Vitinha and Clauss heading out, Benzema exfiltrated… update on the transfer window at midday

2024-01-30 12:03:12

By Le Figaro

Published 14 minutes ago, Updated 11 minutes ago

Vitinha potentially played his last match with OM against Monaco on Saturday (2-2). SYLVAIN THOMAS / AFP

Find important transfer information in the home stretch of the transfer window.

Annoyed by his behavior, OM probes the market for Clauss

While OM continues its downsizing operation (Vitinha, Gueye), the name of a starter has emerged among the possible departures between now and Wednesday evening and the end of the winter transfer window. According to The team the Marseille leaders placed Jonathan Clauss on the market to possibly exfiltrate it this winter, while there remains a year and a half of contract at the French international level. According to the daily, the Olympian management criticizes a lack of involvement on the part of the former Lensois, accused of potentially “taking it easy for the Euro”. Aged 31, Clauss has a market value of more than 10 million euros and was notably approached by Bayern Munich this winter, before the Bavarians turned to the younger Sacha Boey (23). However, those around him assure that the player has no intention of leaving this winter, but rather this summer.

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Vitinha close to the exit

A year after his arrival with great fanfare (32 million euros with bonus), the time for the end of the adventure has come for Vitinha. Taken by the demanding Marseille supporters, still clumsy against Monaco on Saturday (2-2), the Portuguese striker is very close to signing up with Genoa (Serie A), as Pablo Longoria confirmed on Monday. “We know that it is difficult to win at OM for an attacker”, regretted the Olympian president, who had insisted that he favored a direct transfer for his 23-year-old striker, for which he obviously should not recover his investment. According to The team some formalities remain with Genoa, some of which concern a previous transfer between the two clubs, that of Ruslan Malinovski last summer.

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Benzema exfiltrated… to another Saudi club?

Soon the end of the spleen for Karim Benzema ? Sidelined by his club Al-Ittihad after missing the resumption of training (officially because he was stranded in the Indian Ocean by Cyclone Belal), the 36-year-old striker also reportedly requested his departure from the club who welcomed him last summer. In order to preserve the image of the Saudi Pro League and their country, Saudi leaders could, according to The team, transfer the 2022 Ballon d’Or to another club in the country, this time based in Riyadh (Al-Ittihad is based in Jeddah). A solution designed to avoid a return of “KB9” to Europe, while Manchester United and Chelsea have recently taken the temperature with the player.

Tebas confident of “more than 50%” for Mbappé at Real

As a regular on the media scene, Javier Tebas made a remarkable outing Monday evening, on the occasion of the Madrid Sports Press Association Awards gala. Asked about the possible arrival of Kylian Mbappé at Real Madrid, the president of La Liga gave hope to the partners you Real. «I think the percentage is very high. It’s a personal opinion.” said the Iberian leader.

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A confidence aroused by the insolent success of young players such as Vinicius Jr and more recently Jude Bellingham, who arrived this summer in the Spanish capital, possible sources of inspiration for Mbappé: “Real Madrid must think that the arrival of Bellingham has already given them a star, Vinicius is another. If the player wants to go to Madrid, he will go. The chances are more than 50%.”

OL ready to do crazy things for a Belgian midfielder?

In The team of the day, John Textor spoke of potential last minute reinforcements with “a defender and perhaps a midfielder”. This environment could well be Orel Mangala. A major player for Nottingham since Forest’s return to the Premier League last year, the 25-year-old Belgian midfielder is seen by OL as the player who could stabilize their midfield, alongside Nemanja Matic. So much so that the Rhone leaders would be willing to pay more than 30 million euros to secure his services, according to information from The Athletic . Or three times the amount that Forest had paid to poach the Belgian international (12 caps) from Stuttgart in the summer of 2022. The English media adds that Nottingham would view this transaction favorably while the club is under threat of sanctions for violations of financial fair play rules.

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