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Graduated from School of Journalism in Paris. Specializing in football, and more particularly on the transfer window. Fan of PSG and Stade Français.
Recruited by OM at the very end of the summer transfer window in the form of a loan with an option to buy, Neal Maupay must for the moment be content with a supporting role within the Marseille club. And Graham Potter, his former coach at Brighton, points out a mental weakness in the new OM scorer.
L'About renewed a good part of its offensive sector this summer with the signings of Mason Greenwood, Elye Wahi, Jonathan Rowe or even Neal Maupay. And the latter, who worked under the orders of Graham Potter has Brighton between 2019 and 2022, is a very particular profile with a very combative spirit but which could play tricks on OM as the English coach explains in the columns of THE TEAM.
“The coach heads”
« At Brighton, a club that needed to establish itself in the elite, Neal helped us create a team, but also a culture, an environment. I'm grateful to have known him because with his personality he tests you, the coach », confides Potter about Neal Maupay.
“It can twist”
« He is fundamentally a good person, very thoughtful off the field, who wants to learn. But on the pitch, he is such a fighter that emotionally, when he doesn't have what he wants, he can spiral. It was up to him to recognize it and it was up to me to support him to get the best out of himself and help the team », continues the former coach of Brighton. It remains to be seen whether By Zerbi will manage to channel the scorerABOUT.
