Quote Originally Posted by Baloo View Post
It was encouraging that he was a regular starter at Nice in the 2nd-half of last season.

Not sure what standards are like in Ligue 1 overall, but I'd imagine it's reasonably competitive and Nice finished in the top-half.
Ligue 1 gets a bad rap, if Nice only finished 9th, it isn't a bad standard. Lyon and Monaco missed out on European football next season. It will be interesting to see what happens to the standard when it goes to an 18 team league for 23/24.