In great difficulty, Valère Germain is living his last weeks at Olympique de Marseille when his contract expires next June.
Substitute during the three matches led by Jorge Sampaoli, the OM striker has never been the great striker hoped for by a whole club. Worse, he quickly lost his place in favor of Kostas Mitroglou, then Dario Benedetto and now Arkadiusz Milik. Is it the fault of great pressure, of his successive coaches or of competition that is simply too tough? In the After Marseille podcast on RMC, Rolland Courbis delivered his analysis. And the least we can say is that the former coach of OM and Montpellier was not kind to Valère Germain, too shy and on the verge of transparency according to him.
“It’s nice to be nice, but …”
“That Valère Germain is not extraordinary… OK, especially not to be an axial number 9 all alone in a 4-3-3. But that it may not be useful to be associated for example with a strong Milik with the malice of Germain, his movements… Honestly, there are players who are cheeky, a little too much. There are others who are shy, a little too much. For me, Germain misses a decent career out of shyness. He is absent in everything. He never yells, never protests… It’s nice to be nice but there are limits! It is transparent ” launched Rolland Courbis, for whom the too timid character of Valère Germain played against him during his four years spent in Marseille. Despite everything, the former Niçois will always have had exemplary behavior, whether he is a holder or not, failing to have been the great striker of Olympique de Marseille. It remains to be seen where Valère Germain, appreciated by Nantes or even Montpellier in Ligue 1, will bounce back.
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