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  • Scouting report on Remy

    Back in 2010 Tony Pulis and Dave Kemp travelled south to the Cote d’Azur looking to sign one of France’s top prospects.

    Loic Remy was about to start his third season at OGC Nice and after racking up 25 league goals he was quickly becoming one of Europe’s top prospects.

    Remy returned the favour to Pulis, turning up at Stoke’s training ground to have a look around before making his decision. Unfortunately for Pulis, Stoke’s £10 million bid would fail and Remy decide to move along the French coast to Marseille.

    Now a transfer window cannot pass without Remy linked with a move to the Premier League.

    Last winter Tottenham were turned away after bidding €20 million for the striker. Marseille were having a disastrous season in the league but made the last 16 of the Champions League so were reluctant to let their star striker go.

    In his first season he scored 15 goals, a great return after missing the first seven games through injury - in fact he didn’t start a game until the middle of October.

    When Marseille signed Remy they also spent €12 million on Toulouse hit-man Andre-Pierre Gignac. With only eight goals in his first season Gignac was classed as a failure, Remy had five going into the winter break and had quickly become Marseille’s main attacking threat.

    OM would finish the season two points behind Lille but not for Remy’s lack of trying. Six goals in his last five games saw his reputation grow along with his price tag.

    After playing most of his career as a winger turned wide forward, his great form and Gignac’s constant injury problems forced Didier Deschamps into playing Remy as the central point of his attack; this only encouraged the forward more.

    Often likened to Thierry Henry, the styles are very similar: pace to burn, instinctively drifting wide before using his speed to cut inside to devastating effect, a perfect example coming against Dortmund in the Champions League.

    Bursting past his man to apply a lovely diving header past the helpless German goalkeeper and spark a Marseille comeback to qualify for the last 16.

    One of the most underrated parts of his game is his ability in the air, with a great leap and exquisite timing, although not the tallest he has a great knack of finding the back of the net with his head, something Henry himself could never quite master.

    Last season half of his 12 league goals were scored from his head. Even during his last season at Nice, although played mainly on the wing, five of his 15 goals were headers. It wasn’t until he scored a wonderful header against PSG in Le Classique that people took notice of his excellent ability in the air, always noticed for his pace and deadly right foot his all-round ability is what makes him a truly excellent forward.

    Remy’s season was severely hampered when he picked up a thigh injury in the Coupe de France. Missing the first leg against Inter Milan he also missed four league games, the rest of season became very stop-start.

    After returning from injury he would only be able to play once before missing another game. Many believe that due to Marseille’s struggles in the league he was constantly rushed back too soon, adding to, rather than curing Remy’s injury.

    After the initial injury in February, Remy would only play one full league game for OM before the end of the season, scoring only three goals.

    At the end of the season he was again ruled out through injury and missed out on France’s Euro 2012 squad. The possibility of a fully fit player returning for the news season was the only positive Marseille could take from this poor end to the campaign.

    After rejecting €20 million only 12 months ago, Marseille now look set to accept offers over €10 million to end a relationship that seems to have gone sour for everyone involved.

    Remy hasn’t played a full 90 minutes this season, only starting two of his club’s 19 games, his one goal came as a mere consolation in a 4-1 defeat at home against Lyon, perfectly summing up the forwards season so far.

    The Remy we see now looks like a shadow of the player that was on top of the world last season. Whoever is lucky enough to land the striker this winter is signing a player that is capable of so much when 100 per cent fit.

    Under Deschamps he was loved and thrived on his manager’s guidance. Elie Baup has been unable to bring the best out of him but with a move outside of France I would expect Remy to quickly find his feet and sparkle once again.

    The only question remaining is regarding his destination. Just like Tony Pulis it looks like Harry Redknapp’s journey to the south of France will end up empty handed with Remy turning down a move to Queens Park Rangers.

    Newcastle United will likely make a substantial offer, but with Inter Milan, Schalke and Borussia Dortmund also linked with the forward it seems Remy has his pick of clubs to choose from.

    With the French contingent at Newcastle growing by the day maybe swapping the south for the North-East would be the perfect destination to relaunch his career.

    link: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...he-man-1527868

  • #2
    Interesting. Which Remy will we get?

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