bolster the ranks the Les Gones in the 2011/12 Ligue 1 Championelle.
The former Bordeaux man sustained an ankle injury this summer. The French playmaker is yet to make an appearance in the 2011/12 Ligue 1 campaign. Lyon had a perfect start to their 2011/12 Ligue 1 campaign. Losing only two games so far in the Championnat,
Les Gones hardly missed the presence of the 25-year-old.
However, with the injury of Lisandro Lopez, the Rhone side might have weakened their forward line. Jean-Michel Aulas is excited about the recovery of the France international and hopes that he will be available in the 10th round Ligue 1 clash
against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AS-Nancy-c38468 Lorraine.
In an interview to Le Progres, the president was quoted saying, “He [Yoann] wants to succeed. He is not under pressure as the team has performed well.” Aulas said that one has to be patient with the big players. He said http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Juninho-c20055 did not succeed early on (29
games 5 goals). The former G-14 president is keen on showing that signing Gourcuff for 22 million Euros was one of his best decisions in the 2010 summer transfer window.
The Rhone native businessman expressed his optimism in the playmaker saying, “If he can rejoin the group, I think we will see the real Yoann. He was concerned with his ankle injury, but now he feels good physically.”
In the context of Gourcuff leaving in the transfer window the president said that there was an offer from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 in the summer transfer window which he rejected. Aulas said that Ploemeur native will not leave the club in the near future as he wants to wants
to succeed with Lyon.
The 62-year-old is looking to restore the financial equilibrium at the Rhone club and knows that having Yoann Gourcuff on the payroll is costly, but would not let a highly-rated player like Gourcuff leave easily. “Of course he is expensive, but for now,
we’re not at the stage yet, where he financially penalizes the club.”
Yoann Gourcuff was not able to show his true colours last season, but with the whole team in excellent shape this season, coach Remi Garde will be counting on the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 international to win the eight Championelle for the Rhone club.
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