Strasbourg’s Loaned Players: Who’s Staying and Who’s Leaving?

In addition to those arriving at the end of the contract at Racing – namely Liénard, Gameiro, Le Marchand, Kawashima, Djiku – three other players on loan and having walked the lawn of Moustoir, last Saturday against Lorient (1-1) for the last day of Ligue 1, may not be at the start of the next exercise.

Colin grew up

The first of them arrived last summer at Racing on a one-season loan with no option to buy. Under contract with Paris until 2025, Colin Dagba should play with the capital club when training resumes in July after the four weeks of vacation enjoyed by Ligue 1 players.

His loan ending on June 30, the 24-year-old defender will no longer be from Strasbourg from this date. The Alsatian club relied heavily on the right side trained in Paris when he arrived in Alsace, but he was too often in the infirmary despite some good performances when he was operational – 27 appearances in the Strasbourg group in Ligue 1 for twelve tenures and nine entries into play.

Morgan Sanson

The other two boys came to reinforce the Bas-Rhin training during the winter transfer window. Undesirable at Aston Villa where his contract still runs until 2025, Morgan Sanson put his suitcases on the banks of Krimmeri at the very end of January for a loan, also without option to buy, until June 30 next. The English leaders had also agreed to support a non-negligible part of his important salary.

A more than successful loan where the 28-year-old midfielder, author of a goal and two assists in 18 tenures, will have become a staple of the workforce by his ability to keep the ball and permanently bring danger. To the point that the management of Strasbourg would like to keep it this summer. Only, with emoluments bordering on 300,000 euros monthly at Aston Villa, it is difficult to align with such an amount as part of a transfer A new loan, with a large part of the salary again supported by the side from Birmingham, could be the perfect compromise (?).

Yuito Suzuki

A few days later, Yuito Suzuki, belonging to the Japanese club Shimizu S-Pulse, joined the ranks of Strasbourg as part of a loan until the end of the season. In his contract, a purchase option up to 450,000 euros.

It remains to be seen whether this will be activated by the Alsatian leaders who, with the potential arrival of a new investor – namely Todd Boehly, the American owner of Chelsea – certainly have other priorities in mind. The 21-year-old Japanese attacking midfielder, who trains daily with the professional group, will have entered the hearts of Alsatian supporters after his unique and oh so important goal against Ajaccio (3-1) on April 16th.