Arrived with a diamond status to be polished,
Elye Wahi discovers the impatience of the Marseille publicThe French international Espoir had a difficult first appearance at the Vélodrome, missing a number of opportunities before being booed by a packed stadium on Sunday against Reims (2-2).
For journalist Florent Gautreau, Wahi’s salvation will be mental. “You have no doubts about the player’s potential, so you tell yourself that if OM take the gamble, especially in an off-season where they have recruited at a high level, then it might be the striker who will be able to perform over two or three seasons at Marseille. You tell yourself that it would be good, because if you take the nugget who had trouble getting through the transition and you make him get through it and he flourishes at OM… I have real doubts about the player’s mentality in the broad sense.”
“We’re not going to bury him, but it’s true that it’s going to be hot”
“Is he capable of doing what he wasn’t capable of doing at Lens? With the sulking, the dragging of the legs… At OM you can’t do that, allow yourself to have qualms,” continued the columnist of After Foot, on RMC, before drawing a comparison which hurts.
“The question is about that, about the champion’s mentality. Barcola is ten cubits above on that at PSG. It is visible everywhere: selection, club, relationship with the coaches, relationship in the locker room… Otherwise the thing was tempting. We are not going to bury it tonight, but it is true that it is going to be hot…”. Elye Wahi knows what he has to do.
