“I want to keep him. He is an important player in the squad. We have a lot of competition ahead, that means a lot of players, “said Rudi Garcia during a press briefing in Evian (Haute-Savoir) where OL have been in training since Sunday.
“If there is a start, he can be compensated by the presence of the others,” agreed the Lyonnais coach.
Garcia also explained have no “regret” about Amine Gouiri “because unfortunately the context means that, when you have one of the best scorers in Ligue 1 like Moussa Dembélé and there is a lot of competition at his post, it is difficult” for a player to find his square.
“Memphis Depay can also play N.9. Martin Terrier also, Bertrand Traoré also claims to play in the axis, Karl Toko Ekambi arrived and we took Tino Kadewere“added Garcia.
“You have to be as lucid. There is no point in keeping a player who has potential and foresight. What held Amine back was her injury (in the summer of 2018). This is how I think it is, even though I was not there when he got injured. But since my arrival, Amine has progressed a lot and returned to the level that was hers before her injury, “continued the Lyonnais coach.
“If he leaves, I hope it will go well. It is useless to keep players so as not to make them play and he deserves to go to a place where he can play. With us it was more complicated, “he admitted.
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