If
Mason Greenwood marked the start of the OM season in a pleasant manner by finding the opposing net five times in three Championship matches, this is not the case forElye WahiThe new centre-forward of the Provençal club was particularly noted for a festival of misses, against the Stade de Reims during the
second day of Ligue 1 (2-2).
The situation could prove problematic for the 21-year-old striker, in the event of a repeat. We cannot rule out the fact that these big missed opportunities in front of goal weaken his status as a French hopeful a little. Revealed at Montpellier, he had scored 19 goals in 33 Ligue 1 matches at the end of the 2022-2023 season.
Lens was not patient
What had attracted the covetousness. RC Lens had managed to recruit Elye Wahi to replace the Belgian Loïs Openda who had gone to the Bundesliga, to RB Leipzig. The 30 million euros of the transfer made in the summer of 2023 were not reflected on the field. The native of the Paris region (Essonne) disappointed with 12 goals, in 37 matches (including 6 in C1), all competitions combined.
Having failed, the Lens leaders clearly did not give Elye Wahi a second season to demonstrate that he has the potential to do much better. OM took advantage of this, paid 25 million euros, and may also have grimaced in turn, after three days of Ligue 1.
The JPP example
We then say that the international break is a good opportunity for the former international hopeful to redouble his efforts in training and in particular by working in front of goal. Like Jean-Pierre Papin, now coach of the OM reserve team.
The 1991 Ballon d’Or winner had a very difficult few months when he arrived in Marseille in 1986. The fans wondered why the former Bruges player was so clumsy in front of the goalkeepers. A lot of work then changed the situation and the JPP legend was born.
