Lille forward: European clubs made me dream

have had a good start to the season and with 54 points, they are leading in the Ligue 1 table.

In an interview with

L’Equipe

, Lille starlet and Canada international,

has talked about his dreams to play for Europe giants like

and

. The 21-year-old, who has scored seven goals for his club so far this season, said:

“European clubs made me dream.

“I watched Barca a lot, Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal, with Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira. I might not have been ready in my head. But that was the only option, my goal from the start. I knew I had to make sacrifices.

“That’s when I met Nick Mavromaras, my agent, who had the contacts.”

He could have moved to

during the summer, but he decided to join Les Dogues instead.

“At the meeting with Luis Campos, I liked his project,”

he continued.

“It was a very young team, with a lot of ambition and there was the Champions League. I was going to play, continue my progress in a French-speaking environment, which was supposed to help my integration.

“Ligue 1 was a chance to grow at a big club at the top of the table. It was the right time to test myself.

“Gent wanted to keep me. It was tense, but my decision had already been taken. I had seen that Lille were ready fight to get me.”

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