→ Matías Fernández-Pardo
Landing on tiptoe this summer despite the ten million euros spent by LOSC to afford his services, the young Belgian-Spanish (19 years old) is gradually starting to find a place within the offensive rotation by Pep Genesio. Pre-trained in Luchin, the striker then left to study in his native Belgium: it was at La Gantoise that he exploded at the end of last season, his eight pawns in twelve Jupiler League matches commanding the admiration of several big names Europeans. However, it is towards Lille that Fernandez-Pardo decides to travel the 80 terminals which separate the Planet Group Arena from Pierre-Mauroy, like Jo’ David four years before him. With ten matches already on the clock this season, MFP has made a series of remarkable entries on the front of the northern attack: the one whose thin mustache fails to hide a youthful face has also taken advantage of his only start in Ligue 1 to s offer a jewel that remains in the memory of supporters, a shot into the top corner following a solo comeback against Nice on November 10 (2-2). A tenure which most certainly calls for others.
→ Ngal’ayel Mukau
Also transferred from Plat Pays this summer for five million euros, the young Belgian-Congolese midfielder (20 years old) is taking advantage this season of the sequence of matches and the injuries of his competitors to find playing time in the heart of the Lille area. An essential link in the 2023-2024 season of KV Mechelen, the left-hander is starting to make his mark in the northern midfield, helped by the convalescence of Nabil Bentaleb, the non-European qualification of André Gomes or even the risk of almost suspension. systematics of veteran Benjamin André. If he followed the month of September at LOSC behind his TV, the fault was a nasty sprain against PSG, the player described as box to box by his coach shows astonishing serenity with the ball during his appearances, as evidenced by his tenure as boss at the Estadio Metropolitano last month (1-3). A starter in the last two Ligue 1 matches where he was available (he was suspended against Rennes), Mukau is currently riding a great wave of confidence, having celebrated his first two selections in November with already qualified Leopards of the DRC for the next CAN.
→ Osame Sahraoui
Another summer recruit from a club accustomed to sniffing out good shots, Osame Sahraoui (23 years old) arrived in the North with the label of a born dribbler. According to fans of highlights YouTube, he had already martyred many great Batavian defenders under the jersey of HC Heerenveen for a year and a half. Standing at 1.74 meters tall, Sahraoui is faithful to his reputation in the Mastiff jersey, and often makes his opponents dizzy despite an obvious lack of efficiency in front of goal. With a very low center of gravity, the one who recently swapped the jersey of the Norwegian selection for the shirt of the Atlas Lions benefits from the regular confidence of coach Genesio to do what he knows how to do best: differences. Provocative with the ball (sometimes too much), Sahraoui has only missed one match this season and regularly finds his place in the XI, he who sits at the top of the ranking of Lille passers with three cakes distributed. His double of assists for Jonathan David against Le Havre at the end of September is also a treat: it’s a gift, the highlightix !
→ Mitchell Bakker
If his face would happily give him ten more, Mitchel Bakker only displays 24 springs on his CNI. However, the Dutch full-back already has quite a bit of experience, having roamed the continental scene in the jersey of Ajax, PSG, Bayer Leverkusen, Atalanta Bergamo, and therefore LOSC, where he has been on loan from the Bergamasques since this summer. Surprise transfer from the last hours of the transfer window, despite the mockery of Parisian supporters accustomed to winnowing their former left-backs (Digne, Kurzawa, Berchiche, Bernat, etc.), the international hopeful orange brings great guarantees to Genesio’s defensive structure since the start of the season, his sense of anticipation and his robustness in duels making him an important element of the northern squad. Despite his defensive vocation, Bakker is often propelled to the forefront when it comes to attacking without getting too wet, as evidenced by his tenure as left attacking midfielder against Rennes last weekend (1-0 ): if the most finicky will see a correlation with the proposed purge, Bakker nevertheless has a sense of goal, as he has already been able to prove twice this season against Toulouse (2-1) and Nice (2-2) .
→ Gabriel Gudmundsson
What ? What do you mean they don’t talk about Ousmane Touré? But yes, you know, the unfortunate novice from the match against Atlético. Each in turn: “Gaby » is not a new kid, he has been at the club since 2021, but it took him a while to find his place on Pierre-Mauroy’s green rectangle. After being blocked by successive competition from Reinildo, Bradarić then Ismaily, the major injury to the latter’s meniscus allowed the Swedish international (12 caps) to really explode this season. Unearthed at FC Groningen three years ago, the taciturn 24-year-old finally expresses the expectations placed on him and continues the back and forth along his left line with a tenacity that we did not know in him, like this evening heroic October against Real Madrid (1-0). Son of Niklas, former international blue yellow, Gabriel played in all of LOSC’s matches this season, proof of the training winger’s indispensable side. And while the competition with Bakker suggested an alternation at the left-back position, Genesio sees their complementarity as a lasting option for his team, to the point of aligning them together from the start on the field. If Gudmundsson struggles to be truly precise on the offensive level (only three assists since his arrival in Lille), his power and his long repeated tumbles now make him a centerpiece of LOSC, determined to fight on all fronts this year.
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