Julien Bée: “For me, the answer is that Djibril Diaw will have to go and get his starting place”

On Forever and in the show “Coups Francs”, the journalist Julien Bée spoke about the central defense of the Girondins de Bordeaux. What will happen when Djibril Diaw will be qualified?

“We still don’t have his transfer certificate to be able to validate his license. It's very complicated for him who is waiting, and the Girondins have contacted FIFA. It seems that it will be good in a few weeks, but the question arises with the Grillot-Yambéré hinge, who have been the starters since the start of the season. Things are going pretty well, so how can we integrate Djibril Diaw?! There is also another player behind who is pushing, Nassim Ranem, who is performing very well. He is a fairly solid and robust defender, tall, strong, who is a bit in the style of Cédric Yambéré. It is true that we are entitled to ask ourselves the question if it is not Cédric Yambéré who has the most to fear from the arrival of Djibril Diaw. But Bruno Irles has demonstrated it in his teams, he likes to have two big, strong, strong central defenders. We have difficulty planning with the arrival of Djibril Diaw, could it destabilize the defense to integrate a player like that. Bruno Irles could also play with three central players, but playing like that in National 2, that could raise questions…”.

So, what to do?

“For me, the answer is that Djibril Diaw will have to go get his starting place. It works so well between Cédric Yambéré and Jean Grillot that it is difficult to destabilize a defense, and therefore a team, for the arrival of a player who took time to be able to be validated in terms of license. He will have to be very strong, and show what he is worth, perhaps in the Coupe de France.”

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