Released by AC Milan, where he had been playing on the sidelines of the professional team for many months, Fodé Ballo-Touré signed up with Le Havre AC this Thursday.
“(Divock) Origi and (Fodé) Ballo-Touré are not part of the first team project but will be called up with Milan Futuro”announced Zlatan Ibrahimovic upon the arrival of Paulo Fonseca at the helm of AC Milan. Despite his departure, the situation had not changed and the full-back had made do with three appearances in Serie C, with the reserve team. Stuck, he continued interviews at the end of the summer in order to shed light on his desires for elsewhere, his new ambitions. The interest of AS Saint-Étienne was then mentioned, without it materializing.
The Senegalese international was forced to wait six months before finding the right fit. Looking for a left back since the departure of Christopher Opéri to Istanbul Basaksehir, Le Havre AC has recorded the arrival of Fodé Ballo-Touré (28 years old) for the next six months. He had been released by AC Milan two days earlier and will try to relaunch in Normandy, under the aegis of Mathieu Bodmer.
Loaned last season to Fulham (Premier League), after 26 matches with the Rossoneri, Fodé Ballo-Touré returns to Ligue 1 after four years of absence. Trained at Paris Saint-Germain, he also played for LOSC (47 appearances) and AS Monaco (74 matches) in France.
