Rudi Garcia, the Red Devils breeder, spoke yesterday on RTL about the Belgian attackers. In preparing the qualifying matches for the World Cup, the former AS Saint-Étienne coach mentioned the case of Lucas Stassin, the ASSE scorer. “We have a lot of offensive resources on the national team with a lot of different players,” he said. “Charles de Ketelaere (Atalanta Bergame) is different from a Leandro Trossard who scored a goal on goal with Arsenal playing the front centre right now. Dodo Lukebakio (FC Seville) is also different with a disposal capacity, it is more in a profile at the Jérémy Doku. There is Johan Bakayoko at the PSV, Samuel Mbangula at the Juventus. There are plenty like Alexis Saelmekers who can play offensive on the sides. I really have a lot of choices ahead. The proof is that in the game back against Ukraine, I had 5 attackers on the bench. We can’t use them all at the same time. We obviously had Loîs Openda (Leipzig), Michy Batshuayi (Eintracht Frankfurt). There is the little Stassin who performs in Saint-Etienne.”

The journalist bounces back on Lucas Stassin (ASSE) and adds that he put a double against Lyon, obviously it didn’t escape you? “No, nothing escapes us, we follow all our Belgian players, that they play abroad but also in Belgium. We follow the little Jorthy Mokio and Mika Godts at the Ajax. We follow all those who could enter the list who play in Belgium or abroad. We’re trying to move around a lot, see a lot of games. Too soon for Lucas Stassin? It also depends on competition and there is competition ahead! There are sometimes a little less in other areas of play, but in others there are many. What’s certain is that he’s still a young player. Lucas Stassin is a future player for selection. He’s making progress, and if he goes on like this… Yes, it’s someone we follow very closely like others…”