The Ligue 1 season has just started that the Captain of Strasbourg, Emmanuel Emegha, already finds himself at the heart of a controversy with his own supporters. The Dutch striker, announced for several weeks in Chelsea, has formalized his future transfer … when there is still a full season to play in Alsace.
Problem: this communication does not pass at all to part of the fans of Racing. Many are struggling to understand how their captain can be displayed now as a future Blues player, with publications on his social networks which almost already present him as a member of the London workforce. For them, this attitude blurs the message and gives the impression that Emegha already has the head elsewhere, when he is supposed to lead Strasbourg this season in Ligue 1.
This discomfort is also explained by the particular situation of the club. The RCSA belongs to the same multi-ownership galaxy as Chelsea, and this proximity nourishes the frustration of supporters. Emegha symbolizes, in spite of himself, this loss of sports independence: the Captain of Racing is actually already a pawn of the great mother house project.
Sufficiently invested despite the transfer?
However, on the ground, the attacker remains one of Liam Rosenior's major assets and has already shown that he could weigh on the opposing defenses. But for part of the Strasbourg public, the heart is no longer there. Seeing their leader publicly take on a role of future Chelsea player before they even played all of his season in Alsace goes wrong, especially since Racing will need a captain fully invested to aim for a comfortable place in the league.
Emegha, he will have to juggle between his legitimate international ambitions and the need to reassure an audience which already doubts his attachment to the blue jersey. Starting on Sunday, during the match of the 4th day of Ligue 1 against Le Havre.
