Remi Garde updates on the future of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yoann-Gourcuff-c37416 and other issues – Ligue 1 news
While talking to the media, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-Lyonnais-c40130 coach Remi Garde discussed various issues surrounding the Rhone club including the curious case of Yoann Gourcuff.
Gourcuff’s future has been under intense scrutiny in recent weeks following the midfielder’s below-par performances for Les Gones. In the summer transfer window, Olympique Lyon allowed Bosnian international http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603. However, the
club failed to find a suitable replacement for the youngster who was under direct competition with Gourcuff.
Since his return from injury, Gourcuff has not performed to the level expected of him and many fans now criticise the club’s decision to let go of Pjanic.
Furthermore, since his arrival to Lyon in the summer of 2010 from Bordeaux, Yoann Gourcuff has not justified the hefty price that Lyon paid the Aquitaine club in order to sign him. Reports now suggest that the Frenchman might be offloaded in the winter transfer
window.
While talking to RMC, Garde said that the club will always remain ambitious in its approach. Club president Jean-Michel Aulas said a few months ago that the club will sell two major players in winter. With his abysmal performances, Gourcuff has come in to
the limelight and the 25-year-old might be one of those players who would be sold as Lyon look to strengthen various departments of the team.
However, Garde claims that the club is not looking to let go of the playmaker. “Yes (I want to keep Gourcuff). He is an asset to the club,” Garde said while talking about the playmaker’s future at the club.
However, Garde’s reassurances could prove to be hollow as the young tactician initially said, “The question (for departures in January) implies a financial parameter that I cannot control. However, I do not thing that we will be forced to sell in January.”
Reports in French media claim that English Premier League side http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 FC manager Arsene Wenger is still keen on the troubled playmaker and might be tempted in bringing the former AC Milan man to the Emirates Stadium in the winter transfer window.
On Wednesday, Lyon play Dinamo Zagreb in their final group game of the UEFA Champions League. The game is a must win for Les Gones and Gourcuff’s performances in the game would go a long way in shaping his future at the club.
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