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Bordeaux: 6 players put aside? – Soccer

Faced with the complicated situation of the team, 17th in Ligue 1, the management of the Girondins de Bordeaux plans to take strong measures. Several players could be removed from Vladimir Petkovic’s squad.

Koscielny soon to be moved by Bordeaux?

The Girondins de Bordeaux are not doing it. 17th in Ligue 1, a point of the first relgable, the Aquitaine club has been going through a serious crisis for several months. And the defeat conceded Friday against the Marseillais (0-1), which ended 44 years of home invincibility against OM, further accentuated the anxiety of the supporters. Faced with this situation, the leaders could take strong decisions.

In its edition of the day, L’Equipe explains that the Bordeaux management plans to clean up the workforce by carding several players. This is already the case for central defender Paul Baysse (33) and midfielder Mehdi Zerkane (22), who train with the reserve. A decision which was motivated by reasons of behavior, explains the newspaper. The second had in particular predetermined to have the Covid-19 so as not to play the last two matches of the Coupe de France while his tests were negative each time.

Koscielny sidelined?

Other elements are possibly affected by a discard. Central defender Laurent Koscielny (36) is one of them. According to the sports daily, the native of Tulle is targeted as one of the defensive problems of the team, which has conceded 44 goals in 20 days of the championship (worst total of L1). If he only played half of the games (11 games days), the former Gunner would be judged too often at fault when he is on the field. In addition, his investment as a leader does not meet the expectations in the eyes of his management.

Forwards Josh Maja (23) and Samuel Kalu (24), who are not part of Vladimir Petkovic’s plans, are also in the sights of the leaders. Finally, the defensive midfielder Otavio (27) could also be punished. His management did not appreciate that the Brazilian, at the end of his contract in June, showed him his desire to stay when he had already signed a pre-contract with a Brazilian club for next summer. These three elements – but also Zerkane – being among the players whose Girondins intended to separate in January to get money into the coffers, we can also see here a way of convincing them to find a new club this winter …

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