Despite a barrage of injuries, Nice (6th, 24 points) has managed, year after year, to hang on to the leading teams in Ligue 1, and, with Tanguy Ndombele as a symbol of resilience, the Aiglons intend to maintain the pace against in Rennes this Friday evening.
To push back Rennes at 10 points, Franck Haise awaits a new performance from his environment Tanguy Ndombelefacing the current 12th in the championship (17 points) which is concocting an XXL transfer window with the arrival of Fofana School and that, soon hoped, of the goalkeeper Brice Samba.
In Bastia, on December 21, during the qualification against Court in Coupe, “Tanguy was the best on the team”appreciated Stinkwhich ensures: “He’s getting better and better.”. However, the international environment (7 selections in Blue) has been suffering from pubalgia for many weeks.
“People don't knowexplains the player. But we are working on it with the staff. Little by little it's getting better, even if I don't know the date when it will leave me completely alone.”
“Eternal dissatisfied”
In the meantime, he “grit your teeth”. “I played more than I should havehe says. But I always want to play and it's part of the job to give the maximum. I try to play with this pubalgia as much as I can.”
Since the start of the season, Ndombele is even the 6th most used field player in Nice : 18 matches in all competitions, 1,126 minutes spent on the pitch, for two goals and an assist.
We are far from last season, Galatasaraywhere it had been loaned by Tottenham. Although he participated in 26 matches, he only played 664 minutes. With Naplesthe previous season, he took part in 40 matches (2 goals and an assist) but played only 1,266 minutes.
“Due to injuries, I called on him a little more than expected, as soon as the championship resumedremembers Stink. He very quickly understood the way of playing and showed his qualities. At one point, he had a backlash. Being put more in the spotlight and having to play one match after another caused certain physical problems. But since December, he has picked up the pace.”
Ndombele, “eternal dissatisfied”believes that he does not “not yet given everything”. “I hope I can do it in the second part of the seasonhe said. There were a lot of doubts about me. It's normal. In football, when you haven't played for a long time, you are forgotten.”
“Very, very high level player”
From now on, Ndombele account. Stink praises his involvement. “I knew the player, not the manhe says. When he is confident, comfortable in the environment, like in Nice, he is capable of giving a lot. It means playing, even when there are more difficult times.”
“In any case, he was able to play with pain for the club, for the teamcontinues the coach. Above all, I hope that he will be completely free of his problems. It's getting there. Then he will go even higher.”
Stink expects more from him, that he wants “even more decisive”. “That doesn't mean scoring ten goals, taking ten decisive stepshe insists. That means: bringing more balls into the last 20 meters, more presence and highlighting your shooting quality. The better he is physically, the easier it will be for him.”
“When he can continue and regain physical fullness, we can clearly see that he is a very, very high level playercontinue Stink. When Tottenham buys a player for 60 million euros, that means his level. I hope the next five months will be very good, it will be a good sign for us and a good sign for him.”
