June 30, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. by Thomas
So what will be resolved according to The team the question of the return of Matthis Abline in attack, the sports daily writes in parallel this Sunday that FC Nantes will not keep its midfielder Moussa Sissokothe club’s biggest salary, at nearly 3.7 million euros gross per season.
FC Nantes should not keep Moussa Sissoko
Cautious on spending, in a context both complicated sportingly by recent seasons in Ligue 1 and financially weighed down by the question of TV rights, FC Nantes is eyeing the opportunity for a move, as had been the arrival of the French international in 2022, then in difficulty at Watford.
Tomorrow Monday will be July 1st. This will officially mark the start of the new 2024-2025 season. And the end for all players under contract until 2024. A market on which some profiles more or less compatible with Antoine Kombouaré’s project, having knowledge of the championship or experience close to Sissoko, point out.
Experienced profiles in the United Arab Emirates or the Premier League
Starting with the most aging and uncertain Miralem Pjanic. The former iconic Olympique Lyonnais player has been in exile for two years in the United Arab Emirates, which he is going to leave. At 34, he is not yet finished with football and he has a lot of experience behind him.
An experience that also justifies Mohamed Elneny. The Egyptian international will leave Arsenal where he will have stayed for eight years, interspersed with a loan in Turkey at Besiktas. Financially his salary is sticky, being estimated lower than that of Sissoko even though he will probably have to cut back on his emoluments to continue elsewhere.
Belgium the right solution for FC Nantes?
Otherwise there are the Belgian tracks, one leading to another former Lyonnais which is Jeff Reine-Adelaide. If scoumoune and physical problems spare him, perhaps the former OL hopeful can return to a level closer to the hopes born from his Angevin years. Today at RWD Molenbeek, he is only 26 years old.
Not far away, Cercles de Bruges is struggling to hold back Leonardo Lopes that others in Belgium covet. The 25-year-old Portuguese midfielder has been playing there since 2020 after a long apprenticeship in English football.
At OM a premium profile but potentially too expensive
Finally, the potentially most premium but also the most expensive track leads to Olympique de Marseille and its Senegalese international community Pope Gueye. He made his departure from the Marseille club official without yet saying where he would bounce back. It remains to be seen to what extent he would be accessible because at 25, he is looking for a contract higher than his estimated salary of close to 1.5 million euros gross per year under the OM jersey.
