Exclusive | Brest’s Éric-Junior Dina Ebimbe explains his decision to return to Ligue 1 | OneFootball

Three years after leaving formative club Paris-Saint-Germain to join Eintracht Frankfurt, initially on loan and then on a permanent deal, Éric-Junior Dina Ebimbe (24) has explained his motivation to return to Ligue 1 in an exclusive interview with Get French Football News.

It has been a difficult few months for Dina Ebimbe, who revealed that his prospective move to AS Monaco in January broke down due to a bruise. The Frenchman has accused the Bundesliga club of “negligence” and spoke of being “voluntarily cast aside” in the past months.

That context set him on a route to return to his native France, and specifically to Stade Brestois, who he joined on loan in the final days of the transfer window. “[I made the choice to come back to Ligue 1] to get my confidence and my rhythm back. There is no better place to do that than in a league that you know, rather than in an unknown league or somewhere where it hasn’t gone so well; it is always harder,” began Dina Ebimbe.

He added, “But when you come back to your home country, your first league, things logically go well because you have your points of reference. That’s why it was important for me to come back to France.”

>> Read Dina Ebimbe’s full interview with GFFN HERE

GFFN | Luke Entwistle