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“I had a good first season, I made good progress, I discovered Ligue 1 by playing one game after another, I’m growing well. I’m satisfied, now I want to do better and have fun even more. That the fans expect to go down behind the goal when I score. The coming season, I will be more serene, more confirmed, I will want even more with even bigger goals “… These words are those of Adil Aouchiche, last July, in a long interview granted to Onze- Global. The Parisian Titi came out of a mixed first season at ASSE, with honorable stats (2 goals, 5 assists) in terms of delivery of services that were most often disappointing, and his words reflected his confidence, his ambition.

Substituted eight times at half-time since his arrival

Six months later, number 17 must necessarily become disillusioned. The stats are there, without appeal: in an ASSE which is in last place in the L1 with 12 points on the clock, the “double A” totals no goals and only one assist in 17 matches. He was only started in 6 matches, and was replaced 3 times at halftime. A similar misadventure had already happened to him last season. Since his arrival, Aouchiche (19) has been replaced 8 times at halftime. In a season and a half, the U20 international has only played 2 matches in full: it was last season, against Lorient (2-0) and Dijon (1-0), during the first and the last day of a 2020-21 exercise completed with 2 goals and 5 assists. His last goal dates from more than a year ago, from October 18, 2020, against Nice (1-3), on a caviar from Romain Hamouma. His other goal scored in Green had been a few weeks earlier in Nantes (2-2), at close range too. Stats far below the expectations raised by his arrival in July 2019. At the end of the contract, Aouchiche had chosen to leave PSG for ASSE, seduced by the speech of Claude Puel, who had insisted that the leaders invest in the “nugget”, with a signing bonus and a three-year contract. This expires in June 2023 and the question of the player’s future will soon arise. In the event of an extension of Aouchiche, who earns €80,000 per month, ASSE should pay training compensation to PSG estimated at €3 million. Despite obvious technical qualities, not sure that she has the means, nor the desire, today, given the performance of No. 17 since her arrival a year and a half ago…

to summarize

Flagship recruit of Claude Puel in the summer of 2020, Adil Aouchiche has still not confirmed the hopes placed in him, a year and a half after his arrival. He remains on an indigestible performance in the Coupe de France, in Jura Sud (4-1) …

Laurent Hess