Nigeria worldwide Moses Simon is in line to be among the many first gamers to be honoured with a brand new badge newly launched by the organisers of the French Ligue 1, Soccernet.ng reviews.
Moses Simon is within the working for a newly launched honour in French soccer, as Ligue 1 organisers unveil the ‘High Passeur’ badge — an award recognising the league’s main help supplier.
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The Ligue de Soccer Professionnel (LFP) confirmed the initiative on Wednesday, February 5, extending final season’s badge system that rewards the league’s high scorer.
Derrière chaque buteur se cache un passeur.
Nouveau badge : le #TopPasseur pic.twitter.com/3z21jERSlk— Ligue 1 McDonald’s (@Ligue1) February 5, 2025
This time period, Paris Saint-Germain’s Ousmane Dembélé at present holds the main goalscorer badge, having netted 14 instances in 20 matches. He’s intently pursued by Olympique Marseille’s Mason Greenwood (13 objectives) and Lille’s Jonathan David (12 objectives).
In a bid to additional spotlight inventive excellence, the LFP has launched the ‘High Passeur’ distinction, which will probably be displayed on the jersey of Ligue 1’s high help supplier.
The primary participant to obtain this badge is PSG’s Portuguese midfielder Joao Neves, who has registered six assists in 16 appearances this season, in accordance with Ouest-France.
Joao Neves, le #TopPasseur pic.twitter.com/X0L0ejpuDW
— Ligue 1 McDonald’s (@Ligue1) February 5, 2025
Nonetheless, Nantes’ Moses Simon, who’s one in all Europe’s greatest dribblers, is in sturdy rivalry to assert the honour, having supplied six assists in 18 league outings.
The award-winning Tremendous Eagles winger is stage with Neves (who has performed fewer video games, although,) and Strasbourg’s Dilane Bakwa. Nonetheless, a standout efficiency for Simon in his subsequent fixture might see him overtake Neves and change into the second recipient of the brand new badge.
Moses Simon: The Tremendous Eagle hovering excessive in France
Simon has been a key determine for Nantes this season, immediately contributing to 11 league objectives (5 objectives, six assists).
The previous Leganes ace has persistently delivered within the last third, scoring towards Saint-Étienne, Rennes, Lens, Montpellier, and Auxerre, whereas his assists have come towards Brest, Lyon, Lens, Good, Angers, and Reims.
As Nantes put together to face high-flying Brest this weekend, Simon may have a possibility to make his mark as soon as once more.
A few assists might see him transfer forward of Neves and safe his place as Ligue 1’s main playmaker.
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