Marie Mahé, Media365: published on Monday January 6, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.
According to information from Foot Mercato, RC Lens would be very interested in the idea of recruiting Spanish international goalkeeper Pau Lopez (30), currently on loan to Girona from Olympique de Marseille.
Pau Lopez could already return to Ligue 1. According to information from Foot Mercato, RC Lens, more than ever in the race to obtain European qualification at the end of this 2024-2025 season, is currently in discussions for attempt to secure the services of the Spanish international goalkeeper (30 years old), loaned by Olympique de Marseille, since August 16, to Girona, the Catalan club of his hometown, with an option purchase of approximately 6.5 million euros. A loan that would not go as well as that, to the extent that the last bastion has only played one match. Or as many as the third veteran goalkeeper Juan Carlos (36 years old). Indeed, Lopez, a former resident of Betis or even AS Roma, only has the status of understudy to the club's current starting goalkeeper, namely the Argentinian international Paulo Gazzaniga (33 years old).
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In recent days, RC Lens would have tested the waters, with the agent of the former Marseillais. In the event of coming to the north of France, Pau Lopez would be put in competition with Hervé Koffi, for the number one place, but should then above all succeed the French international goalkeeper Brice Samba (30 years old), senior player of this same formation but announced, with great insistence, on the Stade Rennais side. In order to be able to anticipate this possible departure, the Sang et Or would have, initially, set their sights on the French goalkeeper Jean Butez (29 years old), resident of Royal Antwerp in Belgium, but the negotiations would have failed . The arrival of Pau Lopez is, however, still visibly far from certain. Firstly, Girona would have to be convinced to put an early end to the player's loan, before then being able to convince Olympique de Marseille to sell a player who therefore still belongs to them.
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