There is concern in Lens, where the winter transfer window could do serious damage to the squad available to Will Still. The departures of Brice Samba and Abdukodir Khusanov are notably on the agenda.
Seventh in Ligue 1 last season, RC Lens hoped to revive with the arrival of Will Still. The objective clearly announced to supporters is to return to Europe, but the former Stade de Reims coach will have to perform a miracle to place the Sang et Or in the top 6 of Ligue 1. And for good reason, internally, the real obsession of Lensois leaders is to find a healthy financial situation, which is not currently the case with a payroll which has exploded in recent years, which has also led to the departure of Arnaud Pouille, who is now stationed at the Stadium Rennes. In After Foot on RMC, Daniel Riolo rightly mentioned the situation of RC Lens by delivering a figure which better explains why Brice Samba and Abdukodir Khusanov are leaving this January.
“Pau Lopez in Lens, it’s not done. I'm not saying that it won't happen, but they are still considering it because we say to ourselves that Koffi could perhaps do the trick. We were all a little surprised by the way everything exploded in Lens during the holidays. At the heart of the story, there is Brice Samba who told Pierre Dreossi before Christmas that he wanted to leave. Lens didn't tell him 'no you're not going to leave', because the club's finances are bad. The finances are bad because we have seen the classic mistake: the club which goes to the Champions League unexpectedly and which cuts its payroll and which blows everything up” explains the journalist on the air before concluding.
Lens must find 40 ME according to Daniel Riolo
“People left this summer, Oughourlian said stop spending, there is a hole of 40 million euros that needs to be filled and that’s what the club is working on at the moment and Pierre Dreossi only thinks about that. Lens built its payroll and its budget as if the club was going to play the Champions League every year. detailed Daniel Riolo, for whom RC Lens has clearly been living beyond its means for several months, which is why Joseph Oughourlian whistled the end of recess with the departure of Arnaud Pouille. And even if his decisions risk being unpopular in the future, Pierre Dreossi clearly has the mission of bringing cash into Lens in order to restore the financial situation.
