From Toulouse to Monaco via FC Seville, Wissam Ben Yedder has scored 196 goals in 513 professional matches since 2010. A real goalscorer, certainly aged 34, but who has the advantage of knowing the French championship perfectly and being free of any commitment. And yet…
Yet at this time the French international remains without a club, undermined by accusations of rape which last autumn earned him placement under judicial supervision, awaiting his trial. He is a player who had the season he had with Monaco last year, we all know his qualities, if he doesn’t have a club today it’s because there is a wolfjudges the journalist Timothée Maymon on the TV set of L’Equipe. It’s buying yourself problems, maybe more problems than goals I’m afraid. »
“He could well chew with Marseille!”
Former PSG defender Eric Rabesandratana, on the same channel, does not share this opinion. I would like to see him in Marseille. He is a sure bet, a real goalscorer, who can also play the role of a joker. I think he can surprise by getting ahead of everyone because he has enormous qualities. I really like this player and I think he could do well with Marseille! »
Journalist Philippe Sanfourche nevertheless sees another obstacle in this, in a context of economic gloom weighing on Ligue 1. This is the typical profile of a player who can no longer play in L1the latter believes. Even if he makes an effort, he is not going to divide his salary by three. He is free, so that implies a nice bonus and the contract that goes with it – the amortization at his age can only be done over the duration of the contract, without any sale value behind it. Not to mention his extra-sporting troubles. »
