Toma Basic, this Sunday, against Nice.
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ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP
The Girondins conceded a third 0-0 at home against OGC Nice on Sunday.
Toma Basic, who had been leaving for several weeks, was still by far the best Bordeaux player.
Jean-Louis Gasset praises him even though he knows that his future is surely far from the Gironde.
Just two seconds.
Really no more.
It would be too hard.
Imagine this Girondins team, which has just chained three 0-0 at home and no longer advancing in Ligue 1, losing its best player Toma Basic?
Yet it is a strong possibility.
Still on the start, the young Croatian midfielder had another big match against Les Aiglons this Sunday at Matmut Atlantique.
This will not have escaped the notice of the many candidates who want to welcome it.
For the Bordelais, it is (very) worrying because he was once again the most technically fair player and the most dangerous despite a good string of attackers on the ground (De Préville, Maja, Kalu, Briand, Oudin and Hwang).
At first, Jean-Louis Gasset wanted to minimize the contribution of his player: “He has stature, he has legs to get to the surface.
We have an environment that is projected so that is its role.
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🇭🇷Toma Basic (1996, Bordeaux) is very interesting in the Gironde milieu!
His vertical passes with intensity are a delicacy 🥰 Maja could even have taken advantage of it to open the scoring!
- Analys'foot (@FootAnalys) September 27, 2020
Bordeaux c horrible to see on the other hand the Toma Basic 🤩
- Samir 🇮🇩 (@samirbad) September 27, 2020
And when we start giving him the (reduced) list of his midfielders and possible absences against Dijon in a week - Otavio (suspended), Pardo (transferred), Zerkane (injured), Basic (pending departure) - he prefers to laugh: "Do you have more?
Because if so, don't hesitate, but I'll go buy a rope (smiles)!
Today, the only player available 100% to face the Burgundians is Yacine Adli.
Gasset will not be able to oppose his departure
Beyond this problem of quantity of players, the question arises at the qualitative level.
Toma Basic after the first difficult months is in full swing.
His departure would be a huge blow for the Girondins: “We lose some every day.
This is the transfer window.
After that everyone must be aware that it is difficult to replace players like that.
All coaches have the same problem ... If the club budgeted for this departure to bring in money, we will wait patiently, ”explains Jean-Louis Gasset.
It may still go very quickly by October 5.
JL Gasset on the transfer window: “Things will change.
In a good way, I hope so (smile).
It's the last straight line (...) everything is possible, in a week "
To the question Toma Basic will he leave:" everything is possible "#FBsport #FCGBOGCN pic.twitter.com/UNpIlveuUz
- France Bleu Gironde (@Bleu_Gironde) September 27, 2020
If the Bordeaux coach recalls that "he is not a finished player and that he has not yet given 100% of himself", he is well aware of the very great potential of the midfielder.
Without knowing if he will be leaving as soon as this transfer window, he praises him:
“If he leaves, I think he will leave a big void.
He still has room for improvement because with the talent and the extension he has, he can become one of the best midfielders in Europe in some time.
I like working with him because he is a little one who listens, who progresses even if his head is a little busy at the moment with what is going on around him.
It's logic.
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Against OGC Nice, Toma Basic was the player who shot (6) and dribbled (3) the most in the game.
He confirms every week despite this particular context around him at only 23 years old.
His future will be played out this week.
And if Jean-Louis Gasset recalls that we "recover from everything in life", this departure will surely cause damage.
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