Yilmaz officially at LOSC, Aubameyang who could have signed for Chelsea or Solskjaer who wants to accelerate for Sancho: find all the information of the transfer window for this Saturday, August 1, 2020.
Yilmaz signs at LOSC
It's now official: Burak Yilmaz has freely engaged with the LOSC. It is the Lille formation which announced the formalization on its website. The Turkish forward has initialed a two-season contract. He will be responsible for bringing his experience to a relatively young group as well as his sense of goal: “Burak Yilmaz has a profile of true number 9, very present in the area, particularly skilful in front of goal, said Marc Ingla, CEO of the club. He is a very experienced player, a true legend in Turkey where he is an executive in the selection and where he played for four big clubs. Burak is a player of character, a true warrior who now comes to export his talent to the French championship. He has the perfect profile to strengthen our workforce, integrate into our model of play and bring to the team all his experience. ” In 2019-2020, Burak Yilmaz scored 13 goals and provided 7 assists in 25 Turkish league appearances.
Aubameyang could have signed at Chelsea
This Saturday, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang faces Chelsea in the FA Cup final with Arsenal. Yet the Gabonese striker could have found himself on the other side. According to the Daily Mail , the Gunners center-forward had surveyed the Blues this winter in order to be transferred there. But his salary requirements, far too high, would have put off the club led by Frank Lampard. Currently, the 31-year-old striker is still in discussions with his club about a possible extension of his contract. He is courted by several major formations including FC Barcelona. His future could be tied to the outcome of the FA Cup final. If Arsenal is successful, and qualifies for the Europa League, the ex-Borussia Dortmund striker could stay for an additional year.
Aubameyang's first year at Arsenal
Solskjaer wants to step up for Sancho
According to ESPN , Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the Manchester United coach, would have urged his leaders to negotiate the arrival of Jadon Sancho as soon as possible. The Reds have reportedly already reached an agreement with the England winger; It remains to agree with Borussia Dortmund on the amount of the transfer. While the German formation would wait nearly 90 million euros to let go of their nugget, the Mancunian club would prepare an offer of around 55 million euros. But the Norwegian coach would have asked his leaders to come up with a more realistic offer in order to close the deal as soon as possible. He would indeed fear a scenario similar to that of the transfer of Harry Maguire last summer, arrived a few days before the resumption of the championship, for 90M €, when MU had initially valued the player at 45M € and made the negotiations last.
Jadon Sancho, an English talent
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