A year after arriving in Lille from Clermont Foot, Mohamed Bayo should not have a second season in the North. The 25-year-old Guinean international striker (under contract until 2027), who is not in the plans of Paulo Fonseca, the LOSC coach, should not be very bored to bounce back. In Ligue 1, two clubs have approached Lille to express their interest: Le Havre and Metz. The two promoted want to recruit the player in the form of a loan.
While their Georgian international centre-forward, Georges Mikautadze, is on his way to Ajax Amsterdam, FC Metz find themselves looking for a goalscorer. Even if Bayo remains on a delicate exercise (5 goals in 28 matches, all competitions combined, with Lille), the leaders of Lorraine believe that the former Clermontois is capable of taking over from the last top scorer in L2. But they would be reluctant to offer a paying loan to Lille.
The tendency is for him to stay in Ligue 1
Which is less the case for their Le Havre counterparts, who are also looking for a real goalscorer but who don’t have a lot of resources. Mathieu Bodmer, the sporting director of the HAC, appreciates Bayo and has been eyeing it for several weeks already. But the striker preferred to wait, even if it means not playing in the summer, before deciding on his future destination.
He would no doubt have hoped to be approached by French clubs a little more “ambitious” than the two promoted. Two Italian clubs, including Bologna, trained by Thiago Motta, have taken information. An English club also came forward. In recent hours, the trend has been for the Guinean center-forward to remain in Ligue 1.
2023-08-30 02:00:27
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