Paolo Maldini said he 'wasn't intelligent in the way he behaved' at AC Milan.
On January 11, 2009, a young Yoann Gourcuff juggled the ball from side to side on the edge of the penalty area before twisting and turning through fourThen, in a moment of brilliance, the Frenchman found the top corner with a magnificent toe-poke. And toe-pokes aren't supposed to be magnificent or brilliant."Sometimes a single goal is all it takes to announce the arrival of a special talent," said author John Lichfield.
In the end, the Frenchman would make just 36 league appearances across a two-season spell in Milan before joining Bordeaux on a permanent deal, bringing more questions than answers.“Gourcuff in Milan was wrong 100 per cent,” he told the French publication in 2010. “His problem here was his behaviour. He did not show an intelligent way to manage himself. When he played here, he did not want to make himself available to the squad.
Gourcuff would go on to sign for Lyon in 2010 for around €22 million but the midfielder was plagued by injuries and a loss in form.
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