RC Lens has two great options to strengthen its attack!

There is no longer any doubt, Kodir Khusanov will fly out early next week to join Manchester City. The result is a nice check for RC Lens which will recoup a real jackpot for its Uzbek rock. Obviously, a good part of the sum will be used to replenish the coffers of the Artesian club, but a small part will also be used by Lens to bring new blood in attack to Will Still.

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If Goduine Koyalipou arrived this week to provide real competition for Mbala Zola, the Sang et Or are now looking for a right winger. And in this little game, two targets stand out. According to our information, the twirling Malmö winger Taha Ali. At 26, the Swedish international (1 cap) has spent his entire career in Sweden, but his talent and his ability to make a difference with the ball have gone beyond the borders of Scandinavia. Already last summer, the Sang et Or had tried to recruit him, in vain. This winter again, Lens tried its luck, but the Lensoise offer was brushed aside by the management of the Swedish club who did not want to let go of their player, author of a goal and 7 assists in Allsvenskan, the Swedish championship.

Taha Ali followed, Cyriaque Irié hoped

As the Swedish track becomes more complicated, Lens keeps other options on hand (Matthias Phaeton from CSKA Sofia). The fact remains that Diego Lopez has decided to activate another file and not the least since the Lens sports director is very hot on Cyriaque Irié, the new sensation of Ligue 2. Discovered in National in Dijon where he quickly splashed his talent on the third French division with 6 goals and 3 assists, and for his first season in France, Irié was then transferred last summer to Troyes, who won at the expense of AC Milan and its offer at 3 million euros.

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ESTAC, which had proposed the same thing, won, the player wanting to continue his progression to the next level. And the least we can say is that the young player trained at Real de Faso, in Burkina Faso, has not had to regret his choice. After a few weeks of adaptation, the Burkinabe U20 international panics the Ligue 2 defenses and remains on a series of 4 goals in the last 5 matches in all competitions. An intelligent player with a remarkable state of mind, Irié is already unanimously appreciated within the Aube club due to his endearing personality.

Lens is therefore seduced by the profile of this left-handed winger, who plays more on the right but remains capable of playing on both sides thanks to a good sense of goal. A player with immense room for improvement, too, which Will Still does not currently have. But for Lens, we will also have to fight for Cyriaque Irié (19 years old) whose price exceeds €6 million. The winger of Ivorian origin and whose idol is none other than Riyad Mahrez is very popular with Leicester, Brentford, Leipzig and even Borussia Dortmund, who have already come to the inquiry, as well as Bologna and AC Milan still there. But the northern club, which will be able to devote itself 100% to this issue, since the Khusanov file is closed, has every chance and could therefore emerge victorious from this file. To be continued.