Did Youri Djorkaeff give good memory in England? It is not across the Channel that “The Snake” acquired its nickname. Elusive ball to the foot to put himself in position to score, the native of Lyon became the best French striker of the 90s at AS Monaco, PSG then at Inter Milan, to train, alongside Zinedine Zidane, the talented offensive duo of the 1998 world champion of the world champion (then European champion 2000). He then tried his luck in Germany, for two seasons in Kaiserslautern, before landing in Bolton…
On X, the account Premier League Player of the Daywhich returns to the history of the English championship, wonders if Djorkaeff left an imprint on his two and a half year British adventure. Among the Wanderers, a modest PL formation which first struggled for its maintenance in the elite, the world champion 98 scored 21 goals in 87 matches from February 2002 to July 2004. The talent of Djorkaeff, associated with the genius of A certain Jay-Jay Okocha, clearly worn Bolton, who finished 8th in the 2003-2004 season, under the leadership of Sam Allarcyce.
Djorkaeff legend in Bolton
Youri Djorkaeff visibly marked the spirits in the northwest of Manchester. “I know that the darling of all at that time was probably Jay-Jay and it was understandable, but Youi was the number 1 player for me, the one who triggered everything. And my God, he knew how to play football, a ball happened to him hard, he mastered it in a touch, before a sublime pass. Amazing “notably launches a tweeto. For another, the tricolor striker “Is forever the best player who wore the white jersey during (his) 50 years as Wanderer”.
This is not worth his mythical bicycle with Inter against Roma, in January 1997, but Djorkaeff, in his compilation of genius actions in front of the opposing goal, also scored with a sublime acrobatic return with Bolton. The son of Jean Djorkaeff (captain of the French team in the 1960s, the first captain in PSG history) then signed in Blackburn (3 games, no goal) before flying to the United States and End your career in MLS under the colors of the New York Metrostars (become New York Red Bulls).
