Find the latest information on the winter transfer market on Wednesday January 8.
Brice Samba a step away from Rennes
The arrival on loan until the end of the season of Spanish goalkeeper Pau Lopez at RC Lens, made official this Tuesday by the Sang et Or and Olympique de Marseille, will (barring any surprises) bring smiles to Brice Samba (30 years old). The French international goalkeeper should sign at Stade Rennais even if, last week, his Lensois club announced that the transfer would be scuttled due to “communications policy» started by Rennes, which also attracted Seko Fofana, former Sang et Or captain, this winter. This time, it would be the right one, RMC Sport announces that Samba passed his medical examination for Stade Rennais this Tuesday evening, in Paris, before going to Brittany this Wednesday to sign his contract. The total agreement between the two Ligue 1 clubs would be imminent, around a sum of 12 to 15 million euros.
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A future at Inter Miami for Neymar?
Questioned by CNN, Neymar spoke of a possible return of the glorious “MSN” association that he made up with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez to FC Barcelona. For this, the Brazilian, under contract until June 2025 with the Saudi club Al-Hilal, would need to join Inter Miami in the United States, where the Argentinian and the Uruguayan are already playing. “Obviously playing with Messi and Suarez again would be incredible. They are my friends. We still talk to each other. It would be interesting to revive this trio. I’m happy in Al-Hilal, I’m happy in Saudi Arabia, but who knows? Football is full of surprises, the 32-year-old striker told the American television channel. When my departure from Paris Saint-Germain fell (in summer 2023), the transfer window was closed in the United States, so I didn’t have that option. The project they offered me (in Saudi Arabia) was very good, not only for me but also for my family, so going to Saudi Arabia was the best option.”
Luiz Felipe, OM’s first winter recruit
Olympique de Marseille’s first winter recruit is a central defender. Luiz Felipe, 27, has signed up until June 2026 with OM, as the club announced on Tuesday. The Italian-Brazilian, who has one selection for the A with Italy (in June 2022), has just terminated his contract at the Saudi club Al-Ittihad, where he rubbed shoulders with the French Karim Benzema and N’Golo Kanté , and where his last match dates back to last August. The neo-Marseillais passed through Lazio Rome then Real Betis, before being bought for 22 million euros by Al-Ittihad in 2023.
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