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Eduwo has left the club fold and others will do so too. The club squad will change a little. It will be under-21s who will arrive
The Press — This transfer window will be active for the turnover by force of circumstances. Injuries, drop in performance, failures, There are multiple reasons for this relative change in the workforce which will take place today. This is not a light corrective transfer window, but a good corrective transfer window which will change the composition and profile of the squad made available to Bettoni. The French coach was not insensitive to the criticism made of his team which did not convince and which showed certain limitations, particularly in the middle of the field. Bettoni has already asked to be reinforced and has decided, since the first days, to set aside certain frameworks and elements which no longer fit into his plans. One of these players is Eduwo, a center forward who did well last season before being relegated to the substitutes’ bench and then most recently left off the list. Eduwo, who had still six months in his contract, terminated his contract amicably with the CA by giving up some bonuses and salaries. It’s as if he was sold to another club in this winter transfer window. The CA saved more than $100,000 from this operation. Eduwo is not the only player who will leave the CA, but others are put on the transfer window to be sold or loaned. The list includes Bédoui, Souissi, Choukan, Arfaoui, Dridi, Laâjimi, essentially. It would not be not everything, because a player like Jules Armand Coke, Cameroonian center forward acquired in the summer, is not sure to stay. He should leave the club to free up a place for a new recruit senior, in this case Pouadou, the Ghanaian pivot and ex-player of Al Ahli Tripoli. On the reinforcement side and after the prolonged injury of Moez Hassan, that of Maghzaoui and the injuries felt by Ghaith Yefreni, the urgency is to bring back a goalkeeper. If the echoes speak of Mouhib Chamekh, it is not so obvious given that we must free up a second place for him and terminate the contract of one of the summer recruits. The trend is more for a goalkeeper under 21, and it is Idriss Arfaoui, free, who has the suitable profile.
-Youth trend
Contrary to what is said on social networks, the transfer window cannot be focused on senior players, given the mistake of doing all operations in summer, but on players under 21. The Téné, Kizumbi, Simakula, Zemzemi and Shili, among others, will not be loaned or sold, unless there is a last minute change. Those who would arrive have the profile of players under 21, like the talented midfielder from CS Korba, Sadok Mahmoud. He embodies the recruitment policy at the CA during this winter transfer window.
The emphasis is placed on midfielders (weak point of the team) and attackers in certain tracks who play in France (Bettoni’s address book is decisive on this). In any case, the CA finds itself, in this winter transfer window, in a rather uncomfortable position. On the one hand, there are urgent needs to raise the general level of the team and plug the gaps, and, on the other hand, there are the restrictions and constraints imposed by the recruitment quota. Bettoni knows better than anyone what he needs. Many players brought back during the off-season have contributed nothing and are still stalling, like Khadhraoui, Kizumbi, Simakula or Zemzemi. To do this, he asked for players under 21 to be brought back. Except that he can also take a step back and give a chance to certain forgotten players such as Dridi, Arfaoui, or Laâjimi. Other “holders” have had a lot of chances without settling in well.
