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Again starting at the forefront of Saint-Etienne’s attack against Lorient on Sunday (2-1), Anthony Modeste is struggling.

And for good reason, the French striker on loan from Cologne has still not scored a goal since his arrival in Forez. It is high time that the former Sporting Club de Bastia and Girondins de Bordeaux striker found the net in order to help the Greens maintain their position as quickly as possible. This will quickly become vital for Denis Balbir, who is no longer laughing at the poor performance of Anthony Modeste in Claude Puel’s squad. In his column on the Goal site, the W9 commentator notably dared a rather far-fetched comparison with Arkadiusz Milik, author of 2 goals in 2 starts with Olympique de Marseille since his arrival in January.

“The striker on loan from Cologne will have to start scoring goals. When you take someone on the Winter Mercato, that’s still why. Last week, people said with a smile that Charles Abi was the winter recruit, but Anthony Modeste’s silence is starting to be a concern. Even if we are not on the same player scale, we can only be disappointed when we see what Arkadiusz Milik is doing in Marseille for example … For me, Anthony Modeste must at all costs score against Lens for do not let the discomfort set in. Seeing Modeste struggling is all the more difficult because, at the same time, Mostafa Mohamed explodes in Galatasaray. Of course, you shouldn’t mix everything up. We do not know if the Egyptian would have adapted as well to Ligue 1 as to the Turkish championship, but it is certain that a player of this quality could have done good in Saint-Etienne ” regretted Denis Balbir, terribly worried for Saint-Etienne and indirectly for Anthony Modeste.