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Recently, Lille officially announced the introduction of Ben Alpha in the form of a free signing, and the two sides signed a contract for half a year. I don't know when the former French genius can only briefly return to the public eye in the transfer news, and each time it will cause a wave of sighs.
Ben Alpha debuted in the youth academy of Lyon and in 2004 helped France's top scorer win the U17 European Youth Championship.
At that time, Ben-Alpha, along with Benzema, Nasri and Menet, who were born in the same year, was called the French "87 Four Little Swans". In the 2004–2005 season, Ben Alpha was promoted to the first team of Lyon along with Benzema, with two young talents, who won four consecutive Ligue 1 titles in four years. Needless to say, Ben Alpha was a genius, but unfortunately he had a long mouth. Shelled manager Perrin, fought with Benzema, refused to participate in the pre-season without a word, and Lyon was not accustomed to it, selling him to Marseille with his backhand. After a season of running-in, Ben Alpha won the league with his new club. However, his old mistakes, which were heavily used under Deschamps, were again, and perhaps a thorn like Ben Alpha should have suffered in England, so he moved to the next leg of his career , Newcastle United.
In October 2010, newcastle against Manchester City, "martial arts master" De Jong's shocking kick caused Ben Alpha's left leg tibia and fibula to fracture on the spot, and the Frenchman returned to the game after nearly a year of injury. After returning from injury, Ben Alpha initially struggled, but later staged a half-time goal in a match against Chelsea. That goal seemed to symbolize Ben Alpha's career ideal of single-handedly picking up the opponent's defence as a lone runner. As a dribbling master, Ben Alpha's breakthrough at his peak was impressive, football is not a one-man game, but he prefers to carry out personal heroism to the end. During the loan spell with Hull City, Ben Alpha was already a blatant mess until the winter window of 2015, when he returned to the Magpies and was completely abandoned as a free agent. Since then, Ben Alpha has never received a stable long contract.
Sadly, after six months of unemployment, Ben Alpha chose to join Nice. In the 2015-2016 season, as the core of the team, he handed over 37 appearances and 18 goals and 6 assists, helping Nice to achieve the fourth place in the league, and he was also personally elected the best player in Ligue 1. With such a revival-level performance, Ben Alpha finally landed at the Parc des Princes to fulfill the "Child's Dream". However, at that time, Paris did not look up to the genius, and after spending huge sums of money to get Mbappe and Neymar, Ben Alpha had become a marginal person. In the summer of 2018, Ben Alpha, whose contract expired, had no reason to rely on not leaving, so he had to switch to Rennes as a free agent. Since then, Ben Alfa has also played for Spanish club Vallidolid, who is at the helm of Ronaldo, and returned to Ligue 1 to join Bordeaux, but there was no splash.
The "87 Four Little Swans" of that year went their separate ways after joining forces with the only major competition at euro 2012. Today, only Benzema has lived up to expectations and remains a world-class player. Nasri had retired early and Mene was reduced to Serie B side Regina. In contrast, Ben Alpha's joining last season's Ligue 1 champion side Lille also seems to be chilling. Currently, Ben Alpha's four old clubs Paris, Nice, Marseille and Rennes are in the top four of the league table, while Lille sees lille as a replacement for 24-year-old Turkish midfielder Yazezhe. Once, Ben Alpha's agent was rightly complaining about him: he would become Neymar in the French amateur league. In Ben Alpha's football career, there are many cases of chicken feathers due to lack of professionalism, and now in the twilight of his career, I hope that he can really turn back and release the residual heat in Lille.