Nice steals a striker from OM

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Long on the OM tablets, a renowned striker will officially commit to OGC Nice this Tuesday.

One wonders why Youssoufa Moukoko did not land at OM. Long considered a priority target for Marseille to strengthen the offensive sector and in particular a left flank devoted to Luis Henrique before the arrival of Jonathan Rowe from Norwich, the Borussia Dortmund winger is preparing to join Ligue 1 indeed. But not the Phocaean city.

It is in Nice that the interested party promises to arrive on Tuesday to undergo his medical examination and sign a one-year commitment, as part of a loan with a non-obligatory purchase option, reports this Monday the transfer specialist Fabrizio Romano. While a contractual agreement had been reached between the player and the Gym this weekend, the Aiglons at the beginning of this week reached an agreement with their counterparts from BvB.

An emergency for the Gym

It is specified that OGCN will take charge of the entire salary of the 19-year-old German-Cameroonian striker, who had to make efforts to do so. The purchase option, according to the aforementioned Italian journalist, is ” greater than 12 million euros » – the daily L’Equipe for its part announcing a possible deal of 18 million euros.

Faced with the successive injuries of Terem Moffi, Morgan Sanson, Jérémie Boga and Gaëtan Laborde at the start of the season, the Azuréens had to recruit urgently on the offensive. A prodigy revealed among the Espoirs of the Mannschaft, already credited with two caps in the German A, Youssoufa Moukoko despite his young age already displays solid experience at the top level, scoring 17 times in 76 appearances in the Bundesliga.

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