Girondins coach Jean-Louis Gasset "does not believe in Santa Claus at his age" and finds it hard to imagine Hatem Ben Arfa coming to Bordeaux.
“All good players are good ideas.
But, I'm not going to believe in Santa Claus at my age.
Hatem Ben Arfa is a creator, a football genius.
If it is possible… but frankly I do not know it ”, declared Gasset during a press point this Friday.
Gasset and Ben Arfa rubbed shoulders with the French team when the technician was assistant coach Laurent Blanc from 2010 to 2012. According to L'Equipe, the former PSG player is interested in the prospect of relaunching in Gironde.
A delicate half-season in Valladolid
Ben Arfa, 33 years old and free from any contract, had a complicated last season.
Without activity for six months following his departure from Rennes in June 2019, he had tried to bounce back last winter in Valladolid, playing a total of five games, the last on July 7 against Valencia.
Last week, Gasset had already mentioned the case of the international tricolor (15 caps, 2 goals): “Everything is serious, every day there is something.
I saw (Clément) Grenier, I saw (Wylan) Cyprien, I saw Ben Arfa… They are only good players, but the deal is that if a player leaves, either we manage to get someone to lend, or we bring in a young person from the center.
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