Florian Thauvin is on the rise. Not content with having found the Blues these days after six long years of absence, thanks to Bradley Barcola's withdrawal from this October international gathering, the person entered at the end of the match against Azerbaijan silenced the whistles at the Parc des Princes by finding the fault. A nice goal at that.
“ Am I happy for him? Yes, on an individual level. On one of his first balls, he has this skill in front of the goal that he has always hadsays Didier Deschamps, afterwards in front of the press. He thanked me, but it's up to me to thank him because it's important that the players are decisive, we expect that from the starters. This is a very good thing. »
Best L1 player in September
Thus rewarded for his resilience and self-sacrifice, the man who chose this summer to return to Ligue 1 by joining the ranks of RC Lens quickly conquered his world in France. So much so that the former Marseillais was named best player in the French championship for the month of September.
Thus elected 50% by his peers and 50% by the public, Florian Thauvin has been unanimous since his return to school. He is ahead of Brest's Romain Del Castillo and Parisian Vitinha to win a fourth UNFP trophy in his career after his conquests in March 2017, November 2017 and January 2018 with OM.