January 1 means new year, but also new transfer window. It is in fact this Wednesday, January 1, 2025 that the winter market opens its doors in France.
It will last a little over a month since it will only close its doors on Monday February 3, at 11 p.m. A winter transfer window which should serve as an adjustment variable for many clubs, as usual. Especially in a Ligue 1 hit by an economic crisis following the disaster of the last call for tenders for TV rights. RC Lens is one of the victims and will seek to sell as a priority. Brice Samba (Rennes), Kevin Danso (several foreign clubs including Wolverhampton) and Abdukodir Khusanov (Newcastle and other foreign clubs)high market values and already centers of keen external interest, could particularly be concerned. The club also aims to rebalance its workforce, particularly in the middle. Andy Diouf and Neil El Aynaoui could be affected, while RC Lens hopes to sell for 44 million euros net.
The hope of finding a good deal in attack
But trying to sell to complete the work done last summer does not mean remaining silent in the direction of arrivals. A goalkeeper could be recruited in the event of the departure of Brice Samba to Rennes (Butez? Lafont? Cakir? Diouf?), as well as an offensive reinforcement to adapt to the long-term injuries of Martin Satriano and Rémy Labeau Lascary. Interests in Gift Orban or Sontje Hansen have already been mentioned. You will have to be smart because the problem of recruiting a center forward is always the same: it is the profile which costs the most on the football planet. Racing will look for either a confirmed name in difficulty in its club, or a promising element, possibly in an alternative championship. Among the youngest, the name of 17-year-old Montenegrin midfielder Andrija Bulatovic has also been mentioned with insistence in recent weeks. Lensois.com will keep you informed as every year of the movements made at RC Lens.
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