SUPER Eagles winger, Moses Simon has been listed in the
FC Nantes’ Best XI of the Decade by fans of the French Ligue 1 side, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.m
reports.
Simon, who recently signed a permanent deal with the
canaries until June 2024 from Spanish side Levante, was also adjudged
as the best player of the 2019/2020 season.
On June 16, the French side had given its supporters the opportunity
to elect their "Best XI of the decade”. For each position, the fans were offered
several players who have marked the Club during its last ten seasons.
At the end of voting which was decided by more than 5,000
voters, Simon and a defender, Nicolas Pallois were the only members of the
current Nantes squad that made the list.
Simon got a total of 69% of the votes, while Vincent
Bessat (Apollon Limassol) recorded 38 % in the “Wingers of the Decade”
position. Both players are complemented by the duo of Valentin Rongier (Marseille)
and Jordan Veretout who now plays for Roma on loan from Fiorentina.
Late Emiliano Sala (99% of the votes) and Filip
Djordjevic (Chievo) with 93% des votes were designated "Attackers of the
decade" by the supporters of the Yellow and Green.
Léo Dubois (Lyon), Lucas de Lima (Al-Ahli), Diego Carlos
(Sevilla) and Nicolas Pallois (Nantes) were voted the “Defenders of the Decade”,
while Rudy Riou was adjudged the “Goalkeeper of the Decade” in the line-up.
It is indeed a triple joy for the 24-year-old Simon, whose goal
against Nice this past season was rated among the top goals in the French Ligue
1 for the past decade. His effort was rated No 25 best goal of the past 10
years in France.
He was one of the club’s star performers, before the
season was ended prematurely due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Nigerian, who was voted Nantes Player for the month
of January scored nine goals and provided another eight assists in 30
appearances across all competitions for the Yellow Canaries.
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