Hatem Ben Arfa has signed up for six months with Losc.
Presented this Wednesday at the Luchin estate, the striker feels ready to help the northern club achieve its European goals.
At 34, the ex-international ensures that he is not finished.
Hatem Ben Arfa has not changed.
Presented this Wednesday at Losc, which he joined until the end of the season, the 34-year-old player is still as comfortable as ever.
Sometimes disconcerting, the neo-Lillois, who has not played in Ligue 1 since leaving Bordeaux last June, explained why he had joined the champions of France for a six-month freelance.
“It's a club which is very ambitious, which has very good players and which has a project. It's very exciting to participate in this project. Lille is a team that runs well and has excellent players who play football. It's up to me to come back very quickly and perform very well. I will try to help the club,” said a player who refused offers “in more non-football oriented championships” before accepting Lille's offer.
But the one that Olivier Létang, president of Losc very close to him, presents as "a particle accelerator" still poses some questions.
Starting with his state of form.
If he looks sharp, Ben Arfa, who trained with an individual physical trainer, is inevitably lacking in rhythm eight months after playing his last Ligue 1 match. of club to be able to have cycles of work in order to arrive ready.
I really want to get back to competition.
I feel fresh.
I want to give the maximum to reach the objectives and give my part to the team.
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It should evolve along the axis
Seeing him take his first Lille steps on Saturday on the lawn of Brest would therefore be a huge surprise.
Fortunately, the truce linked to the round of 16 of the Coupe de France (Lille is eliminated) which follows will allow the striker to have three weeks to get back on track and possibly be ready for the reception of… PSG on February 6th.
As for his role and his position in the workforce, Ben Arfa, who should evolve in an axial position, discussed it with his coach Jocelyn Gourvennec but does not prefer to expand on the subject.
Whatever happens, the ex-international is very hungry.
And to those who think that the player has asked himself the question of retirement after such a long absence, Ben Arfa swears the opposite.
"Do you really think that if I had believed that, I would be here?"
It's impossible otherwise I would have let myself go.
I am clear with myself, I don't cheat, I don't let myself be influenced.
Many told me it was over but I knew what I wanted to do.
Not for a second, I told myself that it was over.
And it's at the end of the ball that the musicians are paid.
All that remains is for the soloist to find his place in the Lille orchestra by avoiding false notes.
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