The era Alexandre Oukidja and in FC Metz would it come to an end? Finally absent from the first team this Saturday January 4, 2025 for the resumption of the Ligue 2 against Pau (0-0) and replaced by Sy et Mirbachthe Algerian international goalkeeper has not really impressed this season. Even if the Lorraine club has a good defense, it could seek to multiply the options in its goals to ensure a smoother rise. Obviously, the research is going well and rumors about a new goalkeeper are starting to reach us…
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According to information shared by the newspaper L'Équipe, the Garnet club would have an eye on the Belgian Arnaud Bodart (26 years old), player of Liège Standard in the Belgian first division! The goalkeeper with 170 matches in the elite as well as 9 matches in the Europa League with his long-time club will perhaps, for the first time in his career, leave his team if Metz makes him a good offer and aligns himself with requests from the Standard. Last summer, AS Roma wanted to recruit him but their offer of €2.5 million was not enough for Rouches to let him leave.
A transfer that is too expensive, an option on a loan or an end of contract?
With another 6 months of contract and an optional year extension, the goalkeeper could arrive on loan or with an agreement for the end of his contract, he who has hardly participated in Liégeois matches for six months. Bodart has only played 2 matches this season in the Pro League, having become the substitute and having lost the captain's armband since the off-season and the rise to power of Matthieu Epolo, (19 years old) who was however injured recently. Furthermore, Bodart also spent the month of December with a torn adductor muscle forcing him to rest.
Source: The Team
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