According to Foot Mercato, a medical visit to Artois should take place this week, or even this Thursday as a preamble to a signing of Friday Bah au RC Lens. The player is about to sign a long contract with Manchester City, who would then loan him to Racing.
But the defender's departure conditions are not at all to the liking of Real Valladolid who recently took steps to permanently sign the player following a loan from Freetong (Sierra Leone). The latest from La Liga, which launched the 18-year-old defender in Europe with already 10 starts to his credit, communicated, noting a unilateral breach of contract when the player did not show up for training. The Spanish club points the finger at Manchester City who would have encouraged the defender, while displaying its disappointment with the latter's attitude, regretting a lack of recognition after having given him “the opportunity of a lifetime“. Note that the RC Lens is never cited by the Iberian club in this affair:
“Abdulai Juma Bah and his agent informed Real Valladolid yesterday afternoon of their intention to unilaterally terminate the contract between the two parties. Yesterday, that same afternoon, Manchester City sent a statement asking Real Valladolid to open negotiations for the player with a view to a possible permanent transfer. Today, the Sierra Leonean decided not to report to his workplace for morning training. For all these reasons, the Club holds the player responsible for non-compliance with his contractual commitments and has asked its legal department to take disciplinary measures in this regard.
-The Club considers that behind the player's decision is Manchester City, belonging to the City Football Group, who seem to have advised the player to adopt this path which places Real Valladolid in a helpless situation, having recently rejected financial offers for a higher amount. all the more so when the player, who is in the legal period of juvenile protection, had refused in recent days to sign his professional player's license, because this implied the automatic increase of his termination clause (…). The Royal Spanish Football Federation has just confirmed that the player has deposited the amount for the unilateral termination of the contract (editor's note: amount of 6 million euros assumed by City according to the English press). In this sense, Real Valladolid informs that it reserves the right to contact the appropriate judicial and sporting courts for the exercise of its rights and the defense of its interests. » Initially, negotiations for a potential classic transfer between Valladolid and Manchester City of around 8 million euros were mentioned.
