Long injured this season, Lucas Hernandez will find it extremely difficult to get back into the small papers of Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick. The latter has tried to find extenuating circumstances for him this Monday at a press conference, but the speech is fairly clear and he does not seem to envisage him as a potential holder by the end of season.
The German coach, who took the team during the season to replace Niko Kovac, did not try to make up the reality: "All the players need rhythm, and he could not have, he said about the Frenchman, bought 80 million euros last summer. The defense at four Pavard-Davies-Alaba and Boateng worked very well. They are solid defensively and when we have the ball they have a lot of attacking skills. "
A departure next summer?
Victim of a ruptured internal ligament of his right ankle which kept him away from the field from the end of October to February, the 2018 world champion was unlucky and missed the right train, believes his coach. . “Lucas is a great professional. I appreciate his commitment to training, where he gives everything. But since November we have worked a lot on tactics, on the training he missed. "
Aligned entry Saturday at the rear left against Mönchengladbach, Hernandez was replaced at the hour of play by Alphonso Davies, the incumbent. Kicker magazine , which described him as “the most expensive replacement in the world”, did not spare him: “As in the second goal conceded against Leverkusen and the goal in the semifinals of the Cup against Frankfurt, he was directly involved on Saturday in Mönchengladbach's tying goal. He does not act with sufficient confidence ”. Inevitably, in this context, there is no shortage of rumors of a departure this summer. "He is under contract with us," said Flick soberly.
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French team: Bayern boss is "irritated" by the summons in blue of an injured Lucas Hernandez
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