Top scorer in Ligue 1, Jonathan David is in an unstable contractual situation at LOSC, a club with which he is linked until June 2025. This subject was recently raised by Lucas Chevalier on Canal Football Club.
Just a few days ago, Lille supporters sang a song in honor of Jonathan David, while unfurling a banner in his honor. This is how the first “David, extend” were launched by the crowd in unison in the aisles of the Decathlon Arena – Stade Pierre Mauroy. This scene obviously resonated on the set of Canal Football Club this Sunday, where Lucas Chevalier sat at the end of a week marked by two victories, against Brest (3-1) and SK Sturm Graz (3-2), and a shock draw (1-1) at Marseilles.
“He has his goals. I’m trying not to get into it.”
“Do I want him to stay in Lille? Of coursehe responds instinctively. He’s been there for five years, he scores at least 15 goals per season. We don’t have a player who is as efficient as him in France and he’s a good profile in a group. Maybe he will want to take a step at the end of the year”he nuanced to conclude, launching a debate (see below) on the small skylight.
A few days earlier, when Lille supporters had just let Jonathan David escape, Bafodé Diakité had also been questioned about him. The central defender had made a speech similar to that of his goalkeeper: “On things like that, I try not to influence. These are complicated subjects. He has his goals. I try not to get into it. If he extends, good for him and good for us, if he doesn’t extend, I wish him the best.”he told us in the mixed zone, aware that he would have little impact on the final choice made by his teammate.
The consultants’ opinion
Around the set, opinions were diverse and varied, like that of Mickaël Landreau. The latter, former last bastion of LOSC, was as clear as he was concise:
“I think he’s a little underrated and deserves better”he declared this Sunday, with the approval of Laure Boulleau who, given his contractual situation, imagines the Canadian joining a new team at the end of the season.
Obvious would not be the term used by Bertrand Latour. Journalist for Canal+he sees a glass ceiling for Jonathan David: “He is obviously a very good player, Jonathan David, but I believe that 25% of his goals are scored from the penalty spot and that countshe begins. He is in a club that knows how to sell very well, he has had a lot of seasons being a starter and scoring a lot of goals. I think if the best European clubs snatched him up, he would have already left. That doesn’t mean he’s not good, but I don’t think he’s a striker who wants to be in a European Top 8 club.asserts the former journalist of The Team. He is in Lille, okay, but I think there is a delta between David and Haaland, between David and Gonçalo Ramos. »
