How many “panic buys” among these last-minute moves?
The recruitments snatched at the very end of the transfer window are only very rarely the most convincing.
Chelsea fans are probably already asking the question with the arrival of former Gunner Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
While waiting for the return to the lawns this weekend, we give you an update on the last hours of the transfer window which ended at midnight Thursday evening.
The incredible false start of Bamba Dieng (OM)
The soap opera Bamba Dieng will not have disappointed.
Throughout the summer, Olympique de Marseille conscientiously put aside its Senegalese hope in order to find a club ready to take out the checkbook.
Long resistant to the idea of leaving Canebière, Bamba Dieng had resolved to consider the future on the side of the Premier League.
This Wednesday, Leeds were close to reaching an agreement when the striker finally turned around.
A private jet was waiting for him to cross the English Channel Dieng finally wants to go to Nice.
Arrived at the Aiglons, he will in fact miss his medical examination.
A problem is detected.
Dieng is therefore still from Marseille on this Thursday, September 2… but the saga may not be over.
There is still the joker option.
Each L1 club has the right to a transfer outside the regulatory periods.
But also at OM:
Duje Caleta-Car leaves for Southampton, Jordan Amavi is loaned to Getafe.
Amine Harit returns on loan from Schalke 04, with an option to buy this time.
But also in Ligue 1:
Nice recovers Gaëtan Laborde, Amine Gouiri takes the opposite route to Stade Rennes.
Other significant blows, Lille formalized the arrival of Portuguese midfielder André Gomes on loan for one season as well as the transfer of Adam Ounas (Naples).
PSG have cleaned up, and it may not be over
There were about ten in this famous loft awaiting departure.
Almost all of them are gone.
Layvin Kurzawa (Fulham), Abdou Diallo (Leipzig), Leandro Paredes (Juventis), Idrissa Gueye (Everton), Ander Herrera (Bilbao), Georginio Wijnaldum (Rome)… Rafinha and Mauro Icardi should follow quickly.
They are in discussion with clubs present in markets that are not yet closed (Turkey, Portugal, Qatar, etc.).
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Keylor Navas has meanwhile announced that he is staying at PSG.
So much for the meaning of departures.
The quack Skriniar, blocked by Inter Milan, arouses some turmoil internally.
Aubameyang at Chelsea, Ronaldo still at Manchester United
Chelsea have spent copiously this summer, enlisting Raheem Sterling and Kalidou Koulibaly, and in recent days the Frenchman Wesley Fofana.
The Blues gave a layer Thursday by attracting striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, for 12 million euros from FC Barcelona.
"I have some scores to settle with the Premier League and it's so good to be back, it's very exciting," said the Gabon captain, who terminated his contract with Arsenal seven months ago.
Good morning!
🔵#AubameyangIsChelsea pic.twitter.com/en832vWu57
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) September 2, 2022
The Reds Devils did not find a way out of the Ronaldo soap opera: the Portuguese (37), a luxury substitute and eager to leave to play in the Champions League, did not find a base... The few who wanted recruit him (Naples, Sporting) have not found the right financial formula.
Manchester United has nevertheless added a striker to its workforce by buying Antony (Ajax) for 100 million euros.
Abroad, we will finally note the loan of Arturo Melo from Juventus to Liverpool.
With the injuries of Thiago Alcantara, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain or Curtis Jones, the German manager of the Reds, Jürgen Klopp, had to strengthen in the midfield.
