Yassine Benzia (ex-LOSC) “was not supposed to sign in ” in 2015, but in

Yassine Benzia (ex-LOSC) “was not supposed to sign in ” in 2015, but in
Yassine Benzia (ex-LOSC) “was not supposed to sign in Lille” in 2015, but in Brittany

Former LOSC resident, Yassine Benzia recently revealed that he should never have signed in the North. His career should logically have taken him to , to , but destiny wanted it otherwise.

At the age of 30, Yassine Benzia has come a long way throughout his career. The latter, he started with Olympique Lyonnais, his training club, before launching it definitively with the Dogues, in , in August 2015. This process, which seems simple at first glance, could however have been very different . This is what the Algerian international, who currently plays for Qarabag FK in Azerbaijan, recently revealed in an interview with Colinterview on YouTube.

“At , I am told that I must accept their extension offer, which is well below what should be offered to a player in progress, otherwise I will do the last year of my contract in the CFA. This is not what I wanted. I was called up with the Espoirs team and when I went there, I was a starter, I saw everyone who played in Ligue 1 or in other championships and I was going to stay in CFA (National) … That's when I decided to leaveadmits Yassine Benzia, born in Saint-Aubin-les-Elbeuf.
But there, I was supposed to sign for Rennes and not Lille. I was on the phone with Philippe Montanier. He is the one who calls me and expresses his interest. I was receptive, especially since it's a good club for young people to play. For me, it was going to happen. But the sports director was weird. The coach wanted me, but not the sports director. The two did not get along well. And it dragged on, even though we were already at the end of the transfer window. One, two, three, four, five days, and no news… Rennes had nevertheless reached an agreement with Lyon and I was told that things would settle. But they didn’t call me back, the sports director was being polite”he blurted.

From Brittany to the North

It was then that LOSC appeared: “We arrive at August 26-27 and, at that time, there is Bologna, but I did not want to go to Italy at 19 years old. It wasn't a championship that interested me much at the time. I refused. It was on the last day, the 31st, that my agent called me at 8 a.m. It was the last day and I thought it was over, but now I have to prepare my things to go to Lille.
My agent tells me that there is an agreement with LOSC.
I'm getting ready, I'm going to the airport. I arrive at Domaine de Luchin, he shows me everything and that’s how it happened. I spoke with Hervé Renard and it went really well. I sign the papers late, but it happens like that. It was destiny”
he judges with hindsight.

However, he would have preferred to be able to join a team in full possession of its means, which will never be the case during his time with the Mastiffs from 2015 to 2020: “Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I had signed for Rennes. I would have liked to see how this could have turned out.
The problem is that there is a crisis when I arrive in Lille. He brings back a lot of young people. The team is not competitive despite the presence of some veterans. I arrive in Lille which is tired
describes Yassine Benzia. When I arrive, I learn with Rio Mavuba, Florent Balmont, but when they leave, I think I am captain of Lille at 22 or 23 years old. And at this point, I think I'm one of the oldest on the team. I was really in a Lille under reconstruction”he confides.

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