Malang Sarr could well start this Saturday on the occasion of RC Lens-OMwhile Jonathan Gradet et Abdukodir Khusanov will be suspended. Within Racing, we have already shown all the confidence placed in the former Chelsea player, who is rediscovering the pleasure of living an adventure within a group after a year in England during which he was completely exposed. 'gap.
This was illustrated by a famous video in which we could see, in August 2023, the Chelsea coach Mauricio Pochettino ask “Who?” » while a journalist wanted to know more about the situation of the new Lensois. In the columns of The Teamthe defender does not hide it, he did not at all appreciate the response of the Argentine technician who, according to him, knew very well who he was: “ I took it badly, it had no reason to be. He knew me, he even tried to recruit me to Tottenham. I didn't even ask for an explanation. »
“An exceptional welcome”
He was never able to find a place in a group that was much too large, which led him to want to get back into Racing: “ Victim of football business, that’s a big word, but yes I paid the price. If this sidelining had been linked to my performance, or to the fact that I was not a good person, I would have had to do work on myself. But I experienced all this in spite of myself (…) The values of Lens – family, work, humility – are mine. It was what I needed to bounce back and I had an exceptional welcome “, he confesses.
