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7 days ago
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OGC Nice's Mohamed Ali-Cho to miss start of season
OGC Nice's 2024/25 campaign ended in qualification for the preliminary rounds of the UEFA Champions League, however, it wasn't a season without significant challenges. An injury crisis gripped the club and only began to abate at the end of the campaign. The next season will start in the same vein. Nice will face SL Benfica in the third round of Champions League qualifying on 6th August, however, they will do so without a number of first-team players, Franck Haise has confirmed. Mohamed Ali-Cho will miss the start of the season, Haise told . Sofiane Diop and Moïse Bombito will also miss the start of the campaign. The former underwent surgery on a sports hernia injury at the end of June. Nice will also be without Youssouf Ndayishimiye and Mohamed Abdelmonem, both of whom suffered ACLs towards the end of the season, and Tanguy Ndombélé, who also underwent sports hernia surgery over the summer. 'We are talking about six players who could start. There are also players that could leave, others that will arrive. Are we more armed? I don't have the response,' Haise said. GFFN | Luke Entwistle
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09-05-2025
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‘He has his mind set on finishing the season well' – Franck Haise denies Premier League target Evann Guessand has thoughts on move
Evann Guessand (23) has gone from OGC Nice's most important attacker to a peripheral player in the space of a matter of weeks. The Ivory Coast international has 11 goals in Ligue 1 this season, however, in the last three games, he has accrued a mere 12 minutes of playing time. In last Friday's win over Stade de Reims, he didn't even come off the bench. It is the first Ligue 1 game in which he is yet to feature this season. With no injury apparent, it is a tactical or simply a managerial choice taken by Franck Haise. The Nice manager evoked Guessand's lack of minutes in recent weeks during a press conference on Friday. 'I found at one point that there were fewer things in his play and so I made other choices,' he began. Advertisement 'I have found in training sessions in recent weeks and notably this week, I think that there is more. Is it because he has rediscovered a freshness or because he wants to be here to give his maximum in the last two matches, I don't know,' added Haise, evoking a potential return to the starting line-up against Stade Rennais on Saturday. Guessand subject of Aston Villa and West Ham interest Haise then denied that Guessand's mind is elsewhere. 'He has his mind set on finishing the season well with his club, his formative club, and for himself individually. It has nothing to do [with his head being elsewhere],' he said. Guessand is heavily linked with a move away from Le Gym this summer. The centre-forward was the subject of interest from West Ham United and Aston Villa during the January transfer window. It remains to be seen whether the Premier League duo will re-ignite their interest at the end of the season. GFFN | Luke Entwistle
