Ousmane Dembélé reportedly plans with Juve
His name stirred the last hours of the transfer market.
Manchester United would have accelerated to attract Ousmane Dembélé, but the French winger (23) finally remained at FC Barcelona, where he is however confined to the bench at the start of the season.
According to
Catalunya Radio
, the player refused to the end the idea of a transfer, despite the agreement between Barça and the Red Devils.
The reason ?
Dembélé would already be in contact with Juventus to go to Turin next year, or in two years once his contract expires.
Before the Italian club sent Miralem Pjanic to Catalonia in exchange for Arthur last June,
Mundo Deportivo
already revealed that Juve were interested in the idea of being loaned Dembélé.
And the former Rennes player would have always been receptive to the sirens of the Bianconeri.
Dembélé's fantastic goal against Tottenham in December 2018 (1-1)
Ben Arfa in Bordeaux, it's done
According to
GirondinsInfos
and confirmed by all of the French press including L'Équipe, the Girondins de Bordeaux will finally recruit a player, despite the summer transfer window has closed.
It is still possible to sign free players, as is the case with attacking midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa.
The former French international (33) has been without a club since the end of the season in Spain and his 5 matches played in Valladolid.
Passed by Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Paris and Rennes, Ben Arfa should sign a one-year contract plus one optional.
The @girondins have found a financial agreement with Hatem Ben Arfa (/ 33 years old) who is keen to work with coach Jean-Louis Gasset!
King Street validation is now missing to finalize the player's arrival.
pic.twitter.com/uYMsQN926A
- Girondinfos (@Girondinfos) October 7, 2020
Lyon ready to sell off Memphis, but ...
Olympique Lyonnais held firm and sold neither Memphis Depay nor Houssem Aouar this summer.
Still, it wouldn't be for lack of trying on the first one.
The daily
De Telegraaf
ensures that OL have revised their requirements downwards with Barça for the Dutch striker (26), in the last hours of the transfer window.
From 25M € plus 5M € bonus, we would have gone to 20 + 5.
The program Onze, broadcast on the Catalan channel
TV3
, goes further.
Lyon would have come down to € 5m plus a € 10m bonus.
Barça accepted, but the Spanish League would then have put its veto.
The club would exceed the salary cap in force in La Liga with the contract awaiting Memphis Depay.
The case could however be completed as of January, during the winter transfer window.
The player has agreed with FC Barcelona for a long time.
⚠️ LA LLIGA NO VA DEIXAR REGISTER DEPAY
️ @OriolDomenech:
"Ahir, Barça i Lió van arribar has an agreement of 5M € fixed i 10 variables"
"La Lliga no el va inscriure per culpa del límit salarial. El Barça el sobrepassa"
" S'han compromises to portar-lo el gener "# OnzeE3pic.twitter.com / T3xRw6xRyA
- Eleven (@ OnzeTv3) October 6, 2020
OM: Lala failed, Sidibé proposed
Olympique de Marseille sold Bouna Sarr to Bayern Munich at the very end of the transfer window, leaving Hiroki Sakai as the sole right-back in the workforce.
The leaders of Marseille are said to be active in order to take advantage of the exception in the regulations, which authorizes the recruitment of a last player provided that the transfer is Franco-French.
According to
L'Équipe
, Strasbourg's Kenny Lala (29) was blown in the ear of OM, who said no.
AS Monaco world champion Djibril Sidibé (28) should receive the same answer, the fault of a particularly high salary.
M'Baye Niang to Saint-Étienne as a joker
OM is not the only French club that wants to take advantage of its joker.
RMC Sport
reports that AS Saint-Étienne and Stade Rennais are "optimistic" for the arrival on loan of M'Baye Niang in the Forez.
The Senegalese striker (25), who seemed promised to Marseille before the start of the transfer window, has not found a point of fall.
And this while his successor, Serhou Guirassy, made a strong impression in Brittany.
Niang, author of 10 goals in 26 Ligue 1 matches last season, is linked with Rennes until 2023.
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