The Official Bye-Bye Baky Post
By: Martha | July 18th, 2008
It is accomplished: Baky and Nice reached a compromise on his bonus today, and Baky jumped on a plane for Marseilles to have his medical and put pen to proverbial paper. Whew. (Éric Gerets is well pleased.)
The way he left aside, Baky was a great servant to the club. He arrived from L’Orient for €2.5 million three years ago with an outrageous scoring record, and quickly because Nice’s most potent offensive force. For all the goals he scored, though, I personally respect Baky most for his toughness — my most vivid recent memory of him is from the home Lille match last season, when Adil Rami tackled him in the box so high and so hard you’d have been forgiven for thinking Baky was dead. But like he has a million other times in a million other matches, he waiting til his head stopped spinning, got up and soldiered on. Getting beat up is a fact of life for anyone with his pace and skill on the ball, but Baky’s stature makes his resilience and durability even more admirable; that part of his game could well be as hard to replace as his goals. (Coincidentally, Remy got hurt in the friendly today. Super.)
So, needless to say, Nice need to spend some more of their summer transfer profits, and soon. Even though the goals are piling up in today’s friendly (It just ended at 4-0), the departures of Ederson and Baky leave David Hellebuyck (5) as the top scorer still in the team, and neither Modeste, Bamogo, or Remy’s got a record of sustained success at the top level. Cohen has professed an interest in Frederic Piquionne but he’s not hopeful, particularly given Lyon’s apparent desire for the player, and there are still Dindane and Tenorio, but there’s been no movement on either, at least as far as anyone has heard. Arg. I know, the transfer window is far from closing, but waiting is hard when a club is as desperate as Nice seem to be for reinforcement.
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How bad is his injury? Poor Remy ):
(At least Nice made money off Baky right?)
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He strained something in his shoulder, but it sounds like he should be ok, thank goodness.
Definitely the increase in his value since he’s been at Nice is great, but losing his goals is such a big deal — I really hope your Remy lives up to expectations.
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Yeah, Baky Kone was one of my favorite players since I’ve been following Nice in 2005. His pace and daring runs on the wing will always make him a hot commodity. I commend him for his goal scoring and his loyalty to Nice through their hot and cool years, especially the year they almost won the French League Cup in 2006. Cheers to him and his career.
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Oh my boy, I hope he lives up to the pressure.
(*Sends him gifts on Facebook >_>*)
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