The Lille coach says that the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 star is still trying to settle down at his new club and is confident that the Ivorian would return to his usual best soon
Lille coach, Rudi Garcia has asked fans to have a little patience and faith in under-pressure summer signing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Salomon-Kalou-c32266 who is still struggling to cope with his new surroundings. The Cote d’Ivoire striker signed for Les Dogues as a free agent in the summer
transfer market and arrived at the club with the hope of helping his teammates forget the absence of the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gervinho-c14755.
However, the arrival of last season’s Champions League winner has not done the club any favours as the striker has simply failed to produce the form many expected from him. A lot was expected from the talented Ivorian upon his arrival to Villeneuve d’Ascq
but sadly, Kalou has failed to showcase his true potential.
And the player’s struggles are a complexion of his club’s struggles. Garcia’s side are currently in tenth place in the Ligue 1 standings and look far from the side that played some of the best football in the country last season.
However, Garcia has asked people to be patient with Kalou and fellow new arrivals http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dimitri-Payet-c11276, as the club seeks to rebuild a squad that won the Championelle in 2011.
"It is not only Kalou but Martin and Payet too," Garcia told the French daily Le Dauphiné Libéré. "To compare them to Eden and Gervinho [who joined http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 after the 2011 title success], we need to look at the moment they joined the team, not the
moment they left.
Garcia defended Kalou by saying that before getting himself injured, he was one of the most dangerous players in his squad and his performance in the 1-0 home defeat to Bayern Munich should not be taken as a barometer of the player’s ability.
Meanwhile, Rudi Garcia will have to deal without the presence of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lucas-c22528 Digne who will miss at least six weeks of action after going under the knife on his left knee.
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