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Promised for a starting place at the forefront of OM’s attack, Elye Wahi saw Neal Maupay take over from him in the heart of the first part of the season. Therefore, the two men should engage in a duel for a starting place in the coming months. But for Steve Savidan, a surprise cannot be ruled out.
With the departure of Pierre-Emerick Aubamyeang last summer, theABOUT was forced to begin a search for a new center forward and thus decided to drop €30M, including bonus, to recruit Elye Wahi coming from RC Lens. A transfer which is not bearing fruit for the moment since Neal Maupay – The Best Of Neal Maupay he started to like it. Steve Savidan also takes stock of this duel at the forefront of the Marseille attack.
“It’s not so much a duel”
« A Maupay-Wahi duel? It’s not so much a duel. They have two completely different strengths. There is one who is better at the back in play, the other is better in depth. Wow, he had a few good starts to matches, he didn’t have a good start to the season. It was in August and early September and then we didn’t see him anymore. It’s a bit like in Lens. He hadn’t been more convincing than that. The problem when you arrive and you are an attacker, you go behind great legends and you pass scorers like Papin, Drogba and so on and the best », he recalls on the microphone of Rothen ignites on RMCbefore continuing.
“You are not safe from having a little 18 year old nugget arrive”
« You arrive at this position, you must be mentally armed so that, even if you don’t score, people remember that you were there. The problem Wahi has is that when he doesn’t score, you don’t know he’s there. I believe that De Zerbi wants to keep because he is waiting for that trigger. Even if Maupay took the lead today, they are still two players who have a high market value. You are not safe from having a little nugget of 18 years old who arrives behind and then who you slowly begin to integrate. We must not forget that these are still payrolls and large transfers », added Steve Savidan.
