Rémi Oudin in the Girondins' jersey. - NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP

  • The Girondins receive Nice at Matmut Atlantique on Sunday (5 p.m.) on the occasion of the 27th day of Ligue 1.
  • To stay in the race for Europe, the Bordelais will once again be able to count on their flagship winter recruit, Rémi Oudin, who remains on a decisive pass and a goal.
  • After making a name for himself in Ligue 1 with Reims, the 23-year-old midfielder will try to pass a new course with the Marine and Blanc.

His little pass lobed in a perfectly balanced touch in the race of Jimmy Briand against Dijon (2-2) two weeks ago may not have seemed like nothing to some. Except that it was indeed one of the only technical gestures succeeded with accuracy by a Bordeaux resident that day in a sad draw. And above all, it allowed Briand to register his 99th goal in Ligue 1 and give the advantage to his team at that time.

Rémi Oudin, is not a "flashy" player, it is not Ronaldo (the real one) or Lionel Messi. But his moving game and his “sense of purpose” as Paulo Sousa regularly emphasizes give him today an above average potential. His very good last season in Reims is there to prove it (11 goals and 4 assists) as he made his big debut in Ligue 1. An exercise that necessarily attracted the eye on the new midfielder of the Girondins.

The aftermath of an eventful summer

To the point that he will live a day last summer as only the transfer window can reserve. Requested by many clubs including Lille, Newcastle, Hertha Berlin and Bordeaux, who have followed him since his Ligue 2 years through Eduardo Macia, the club's football director, Rémi Oudin is preparing to stay in Champagne. But in the last hours, rebound: "The Fiorentina revives us, the day before the closing of the transfer window everything is practically OK, we are asked to organize the trip and go to the airport to be ready, we are waiting there - the green light all day long but it will never happen… ”, recalls Sylvain Chavanon, his agent.

🔄 Born in Châlons, trained at the club, Rémi Oudin leaves the stadium cocoon after 9 seasons in 🔴 and ⚪️. The elegant left-hander joins the @girondins as part of a transfer concluded this evening. The whole #SDR thanks this child from the club and wishes him the best 🍀 #StadisteAlways pic.twitter.com/RQ3fZVn9xd

- Stade de Reims (@StadeDeReims) January 9, 2020

An episode that the midfielder had to digest even if he refuses to hide behind it to explain his first part of the middle season with the Stade de Reims. Despite this little backlash, the Girondins do not lose sight of Rémi Oudin: they return to the charge in November and everything is completed at the end of December. “He asked for a few days of reflection. Not because of the choice of Bordeaux, but because he couldn't be seen leaving in the middle of the season, ”explains one of his relatives today. Paulo Sousa, who considers it his priority, then offers to call the player to finish convincing him. Finally, he will not need to do it.

Ready to take on the price

In mid-January, Rémi Oudin arrives at the Château du Haillan. With a label on his back. His price. Some consider that the club paid too much: "It's simple, it's the same price as Samuel Kalu (8.5 million euros)", defends a Bordeaux leader today. According to information from 20 Minutes, it would be a little more: 9 million euros (one million paid this winter to the club Rémois and the other eight next summer).

A subject that Rémi Oudin does not dodge like post-match questions where he is one of the few with Benoit Costil to always come and answer: "I have to think about it, yes, because it's my first transfer. Now, we have to put that aside: it's gone. It's up to me to prove on the ground what I can do. After the words, the deeds.

Already like a fish in water?

If his first steps were rather shy in a struggling Girondin team, the midfielder remains on a goal and an assist in his last two games before making his return Sunday against Nice (17h) after a small injury to the ischiosis last week. Of a fairly discreet nature, Rémi Oudin was "very well received, in particular by Benoit Costil who played more than his role as captain and today he already feels at home in the Girondins," confides a friend.

"Anyway, he had to leave Reims. He had gone around there and he needed to question himself. It is a new step in a club of another standing with another pressure. It's up to him to show that he can still go higher… ”, says Sylvain Chavanon.

Bright opening of Otavio ✅
Finishing of @Remioud ✅
Victory in Metz ✅ # BonDébutDeSemaine pic.twitter.com/qWxBsCt0ks

- FC Girondins de Bordeaux (@girondins) February 10, 2020

The Girondins hope no less. And in the first place Paulo Sousa who can count on a player "who knows how to score goals in particular by making very good ball calls in the depth and who has good control with the ball, he can keep it and defensively, he presses very good, ”explains the Portuguese coach. If Rémi Oudin remains a versatile player, Eduardo Macia finds him "better as a winger or a playmaker". It is in this position inside the game that he delivered this very beautiful pass to Jimmy Briand…

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