Against all expectations, Fabio Grosso decided not to call up Rayan Cherki for the clash against Marseille.
Fabio Grosso cracked down. And he came down hard. The Olympique Lyonnais coach took everyone the wrong way by not calling up his star Rayan Cherki for the long-awaited clash against OM on Sunday evening.
Grosso has a grudge against Cherki
The Lyon squad for this match was disclosed this Saturday evening and Cherki’s name does not appear there. However, the French international hopeful does not suffer from any injury or physical problem. His absence clearly appears to be due to disciplinary reasons.
Could Cherki be the mole who revealed the locker room secrets to the media earlier this week? Or is this sidelining simply in line with previous decisions taken by the Italian coach against him?
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Since he moved to the Rhone bench to replace Laurent Blanc, Grosso has continued to manhandle Cherki. He relegated him to the bench several times and also dared to take him out at halftime in the last match. With this exclusion, he has just reached a new milestone, with the hope most likely of poking his star and getting him to finally change his attitude.
If with Maxence Caqueret, Cherki is the Lyonnais who has played all the league matches this season, he only has 6e overall playing time of the entire squad (546 minutes). He also remains silent in the offensive phase. No goals and no assists to his credit.
