Who is Yazici ?: the Turk who struck down Milan with a hat-trick

This edition of the Europa League is discovering us Yusuf Yazici. This Turkish midfielder is surprising Europe with his hat-tricks (two in three Europa League games). For the last one he could not choose a better setting: San Siro. He only tamed Milan in their mythical stadium. A hat-trick that places him at the top of the competition's scorers table. A good cover letter for future interested teams. Yazici, a product of the Trabzonspor quarry, landed in the summer of 2019 in Lille in exchange for € 17.5M. A personal bet from the owner Gerard López on the recommendation of the sports director Luis Campos. Operation that is already paying off.

The Lille attacking midfielder's match in Milan is one more sign that Yazici has a great projection. Exquisite left-handed, he completes his great quality with a great hit from medium-long distance (as was verified with 0-2 against the Rossoneros) and with a great capacity to reach danger zones. Very complete, I can fly out of the French league soon. Manchester United, PSV and Juventus already polled him when he was playing in Turkey, but it was Lille who bet the strongest on him. There were also interested Spanish clubs.

Last May, he told AS how his signing was made: “I accepted Lille's proposal despite having received interesting offers from Spanish clubs. Campos presented the project to me and convinced me, pI taught that I could adapt to the big European leagues more easily with Lille. I will do everything I can at Lille, and then, if everything is possible, I will be able to play in Spain. I know well that there are Spanish teams that watch me. I receive offers, but I prefer not to say the names of these teams. ” Yazici has always had the colors of Barcelona thrown at him.

Knee injury and great comeback

His adaptation campaign to Ligue 1 was going smoothly when misfortune took over his season at Christmas 2019. Rupture of the cruciate ligaments of one of your knees. I go under the knife and goodbye to the season. Fortunately, the French league was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic and Yazici did not miss many months of competition. In August it was ready and since then it has exploded. No trace of sequelae on his operated knee and with an unusual sense of goal so far. With Trabzonspor, with which he made his debut at 18, he scored 23 goals in 100 games. A good amount but it has never been his specialty until this season: 7 goals in 11 games.

Christophe Galtier directs him with care and has not yet given him the title in the French league in this 2020. He knows there is a diamond to polish. His great games in the Europa League have brought him many spots. He already said goodbye like a Trabzonspor hero: “I am leaving to represent the club for Europe”. If he continues like this his progression will happen the same in Lille. Here is crack.