Vince™@Blue_Footy
✍️ Strasbourg's project excites me a lot. Even more than Chelsea’s project. It's easier to develop players at a mid-table club than at a top club.
The talent in that team is crazy. They talk about Chelsea taking their players, but they are not a club that can keep players away from big teams. If Chelsea don't take them, other big teams will. Once they produce a good talent, bigger clubs will circle.
How many years was Simakan when they sold him to RB Leipzig before BlueCo takeover?
I think the main thing is for them to keep getting top replacements. They are like Brighton, they bring in top potentials but not big enough to keep them long-term. To do that, they will need to pay big wages which is impossible for a club of their size yet.
In terms of talent, they're impressive. Yassine, Mourabet, Doue, Nanasi etc. I mean, 70-80% of that squad are international players. It's not something they are used to.
And the succession plan has been well planned. Panichelli is replacing Emegha and Oyedeji looks like he will replace Barco pretty much. And they will bring in more players to improve the squad again.
I think they are set to become competitive long term, they have a structure to support it. They are getting enough financial support from BlueCo. They are not being fed with crumbs.
The only thing they can complain about is their culture being trampled on by BlueCo, but a dying club don't care about all that. Bordeaux will want to be a sister club now just to stabilise again. I keep telling their fans, they are here because their club wasn't doing great financially and was running out of time. No foreign owner will care more about culture than making profit. But at least, on the pitch, they are doing well, better than most teams in a multi-club model in Ligue 1. They will only get better from here. I think they should look at the brighter side. They have a solid project going on there. I love watching them play football.
