It was a tough begin to life on mortgage for Billy Koumetio over the weekend, with the Liverpool defender proven a purple card 52 minutes into his debut.
Having arrived at Anfield from US Orleans in 2018, Koumetio has returned to his native France for a mortgage spell with USL Dunkerque this season.
The transfer to Ligue 2 comes after an aborted spell with Austria Wien final day out, with a scarcity of recreation time and monetary purple tape seeing his deal terminated in January.
However whereas the swap to Dunkirk may be seen as a chance for Koumetio, the 20-year-old’s debut was removed from what he would have hoped.
Simply 52 minutes into Saturday’s conflict with Grenoble, the centre-back picked up his second of two yellow playing cards to place his new facet right down to 10 males.
Billy Koumetio made his debut for Ligue 2 facet USL Dunkerque on Saturday, on mortgage from #LFC.
He was despatched off for 2 bookable offences inside 52 minutes. pic.twitter.com/X6I63YOSjY
— Jack Lusby (@LusbyJack) September 17, 2023
Enjoying because the left-sided centre-back in a three-man defence, each of Koumetio’s yellows got here from useless challenges excessive on the left flank.
Earlier than his first reserving, a sloppy error in possession had already handed Grenoble a chance by way of Pape Meissa Ba, with Dunkerque goalkeeper Arnaud Balijon left to bail his facet out.
His second warning got here after being turned by Lenny Joseph out huge, grappling with the winger earlier than a lunging problem from behind that noticed him miss the ball.
There might be no complaints from Koumetio, who will now miss Dunkerque’s conflict with Rodez AF on Saturday night.
“As soccer is filled with surprises, with 10 of us we have been higher,” Balijon advised the membership’s official web site after the sport.
“We discovered extra options, that is maybe one thing to check.”
Koumetio – who’s adept each bodily and technically, with an excellent eye for move – has usually proven points along with his focus lately.
The hope might be that he learns from his tough begin in Ligue 2 and returns a lot sharper, along with his current lack of recreation time after pre-season with Liverpool U21s possible an element.
Dunkerque, who have been promoted from the Championnat Nationwide final season, are at the moment seventeenth within the 20-team French second tier, with only one win in six video games up to now.
