Mika Biereth: the Londoner who keeps scoring hat-tricks in Ligue 1
The Denmark striker β who played for the Chelsea, Fulham and Arsenal youth teams β is thriving at Monaco By Get French Football News βWe understood that if we didnβt take the decision in the winter, in the summer, it would potentially be too late,β says Monaco CEO Thiago Scuro. There was a sense of βnow or neverβ about the signing of Mika Biereth from Sturm Graz in January and, with the Danish international scoring 11 goals in his first nine Ligue 1 games, it is certainly an opportunity the club are happy they seized. That βnow or neverβ feeling characterises Bierethβs whole career. βHe had the bravery to go to Scotland, then Austria and now France and that is what shows he wants to be the best. He has to be playing to prove that,β says his mentor, Ian Wright. Biereth has grasped every chance he has been given along a path that has led him away from Arsenal and into Monacoβs grateful arms. Continue reading...