French coach rules out benching Super Eagles star for Senegal striker

The Nigeria worldwide has been prolific because the begin of the brand new season, scoring objectives for enjoyable and seemingly at will

Girondins Bordeaux coach David Guion has dominated out the potential of leaving Nigerian ahead Josh Maja out of his beginning eleven.

Guion is an enormous fan of the 4-4-2 formation, however the tactician ditched his most well-liked set-up for the 4-3-3 this season at Bordeaux.

It has labored to nice impact, with Les Girondins amassing 17 factors from 9 matches and sitting in third place in Ligue 2, two factors behind leaders Sochaux.

One-cap Tremendous Eagles ahead Josh Maja has been the star for Bordeaux, contributing 5 objectives and two assists.

Maja’s brilliance has decreased the impression of fan favorite Aliou Badji, with the Senegalese striker making solely two appearances to this point this time period.

There are rising requires Guion to bench Maja or play the Nigerian along with Badji.

However the French tactician insists he has no real interest in relegating Maja and {that a} lack of extra choices makes a 4-4-2 virtually inconceivable.

“Even me, I wish to see Josh Maja with Aliou Badji,” Guion stated, as per Girondins33.

“However there’s a staff stability to be revered and we additionally have to have weapons in the course of the match. If I swap to a 4-4-2 sample, on the bench, there received’t be a striker. It may be a weapon as a result of it brings a variety of impression, but it surely implies that we should have two completely different midfielders.

“On this case, the stability has been discovered with the full-backs. It’s all about stability and animation that you must work on. Once you wish to play with two centre-forwards and two wingers, you want a minimum of two to a few boys on the bench to have the ability to impression. At present, we might not have this amount. These are issues to work on.”

Maja is in his fourth season at Maja, having joined Les Girondins from Sunderland in January 2019.