“Josh Maja: From Inconclusive Loans to Ligue 2 Star – What’s Next for the Bordeaux Striker?”

After having chained inconclusive loans on the side of Stoke City and Fulham, Josh Maja is reborn. The 24-year-old English striker has finally established himself as an indisputable starter for Bordeaux in Ligue 2. Four years after arriving from Sunderland, the man who made himself known thanks to a Netflix series has finally acclimatized. This season, he has really gained in confidence and above all found the net regularly. Author of 14 goals and 5 assists in 33 matches this year, he is one of the great architects of the second place in the Ligue 2 classification of the Girondins which allows for the moment the supporters to dream of a return to the French elite at the end of the season.

A paying and intelligent choice for the player since he had the opportunity to leave the Girondins last summer when the club had just descended sportingly into Ligue 2 and feared to disappear after passing the DNCG. Despite the club’s instability, the Nigerian international had decided to stay to help the club climb back into the top flight. To stay, he had decided to extend for a year by significantly reducing his salary to allow the club to register its summer recruits. A nice gesture for the management, which was therefore able to strengthen the team. And something to please David Guion, his coach, who had explained that he wanted to install Maja at the center of his sports project. “We had discussed with Josh his situation at the end of the summer. We had agreed that he is preparing in the best possible way. From September, he felt confidence in our project that we wanted to be more attacking in the game. He is in a good dynamic. Today, he is completely in the long term with the Girondins, explained the former coach of Reims. Precisely, after his good season in Bordeaux, the future of Josh Maja is back on the table. Because the striker will be out of contract this summer. And according to our information, the player has an automatic one-year contract extension in the event of the rise of the Girondins.

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A profile that appeals to Ligue 1 and England

Very comfortable with his teammates in the locker room, important in David Guion’s system, the player feels very well at Bordeaux and has no intention of leaving if the club goes up to Ligue 1. He would like to prove his value in the first division and take revenge when he failed to win on his debut in Gironde (9 goals in 47 L1 matches) -. But he is still followed very closely by English clubs (where he still keeps a good rating) and Ligue 1 clubs who greatly appreciate his profile.

According to our indiscretions, Josh Maja also already has an offer from Real Valladolid who are currently struggling to stay in La Liga. But its future will therefore depend above all on the fate of the Girondins de Bordeaux in the final sprint in Ligue 2. As a reminder, the club with the scapular is currently second in Ligue 2 (and therefore provisionally on the way to going up to L1) with 1 point ahead on FC Metz 7 days from the end. A rise will therefore be essential to regain its prestige and hope to keep its best players, including Josh Maja, the club’s top scorer and 4th top scorer in the L2 Championship.