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#1 Jonathan Bamba (Saint-Etienne – Lille)
Not much headlines were made when Lille picked up 22-year-old Jonathan Bamba from St Etienne on a free transfer, but despite his low-key arrival, the France youth player has made sure that his stay at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy is anything but.
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Jonathan Bamba made his competitive debut for his new club in a 3-1 victory over Stade Rennais in Ligue 1 during August 2018, and scored a goal in the match which served as an appetiser for what fans were to expect, as he has been on fire since then.
So far, he has scored 7 goals and registered 1 assist from 14 Ligue 1 matches to help his club to 4th place on the French League table.
Bamba had been long touted as one of the priced jewels of the St Etienne academy, but how the club let him leave on a free is beyond anyone’s imaginations. However, their loss is very much Lille’s gain, and his performances for the club have been sufficient enough to warrant attention from the biggest sides in Europe.
