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Having left for Girona last summer, Pau Lopez will break his loan in La Liga to make his return to Ligue 1, but not to OM, who should loan him again, this time to RC Lens. The arrival of the 29-year-old goalkeeper could therefore unblock the situation of Brice Samba, announced very close to joining Stade Rennais in recent days.
Before receipt of Toulouse Sunday (0-1), Pierre Dréossi stopped at the microphone of DAZN to take stock of the transfer window RC Lens and in particular the file Brice Samba. Announced close to joining the Stade Rennaisthe French international (3 selections) was finally selected by the Sang et Or. « Brice came to see me at the end of the year to say that his wish was to leave. We were a little surprised, but it happened like that. We were contacted by Rennes and we had a negotiation, the negotiations did not stop but became a little tense », explained the general director of RC Lens.
“If the negotiations end in the coming days, he will leave”
See Brice Samba be transferred to Rennes during the month of January is therefore still possible: “ For the moment, we are still in negotiations and if the negotiations end in the coming days, he will leave. If the negotiations do not end, he will not leave like all negotiations and transfers. There are too many rumors, it's a long negotiation. It has been going on for almost ten days but for the moment, there is no agreement. I hope or not that we find an agreement, in any case an end to negotiations to know if Brice will leave or not. »
Lopez arrives in Lens, Samba towards Rennes?
Pierre Dréossi also indicated that the departure of Brice Samba had been anticipated and that a new goalkeeper should arrive soon at the RC Lens. The general director of Sang et Or then ruled out the trail leading to Jean Butez (29 ans, Royal Antwerp), since it is Paul Lopez who should soon sign up with the Lensois club. As reported by journalist Fabrizio Romano and confirmed by RMC SportOM canceled the loan of the 29-year-old goalkeeper Gérone. He is expected to be loaned until the end of the season to RC Lenswho will have a purchase option to recruit him permanently. Paul Lopez has not played a single match in La Liga or the Champions League this season with Gérone and was content with a start in the second round of the Coupe du Roi on December 4. The arrival of the Spaniard could therefore allow Brice Samba to take the direction of Rennes in the coming days.
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