Toulouse recruits Swiss midfielder Sierro
The Swiss Vincent Sierro signed on Monday with the Toulouse Football Club for a period of three and a half years, from the Young Boys club in Bern with which he was Swiss champion in 2020 and 2021.
Central midfielder, he played two seasons in Freiburg, in the Bundesliga, and played around thirty matches in the European Cup.
The amount of his transfer has not been communicated by the TFC, which has registered its third recruit since the opening of the winter transfer window after the Norwegian right side Warren Kamanzi and the Chilean left side Gabriel Suazo.
Geubbels takes the opposite route and joins St. Gallen
Monaco striker Willem Geubbels, 21, has been transferred to the St. Gallen club, currently third in the Swiss championship.
Geubbels, whose contract ended next June with the Principality club, was bought from Lyon by Monaco for 20 million euros in the summer of 2018. According to various sources familiar with the matter, the striker is this time transferred without compensation, on the other hand, the ASM will pocket 30% on a possible future resale of the player.
In Monaco, Geubbels, a former French U19 international presented as a great hope for French football, has only played 17 official matches (1 goal). Last season he was loaned to Nantes, where he played 26 matches and scored three goals in all competitions.
Born in Villeurbanne (Rhône), Geubbels will wear number 69 in Switzerland
Grandsir leaves the United States and strengthens Le Havre
Samuel Grandsir, who notably passed through Troyes, Monaco and Strasbourg, returns to France.
Released from his contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS), the 26-year-old right winger is committed until the end of the season with Le Havre, solid leader of Ligue 2.
Poland’s Kiwior de la Spezia at Arsenal
Polish international defender Jakub Kiwior joins Arsenal from La Spezia (Italy). Neither the duration of the contract nor the amount of the transaction have been made public.
Kiwior, 22, 9 caps, has been playing in Italy since August 2021 (43 appearances for La Spezia). he was also a starter at the World Cup in Qatar, where Poland was eliminated by France in the round of 16 (3-1).
Colombian Duran officially commits to Aston Villa
Colombian international Jhon Duran, 19, has officially joined English club Aston Villa from the Chicago Fire.
The two clubs had agreed last week but the transaction, of the order of 20 million according to British media, was subject to the result of the player’s medical examination and obtaining his work visa.
Mexico: the Tigers break Thauvin’s contract!
Florian Thauvin is no longer a Monterrey Tigres player.
The Mexican club announced on Monday that it had terminated the 2018 world champion’s contract, which would run until June 2026.
After a year and a half spent on the other side of the Atlantic (38 matches, 8 goals), the former Marseillais is free to commit where he wishes.
Two starts in Clermont
Two side defenders pack their bags in Clermont: the Senegalese Arial Mendy, notably passed through Lens, has signed up for two and a half years with Grenoble (L2) while the Belgian Brandon Baiye returns home, to KAS Eupen (Belgian D1).
