Posted on January 9, 2022 at 1:45 am by DM
Former recruiter at ASSE and Toulouse FC, Jérôme Fougeron revealed that several Ligue 1 clubs had observed the performances of Wissam Ben Yedder before he joined Toulouse in 2010.
Aged today 31-year-old Wissam Ben Yedder is one of the big names in the French championship. Linked to 'AS Monaco j until 2024, the native of Sarcelles has already scored fifteen goals this season, in all competitions, and could be one of the players convened by Didier Deschamps to compete in the World Cup at the end of the year. But the career of Ben Yedder could have known another trajectory. Former TFC and ASSE recruiter, Jérôme Fougeron announced that several Ligue 1 teams had supervised the young striker when he was playing at Alfortville, including OM. Finally, Ben Yedder had preferred to take the direction of Toulouse in 2010.
OM and ASSE had supervised Ben Yedder
“I got an email from a 'tout' whom I didn't know from Eve or Adam. Then a second, a third. He wrote to me: I have a crack who plays UJA Alfortville in CFA, come see him. I like the player, I'm going back on Saturday: UJJA – Nancy B. In the stands, I see my colleagues from Saint-Etienne, Lens, Marseille, Nantes and Auxerre. Two rows in front of me, sits the manager of the club Michel Moulin. At half-time I asked to meet him and my nose was hollow because in the second half Wissam planted two goals. I am received at the end of the match and also discuss with the coach and the interested party. I get wet, I'm like, “We need this boy at Tef!” The following Sunday, Wissam and his agent are invited to a match at the Stadium against Nice. They are going to sleep in the Pink City and the matter of being in the pocket via a small allowance … “he confided in an interview with La Dépêche du Midi