The performances of Youssoufa Moukoko (20) on the field since his transfer from OGC Nice are cause for concern. However, there are now also off-field concerns for the Germany international.
In thirteen games he only scored two goals and two assists. In November, Franck Haise admitted after a poor performance against FC Twente that the German international was struggling to find his feet. “These are difficult times as a footballer,” Nice's manager said after that match. Since then, things have not improved and as a result, Moukoko's future has been thrown into doubt.
Le Gym have the option to buy the striker at the end of the season, and while that seems an unlikely scenario at this point, there were even suggestions that Moukoko's loan could be terminated. However, Haise has stopped any talk of an early termination of the loan agreement.
It is mainly the German's performance on the field that is causing concern, despite doubts about the player's age. Those doubts arose when Joseph Moukoko, Youssoufa's registered father, claimed in an upcoming documentary that the OGC Nice player is actually 24 and not 20. “He was actually born on July 19, 2000. We made him four years younger” , he said. .
“Whether he is 20 or 24, it doesn't change anything for OGC Nice,” an internal source told Nice-Matin. The source added: “His performance is more worrying and articles like this in the media will not help him mentally.”
GFFN | Luke Entwistle
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