After the winter transfer window, OGC Nice could register three new players for the rest of the Europa League Conference. The Azuren club has registered its two recruits, but still not Ross Barkley. The Englishman should not stay more than one season with the Aiglons…
Barkley has yet to convince Nice
Ross Barkley will not discover the Europa League Conference this season. Arrived after the end of the transfer window last summer, the 29-year-old attacking midfielder had not been registered for the group stage of the competition by OGC Nice. Nor has it been for the round of 16 or other potential European fixtures this season.
While UEFA regulations allow the addition of three new players after the winter transfer window, the Gym preferred to register its two recruits, striker Terem Moffi and defensive midfielder Youssouf Ndayishimiye, as well as young winger Badredine Bouanani. The latter was undoubtedly favored over the Englishman because he has a profile that is more like that of Nicolas Pp, unavailable for an indefinite period due to tendinitis in his knee.
Barkley, a season and then leaves?
This decision by the Gym suggests that the adventure between the Aiglons and Barkley will not go beyond June 2023, the date of the end of his contract. Since his arrival, the former Chelsea player hasn’t played much (636 minutes), generally contenting himself with a substitute role (7 starts). After the World Cup, he still had three starts in a row with Lucien Favre. But the replacement of the latter by Didier Digard put the native of Liverpool on the bench.
Author of a double after coming into play for the first of Digard against Montpellier (6-1), the English international thought he had scored points with his new coach. But he was finally replaced in the following matches against Reims (0-0), Lille (1-0), Lens (1-0) and Marseille (3-1). His absence from the C4 list confirms that his coach does not count on him much in a team that is currently running very well.
His frustration in the first part of the season
Not sure that Barkley digests this decision very well, he who recognized at the end of the year that the fact of not playing in the European Cup was very frustrating . I could not chain, he explained. Because players who play well on Thursday usually also play on Sunday thanks to their good performances. Now things are going to get better, the cup is also coming, we are going to play matches. Not in the Europa Conference League, in any case …
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