Interested in Amine Gouiri to replace Elye Wahi, should OM really go for the Stade Rennais striker? This is the debate of our journalists.
“Not convinced”
“Gouiri at OM to replace Wahi, honestly, that doesn't make me. The Algerian may have a good technical relationship with players like Rabiot or Greenwood, but see you almost 25 years old, in my eyes there remains an enigma. His season in Rennes is disappointing, he only scored 2 goals in 19 matches in all competitions (2 assists).
The former Lyonnais is gifted, he has a ball full of feet, but he still slows to confirm his potential, to be regular. Since his arrival in Brittany, one cannot say that it is a success, that he carries the Stade Rennais on his shoulders, or that he justifies the investment placed in him. In my opinion, OM must type higher. It is clearly at the center-forward post that the shot in the De Zerbi team. But a gimenez, a Brobbey, it would still be more ambitious. The stats show it: Gouiri is not a real scorer. And I'm not sure it is in the register it takes to improve Marseille training. Does OM not need a pivot, a physically strong 9, than a center-forward like Gouiri who is more in a technical register, “9 and a half”? ».
Laurent HESS
-“It may be time to separate”
“I will have the opposite opinion by being quite excited about the potential arrival of Gouiri at OM. Since his arrival in Rennes, he has had 17 goals and 7 passes in 2022/2023, 11 goals and 3 passes in 2023-2024, and currently 2 goals and 2 passes. An assessment that has decreased over the years, but it may be time for him to see elsewhere.
The advantage is that he knows Ligue 1 very well, for having played in Lyon, Nice, and therefore Rennes. In Marseille, he would however land in a club where pressure and passion are increased tenfold. You just have to see the treatment reserved for Wahi during his beginnings, even if he was then encouraged. Even if I wrote a few weeks ago that Rennes had to be forcing to keep Gouiri, it may be an opportunity for both parties to separate, at the best of moments.
William TERTRIN
