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Free of any contract since leaving the Girondins de Bordeaux last summer, Hatem Ben Arfa joined LOSC this winter, where he is committed until the end of the season. In the columns of the newspaper L’Equipe, the former coach of AS Saint-Etienne, Claude Puel, who rubbed shoulders with Hatem Ben Arfa at OGC Nice, gave a reminder to Jocelyn Gourvennec for the post of HBA .

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“He’s a number 10 or a striker but he has to play in the middle”

“Where do you want to play him? Not a defensive midfielder or a left-back. He’s a number 10 or a striker but he has to play in the centre. I tried him in one side, it wasn’t satisfactory He must be concerned, he is not a player who stays in a corner, he must be at the heart of the game, be useful. Already, when he arrived in Nice, he had evolved, he had passed a lot of levels. Behind his percussion, he had been able to score or pass. Since then, he has further gained in game vision and efficiency”, confided Claude Puel about Hatem Ben Arfa.

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In the columns of the newspaper L’Equipe, Claude Puel reminded LOSC coach Jocelyn Gourvennec of how he should use Hatem Ben Arfa.

Fabien Chorlet