Cedric Bakambu has the merit of being the standard-bearer of Congolese soccer in Europe for several years, with a Chinese parenthesis. Today at Olympiakos, the striker has found his colors and is the best goleador of the championship.
In Greece, Cedric Bakambu is on fire. Not on the tourist islands, but in the green rectangle. The Congolese striker is carrying the club of Piraeus this season. Since his arrival, he is at 18 goals and 2 assists in 29 games (24 starts). The former Olympique de Marseille man finished as top scorer of the regular season with 13 goals. This allowed his club to reach the play-offs. Even if Olympiakos can not be champion, relegated to 10 points of the leaders Panathinaikos and AEK Athens, Bakambu is also the best play-off scorer with 5 goals.
"Here life is calm, my family feels good, Athens is a beautiful city, the club is great, the infrastructure is top notch. It is a great club and I am very proud to wear the colors of Olympiacos. Everything is going well", Cedric Bakambu spoke to Relevo. He comes out of a very complicated year 2021-2022 with Olympique de Marseille with 4 goals in 21 games (10 as a starter).
Bakambu has the choice for his mercato
Thus, Cedric Bakambu could see his future completely revived after this successful year 2022-2023. While he has just celebrated his 32nd birthday, the Leopard is under contract with the Greek club until June 2023.
Cédric Bakambu (32 ans) réalise une excellente saison avec l’Olympiakos en ayant marqué 18 buts dont 5 en play-offs. 👏🇨🇩
Il sera libre en fin de saison et des clubs de Bundesliga et de Liga s’intéressent à lui, selon l’Equipe.
Une bonne pioche à effectuer cet été ? 👀 pic.twitter.com/jZ5fXnKvOq
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According to several media in France, Spain or Germany, Cedric Bakambu has touches in these different countries. He who still keeps a lot of credit in La Liga where he scored 45 goals in 107 games between 2015 and 2018 with Villarreal. Anyway, the player revealed in Sochaux is likely to be one of the great agitators of the mercato of Africans. He is used to move for having played in France, Spain, China and now in Greece.
