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Monaco’s management is not going to take a vacation. After a season that ended in second place in Ligue 1 and synonymous with a return to the Champions League, the club from the Rock intends to strengthen its squad. If Wissam Ben Yedder has not been renewed (George Ilekhina was recruited this week as a striker), it is above all the future departure of Youssouf Fofana, seriously courted by AC Milan, but also by Manchester United and Atlético de Madrid to a lesser extent, which is pushing sporting director Thiago Scuro to rack his brains in recent days.
As we revealed to you, Neil El Aynaoui had been identified as the club’s priority track. Author of a bluffing season with Lens for his first year in Ligue 1 (25 matches, 1 goal, 2 assists), the 23-year-old player had gone to Monaco to undergo his medical yesterday, until a knee problem was detected in the evening, and thus caused his transfer to fall through. Today, the Moroccan should miss 8 months of competition, the operation being necessary.
Monaco explores the Boubakary Soumaré trail
As a result of this accident, the Monaco recruitment unit must once again call upon its sense of imagination. Internally, several avenues are being explored, and we are able to tell you that one of them now leads to the player trained at PSG, Boubakary Soumaré. Revealed at Lille between 2017 and 2021, the former French international hopeful then joined Leicester City, before being loaned to Sevilla FC last season.
After a great season in Andalusia (34 matches, 1 assist) where he formed a tandem with Lucien Agoumé in midfield, Soumaré has recovered his health, enough to (re)spark the interest of the Red and Whites, who have made serious contacts with the player’s entourage in recent hours. Already tracked in 2022 after the departure of Aurélien Tchouameni, the 25-year-old player could thus see the train pass by once again. It remains to be seen whether this time he will cross the ramp onto the platform.
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