Transfer Rumours Summer Transfer window

Alese has everything you want except one thing.... availability

This year is make or break for him and huggins with us

 

Atangana is/was France u19 captain, I think for the time being he's going to be thinking he can still make the French team eventually.

But was born in Cameroon.

 

Outside the very top CBs in the league can't see any jumping out that we could get, can see us looking at other leagues

 

He’s not going to play at afcon

 

Spot on. Two good players....if they can get fit and stay fit,will be fab for us going forward.

 

can see the style of midfield we’re going for and id love him

(this journalist is a ****ehawk but L’equipe have said it)

 

Or for us tbf, but I wouldn't mind it

 

Have L'equipe linked us?

 

Never heard of the lad but in principle Marseille's captain would be a great experienced addition

 

It is getting a little annoying when "itks" hint at hendo just because it seems obvious - makes me doubt if they ever knew anything.

 

Its funny. I'd come round to it and even wanted it. But now seeing this news I'm strangely relieved?

 

https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.c...g-following-contact-from-sunderland-and-como/

 

Last time he signed Marseilles central midfielder/captain he was immense.

 

Leaving because they won't offer him €100k a week.

 

Got a gut feeling there's something in this one.

 

Yeah this is the L’Equipe article


Valentin Rongier returned to La Commanderie on Tuesday, like most of his teammates. All or almost all since the internationals benefit from a few extra days of vacation and others, the six undesirable (Faris Moumbagna, Ismaël Koné, Azzedine Ounahi, Bamo Méïté, Ruben Blanco and Simon Ngapandouetnbu), were sent to train in a separate group, the Pro 2, the reserve team of the Olympic club (N3) headed by Romain Ferrier.

The 30-year-old midfielder has not been sidelined, but he knows the uncertain future at OM where the statutes guarantee nothing, former executives Chancel Mbemba or Jordan Veretout can testify to this. His position also seems weakened when he has officially entered his last year of contract, a situation that Marseille leaders abhor. They had publicly communicated their desire to extend it at the beginning of the year after he returned to competition and regained his place in Roberto De Zerbi's starting eleven.

The Italian technician had also pushed in this direction, convinced by this player "who restores order in the team", as he has often repeated over the past few months. But there have never really been any negotiations for an extension, in fact. After a first proposal made at the end of February - two more years, until 2028, at the same salary - and rejected by Rongier who kept the door of the discussions open, radio silence settled between the two parties.

The executives have set its price at €10 million

The positions are actually very (too much?) Distant about the player's remuneration, even if this point has never been officially addressed: the Olympic management believes that the midfielder is sufficiently well paid - with 330,000 euros gross per month, he is in the top 10 of the club's salaries - and the interested party would like to get closer to the income of his (former) competitors in his position, namely Geoffrey Kondogbia or Ismaël Bennacer, loaned by AC Milan in January with 450,000 euros gross per month, while he won in De Zerbi's typical team. Despite rumours that have appeared in recent weeks, Rongier has, on the other hand, never asked to be aligned with the emoluments of Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg or Adrien Rabiot.

But the question of remuneration seems to have become incidental: to some clubs that have inquired in recent days, the OM leaders replied that Rongier was well placed on the transfer market, an obvious thing given his contractual situation. And they set the price of his departure: €10 million. See you soon 31 years old, he will celebrate them at the end of the year, Rongier could therefore live his last moments at OM where he is still the oldest player in the workforce. Some clubs, such as Sunderland, through its new French sports director, Florent Ghisolfi, and Côme, in Italy, came forward to find out about the conditions of a transfer without making a concrete offer. The countdown is on.

 

ah. move along. nothing to see here

 

We’re paying Diarra about 60/70K a week mind.