The Lille striker was again decisive by scoring the winning goal against Salzburg in the Champions League.
Top scorer in Ligue 1, the 21-year-old Canadian has made an excellent start to the season.
The ovation was at the height of his current performances.
Released to the applause of the Pierre Mauroy stadium at the end of the match against Salzburg, (1-0) Jonathan David, the evening scorer, was able to measure the progress made since his arrival at Losc.
A year ago at the same time, the Canadian international had finally released his counter.
Landed in Lille in August 2020 with the label of the biggest transfer in the history of the club (30 M €);
the 20-year-old has long doubted before exploding in the shirt of the Mastiffs.
A year and a title of champion of France later, David has become indispensable at Losc.
To the delight of Jocelyn Gourvennec.
"No matter how I look, I don't have a negative element to tell you about him," admits the Lille coach.
“He is still very young but he plays like an old man.
He is still at the start of his career but he will be a great player.
It shows so much.
He's a boy who doesn't have to be said twice.
When we have players like that, it's a great chance, ”continues an admiring technician.
Stronger than jet lag
And there is enough to have the eyes of Chimene for a boy on whom everything seems to flow.
Of a quiet nature, David is very popular with his teammates in the locker room.
And in the field, his performance is simply amazing.
Last Friday in Monaco (2-2), he scored a double less than twenty-four hours after leaving Canada (where he played the World Cup qualifiers), crossed the Atlantic and managed a time difference of at least six time.
“It's because I'm still young.
I have no secrets.
I try to recover as well as possible after the match to hydrate myself well and play well, ”smiles the player.
A technique that works perfectly.
One of the most effective young players in Europe
Top scorer in Ligue 1 (10 goals), the 21-year-old, who scored 55% of Lille's goals in the league, is also realistic in the Champions League with two goals. Better, with twelve goals in all competitions, the Canadian from Losc is none other than the second player born in the 2000s to have scored so much this season in the European top 5. Only a certain Erling Haaland did better (13 goals with Dortmund). The air of nothing, it plants you a talent.
“I live it really well personally.
If my goals can help the team, I am happy because I am a striker, loose a striker who should not make old bones in Lille.
If he is under contract until 2025, Jonathan David is arguably the biggest market value of the Northerner workforce.
Le Losc knows that he will not be able to keep his nugget for very long.
So as much to go as far as possible in the Champions League to continue its explosion at the highest level.
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