Controversy in France with Kamara’s ‘slam’ against Atlético

His status as a free agent, as well as the good performance shown at Olympique de Marseille and his young age (22 years old), turned Boubacar Kamara into one of the most sought-after midfielders on the European scene ahead of the summer transfer market. Many important teams from the big leagues have come out that have been interested in the French player during these months, including Atlético de Madrid. However, and once the domestic competitions were over, from England they made the surprise jump. “Aston Villa are pleased to announce the signing of Boubacar Kamara on a five-year contract!”, announced the Birmingham team on their social networks. The 14th ranked in the Premier League.

“I don’t understand. The Premier League is the best league in Europe, but it has five or six top teams, and Aston Villa is one of the second-tier teams.”Jérôme Rothen stated emphatically on the program Rothen s’enflamme from RMC Sport. Steven Gerrard’s team, who arrived following the dismissal of Dean Smith midway through the season, finished the season 11 points behind the European positions. And, although the club is in the midst of building a project that will lead the Villans to fight for important things, Rothen sees Birmingham still far below the elite: “Do Aston Villa have star players? No. So they are not going to play the biggest roles in the Premier League. I’d be surprised if they finished in the top tenso they have very little chance of playing in a European Cup”.

After four consecutive seasons having an important participation in the Marseille team, the French international was ready to take a leap in his career. Aspire to higher heights. With 48 games under his belt under Jorge Sampaoli this course (42 as a starter), and qualifying for the next edition of the Champions LeagueAtlético’s could have been the next step in Boubacar Kamara’s career, but he has finally decided to head to England. “Is an international player going to lock himself up with a 14 in the English league?”Rothen himself criticized. And it is that for the former French footballer, “from a sporting point of view, it will be difficult for (Kamara) to break through at Aston Villa”, in reference to the fact that he will share a dressing room in Birmingham with players like Bertrand Traoré or Morgan Sanson, former from Olympique Lyonnais and Olympique de Marseille respectively.

An “incomprehensible” output

But beyond the fact that Boubacar Kamara has chosen Aston Villa ahead of Atlético de Madrid, from France they also do not understand that the French international has not even preferred to stay in Marseille. “I don’t care that there has been a history of contract extensions with president Eyraud, messing up and calling his club to account for it. On the sporting front, things have changed! Pablo Longoria knows about football, Jorge Sampaoli dreams of him and says that he is the fundamental piece of his scheme “says Rothen on his talk show RMC Sport.

Olympique de Marseille is “his training club, which qualified for the Champions League, which is second, which is building a great project and wants to improve next week”, but the 22-year-old player preferred not to extend his relationship with the Marseille team and head to the Premier League as a free agent after six seasons in Francesince making his debut in 2016/2017 in the League Cup with his former team.