OM: Riolo evokes a “rare” soap opera on the transfer window!

Everything seemed settled on Wednesday evening for the loan with purchase option of Pau Lopez towards RC Lens, but the operation finally collapsed at the last minute for the Spanish goalkeeper belonging to OM, who therefore returned to Girona on loan . And Daniel Riolo reacted to this, to say the least, unexpected soap opera at the After Foot microphone.

Loaned by theABOUT on the side of Gérone since the start of the season, Pau Lopez (30 years old) was supposed to return to Ligue 1 this winter! The Spanish goalkeeper was the subject of total agreement for an arrival at RC Lensin the form of a loan with a purchase option. But this file collapsed at the very last minute on Wednesday evening…

Loan canceled for Pau Lopez

The RC Lensvia an official press release, finally indicated that he was renouncing this signing of Paul Lopez due to a big disagreement with the management of Gérone who wants to keep the Spanish goalkeeper until the end of January. A condition deemed “ unacceptable » by the northern club, which will therefore not recruit the OM goalkeeper.

“It’s quite rare”

At the microphone of theAfter Foot on RMC Sport, Daniel Riolo mentioned this aborted transfer of Pau Lopez : « It’s quite rare, this kind of story happens. From the beginning, what I knew about it was that they weren’t sure if they wanted to take him, they were wondering if Koffi couldn’t be number 1. Finally, they decided to take him and that ends this way. I’m a little confused about this story. », Announces the editorialist.