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I'm crying tears of blood.

As both a Frenchman and a Nice (and therefore an HBA) fan, do no well how to handle the situation regarding my national team if Benny is not in it.

Apparently, AC Milan and Liverpool really want him. But HBA wants to play the Champions League next season. Milan won't. Liverpool may, if they win the Europa league. So it's too soon to tell. Anyway, he'd rather go to Paris. They are nor sure, however, about his profile. Isn't it best for him to stay where he his?

Awesome!! Meanwhile: 1 – Hatem Ben Arfa 82 points 2 – Zlatan Ibrahimovic 61 points 3 – Angel Di Maria 58 points 4 – Lassana Diarra 40 points 5 – Ousmane Dembélé 29 points 6 – Alexandre Lacazette 23 points 7 – Edinson Cavani 22 points 8 – Steve Mandanda 20 points 9 – Thiago Silva 18 points 10 – Wissam Ben Yedder 17 http://lebuzz.eurosport.fr/football/pour-vous-hatem-ben-arfa-est-le-meilleur-joueur-de-la-33e-journee-de-ligue-1-28221/

God asked if one could change the name of the thread, as it is too much pressure to be compared with Ben Arfa.

Obviously, best Ligue 1 player so far http://lebuzz.eurosport.fr/joueur-l1-du-week-end/pour-vous-hatem-ben-arfa-est-le-meilleur-joueur-de-la-31e-journee-de-ligue-1-27614/

That was a poor match from Nice untill the moment he came in. Then everything changed. The adversaries focused on him, and freed space for other Nice players. Besides, HBA's performance was a very good one.

Unfortunately,he's still out for the next 3-4 weeks at least.

Will you drink your own p*ss if he does? I expected that question. Yes I will. And yours if you're comfortable with that.

HBA moved to Nice to give his career a reboot. And for that he accepted to be paid 6 times less than what he could have been in Turkey. Money is not his priority. The man won't go to China.

€25m would be his salary for a 2 year period

"Whatever I'd say will be common place. He is talent in all his glory. And when talent serves the team, it hurts." Lorient's coach about Ben Arfa, after yesterday's match. Last weak, Nice played Angers, whose coach delivered the following statement: "He can knock down a whole team by himself. I'm a fan of him. We can handle an organization, but we cannot gandle such a phenomenon".

I've hardly seen anyone making so many people happy.

Played quite well against Paris St Germain https://streamable.com/tmmd

Try here maybe: http://www.footcenter.fr/maillot-ogcn-home-15-16-315240b : They sell the shirt for 79 euros. It will cost you an extra 15 to have "Ben Arfa 9" written on it (with unofficial letters). Delivery to the UK is 16,9€. Same is true here : http://www.madeinsport.com/maillot-ogcn-home-15-16-315240b. Or maybe if I can buy it at the club shop and send it to you, then you'll have the official letters, for a fewer amount of money? Should I check that?

Some very nice mooves. He has watched from close by the opponent so that was sometimes hard. But played well collectivley speaking, and he is managinig to make his teammates play better. Not his best match, but what a chance for Nice to have him.

Really disappointed. Hope he'll be back in the French squad to show everyone what is capable of, coz that was really poor compared to what he's done with Nice so far. Admittedly, no one performed well. But he was the one put to the test. Coman was too, but was better and showed a greater willingness to do good. Can't be good.

Lassana Diarra's cousin is among the victims. There might be something for that I guess.

When you read his entire interview, in French, it gives a different image than the one carried in the english press, which reproduces some of HBA's quotes in isolation with the context, and that are not representative of his speech. When he says he’s been « through hell", it was not abot his stay at Newcastle as such, but more like a personal state of mind. He says that several things in a row have played against him. Indeed, there was what happened in Newcastle (and even here he only talks about a period that started in 2014), but also problems with Steve Bruce at Hull City, and finally, when he thinks he can finally play, then Fifa says no. Most of the article is about how he recovered. The whole picture does not look as bad as it sounds for Newcastle, and his intention were not to bash anyone. I think.

http://www.ogcnice.com/fr/medias/tv/25293/le-depart-en-video

Playing Marseille tomorrow afternoon. As French authorities have denied Nice fans the right to attend the game, the latter have decided to encourage the players before they take the bus and leave. This picture has just been taken. Benny seems to enjoy it a lot (or maybe he enjoys having hisleft booby touched by a big african hand, hard to tell).

Did you see that pass that he made after 3 minutes of play?

Ben Arfa had awful relations with French manager when they were both at Marseille.