In the middle of the transfer window last summer, no one could have imagined that Kevin Danso would still be a Racing Club de Lens player today. However, after two months on the sidelines, the Austrian rock is back in business, more motivated than ever. And his aborted transfer to Italy already seems far behind him.
Yes, his place was well guarded by Abdukodir Khusanov, who took the opportunity to show that the bench was no longer in his league. But Kevin Danso passed all his exams successfully and logically regained his place at the heart of the defense. We saw him officially in a match again during the outing in Saint-Etienne around ten days ago. He did it again against Lille last Saturday. And it's like he never left after all.
“Kevin worked a lot during his absence in the gym. He did a lot of cardio, begins his comrade Brice Samba. It's like he never left the team. He returned against Saint-Etienne. We were able to regain our solidity. In addition, we were coming off five draws in a row. He came, we won. Maybe he brought that little extra, I don't know. But in any case, for Kevin, we never doubted his qualities or his strengths. It's not for nothing that a club like AS Roma came to invest so much money. We all know his qualities, and we hope he continues like that this season. Don't lose him as quickly as possible, since he is someone very important. In any case, as a goalkeeper, I like having Kevin in front of me. »
“He moved on”
On the other hand, there is necessarily a bit of emotion to deal with for a man who had to give up on a transfer that he was greatly looking forward to. And as a bonus, he returned to Lens with a paper from the Roman doctors who had discovered he had a heart problem. The risk has since been averted, but Kevin Danso inevitably fell from a height. Brice Samba continues: “We talked about it, indeed. I sent a message, especially after his transfer fell through. It was hard to swallow, of course, because it was something that mattered. Of course he wanted this transfer, to go to AS Roma. But unfortunately, that didn't happen. These are the things in life, that's what I tell him. He is someone very religious like me. So I tell him, listen, these are the trials of life. We need to put things into perspective, we need to move on. And maybe God spared you something else there, you don't know. So I think, yes, emotionally, he has digested it pretty well. I found someone quite serene and who had moved on. »
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