Like Vitorino Hilton or Arnaud Souquet, relegated to the bench in recent weeks, Damien Le Tallec paid hard for the sinking of Montpellier against Reims (0-4) on October 25.
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After serving four suspension matches for having kicked Kaj Sierhuis in the lower abdomen, a gesture that was difficult to explain for which he had apologized in the wake, the Franco-Russian midfielder (30) watched helplessly the Florent Mollet returns to favor in the new 4-3-3 organization set up by Michel Der Zakarian during his absence (5 wins in 6 matches). Remained on the bench against PSG (1-3) last weekend, he was not even summoned by for the trip to Lens (3-2) on Saturday.
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He almost left the club in the offseason
His trainer has “A workforce to manage” and he says he did “A choice, quite simply”, preferring to Le Tallec the profiles of Joris Chotard and Keagan Dolly. But it is a choice that questions when we know to what extent “MDZ” has relied on the former under-20 international since his arrival in the summer of 2018 (66 starts in 73 Ligue 1 matches, including 7 in 9 matches this season).
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If this situation were to persist between now and the truce, it could revive the hypothesis of a departure this winter. Under contract with the MHSC until June 2022, Le Tallec recently admitted that he had been ” about “ to engage with a Russian club in the offseason. He recently obtained his passport and makes regular trips back and forth between Montpellier and Moscow, where his wife and son live. The throwing of the black armband in tribute to Bruno Martini following his expulsion against Reims, an awkward gesture, had also shocked some of the supporters.
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