Youcef Belaïli does not arrive alone in Finistère. The Algerian international, who signed on Monday, has hundreds of thousands of fans behind him. So much so that in just a few hours, Stade Brestois has more than doubled its subscribers on the networks.
This Tuesday, at the start of the evening, Stade Brestois had 751,000 subscribers on Facebook and more than 297,000 on Instagram. And those counters keep climbing. Youcef Belaïli, who turns 30 in March, has shone in recent years in Algerian selection. He actively participated in Algeria’s victory at CAN-2019 and in the Arab Cup last December.
After the subscribers, the jerseys?
The player himself has 2.9 million followers on Instagram. The club can also expect sell a lot of jerseys flocked with the number 24 of Belaïli. After playing in Algeria, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, he was at the end of his contract and free to sign until June in Brest. He was recruited to make up for the departure of Romain Faivre to Lyon.