Scorer against Olympique de Marseille (2-3 defeat) in the league, then against Olympiakos (2-0) in the Europa League on Thursday, Rayan Cherki started his season well. Could this finally be the year of the Olympique Lyonnais attacking midfielder? It’s not so sure.
After so many different coaches, Pierre Sage could be the man to finally launch Rayan Cherki’s career. In any case, after his sidelining linked to his contractual situation, the attacking midfielder from Olympique Lyonnais has had a successful start to the season. His performances against Marseille and Olympiakos, with two goals, are at least encouraging for the rest of the year. But it will take more to convince the journalist Martin Mosnier, convinced that Bleuet, true to itself, will end up disappointing.
« He’s a player that I really likefirst commented the Eurosport specialist. But what makes his strength is that he is a lightning player, a player of irregularity. He’s not a player that we’re discovering, we know him, we’re on the same lines with him all the time, he’s a cyclical player. He’s a player that I really like, but he’s not a reliable player, he never was. By his profile, by what he has shown for four years, it’s difficult to say that Lyon will rely on him and it’s set for eight months where he will destroy everything. »
A career like Ben Arfa?
« Especially since if Lyon extends him, it is not because they have blind confidence in him. This is because he was at the end of his contract in June. If he wanted to play, he had to extendrecalled Martin Mosnier. So we cannot say that Lyon is absolutely counting on him. This summer, Paris wanted him, he said OK, then he went to Dortmund, then we finally offered him Fulham and he didn’t want to go… We’re not looking at a defined character and that’s what which is his strength and his weakness. »
« He is capable of doing things that no one else does, but he is not capable of reproducing them. So it won’t be him who we have to count on. On the other hand, coming off the bench, over a few months, a few weeks, at the end of a match, he is extremely valuable and extremely important for Lyon. There were sequences where he saved the loaves of Lyon under Laurent Blanc. I want to compare him to Ben Arfa for his intermittency. But he is not the one who will save Lyon this season “, tempered the journalist.
