Experienced player that he is, Lucas Digne was undoubtedly far from imagining such a complicated start under the colors of PSG. Returning to the capital this summer ten years after his departure, the French international (64 caps) arrived in the shoes of Nuno Mendes’ new understudy. The hierarchy is clear, but in a club where competitive spirit is not an option, there is no question of suffering your fate.
Last week, his placement on the bench against Lille, in favor of Warren Zaire-Emery, was seen as a first warning from Luis Enrique. A way for the Parisian coach to call his player, who was in difficulty during the Champions Trophy against Lens, to order. Yesterday during a press point organized by PSG, Digne chose to remain calm, evoking a period of adaptation: “If I had to worry after three games, it would be sad. It’s an adaptation, it requires a lot of things”he explained.
He would accept his role as Nuno Mendes’ understudy too much
This morning, however, Lucas Digne must have grimaced when he discovered the PSG group against Monaco, without him. As mentioned by RMC And The Teamit was a purely sporting choice on the part of Luis Enrique. The French daily gives more details this evening and explains that the Parisian coach wanted to steal his player, who would apparently accept too much his role as Nuno Mendes’ understudy. “He has to fight, it’s also part of his adaptation phase. He needs to wake up. That he came by accepting this role of number 2, okay, but he is not on vacation or in early retirement”declared a club source in the columns of The Team a few days ago.
Concretely, Luis Enrique would expect a higher level of demands from his player for whom he was personally committed to working for a comeback. A lack of commitment would also have been noticed by the club’s decision-makers, even if certain players, who have already seen Digne come to work at the Campus on his off days, would not necessarily share this vision. Now is the time for reaction.
