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Only six months after signing for OM, Elye Wahi has just made his departure official for Eintracht Frankfurt. And the young 22-year-old French striker also indicated that he absolutely wanted to join the German club and therefore leave OM this winter, even though he had been in difficulty since his arrival at the club.
It was in the spirit of the times, it is now official: Elie Place (22 years old) is no longer a playerABOUT ! Recruited from RC Lens for €25M last summer, the striker took charge ofEintracht Francfort with a deal which was formalized on Friday (€26M + €3M bonus, as well as a percentage on resale). OM has therefore achieved the feat of not losing money on this issue, while Place was coming out of a very complicated six-month stint with the Marseille club (3 goals in just 14 games).
-“It quickly became clear that I wanted to come here”
In comments reported by the official press release of theEintracht Francfort Friday, Elie Place delivers behind the scenes accounts of his departure fromABOUT for Germany: “ I’m happy to be at Eintracht from now on. It’s a great club that I’ve heard a lot of positive things about. For me, it quickly became clear that I wanted to take this chance and come here. I want to repay the trust placed in me by performing well and scoring goals “, noted Place. Clearly, as soon as he learned of the interest shown in him by the Bundesliga club, the number 9 was determined to leave theABOUT…
Wahi tracked for a while by Frankfurt
The sports director Markus Krösche also mentioned the underside of this transfer from theABOUT : « We have been following Elye Wahi for a while and we are happy that he is now playing for Eintracht Frankfurt. Elye is a fast striker with a good shot and a highly developed goalscoring instinct. He is a young player in full development, whose qualities we are convinced of. At the same time, we give him the necessary time to adapt », indicates the director of theEintracht Francfort.
