OL have recruited a lot in recent months, but there is a player trained at the club who is indeed exploding and everyone agrees. Even Daniel Riolo is amazed by Rayan Cherki.
Since the slap received with the home defeat against OM at the start of the season, OL have still been able to raise the bar in terms of their play and their results. This coincided with the return of Rayan Cherki, requested by the Olympic Games and then sidelined due to contractual disagreements. The French international hopeful returned to training, then to the field with an immediate impact. No more unnecessary dribbling, the playmaker now works for the team and it works for him completely. Even Daniel Riolo, who could no longer stand his unlimited touches of the ball and his choices of play, fell under the spell.
The worst horrors for a year and a half
To everyone's surprise, in the After Foot, the RMC consultant was completely enthusiastic about Rayan Cherki's level of play and his ability to take control of his team in the game. Its rating and its price, I don't care. I see a player who made us say the worst horrors for a year and a little more. The majority of people wondered if we could really do anything with this player? Still at the start of the season, I was perplexed even after his match against OM, we were in perpetual doubt about his level. Since his match against OM, we have seen something that pleases us. Rayan Cherki makes me want to love him. It’s the right choice, the right timing! I want to love him. We can say that, 7 or 8 times out of 10, it does what it needs to do. The balloons go through him. It's the right choice, the right timing, the face has changed. It is much brighter. He has a smile where you can see that he is having fun. He is in a phase of change. I imagine that the transfer window, Pierre Sage, did him good. His teammates seem to have confidence in him. I don't want to miss an OL match anymore and I say to myself, go ahead, Rayan, treat me a little bit, and he was really good. At the moment, when I see OL, I see Cherki and I enjoy it », confessed Daniel Riolo who surprised his listeners with this lyrical outburst towards a Rayan Cherki that he so often descended in his interventions.
But we have to believe that the Lyon player has finally matured and this can be seen in his attitudes and his play in recent weeks. The fear now is almost to see him shine too much in December and cause his departure in the January transfer window as a result.
